Association of Scientific & Technical Intelligentsia

Association of Scientific & Technical Intelligentsia (ASTI)

42 Lenin st., apt. 108
Khujand
Tajikistan 735700
Tel/Fax: (37922) 67571
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact: Farrukh Tyuryaev, president

ASTI is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that supports the development of democratic society in Tajikistan by (a) utilizing the wealth of potential resources contained in the local scientific and technical intelligentsia, and (b) increasing the capacity of the noncommercial sector through the distribution of information, coordination, education and consultation. ASTI was founded in 1995 and legally registered on September 18, 1995 with the Khujand City Justice Administration.

In collaboration with other local NGOs ASTI established a regional Coordinating Center for grassroot initiatives and NGO development. The goal of the center is to support the initiatives of the newly developing third sector in Leninabad oblast.

ASTI's work has included the following projects:

Assistance to the unemployed
A project on information systems
Saving Shakhristan forest
Printing services center for Tajik NGOs

Current focus of activities:

We provide important information for scientists, local NGOs, businessmen and others who are concerned with scientific, technical, economic, legal, medical, ecological information.
For NGOs and students in the Leninabad region we conduct workshops and trainings on a variety of issues concerning the development of nongovernmental organizations.
A program on decreasing poverty is the priority of our organization's activity now. The program's objective is centered on solving the problem of poverty by increasing potential and capability of rural population of Leninabad oblast of Tajikistan.

The number of members of the organization is 27. Total expenditures for a recent year were $30,000.

Partner organizations include:

Counterpart Consortium, Washington DC, USA
Eurasia Foundation, Washington DC, USA
ISAR, Washington DC, USA
NOVIB, Netherlands
Public Education Center, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
CASDIN, Almaty, Kazakhstan
INTERBILIM, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Last updated: March 1999

For further information on Central Asian NGOs see also Civil Society in Central Asia (CCSI, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute of Johns Hopkins University, and University of Washington Press, 1999).

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