Background

The International Republican Institute (IRI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, organization dedicated to advancing freedom and democracy worldwide. Since 1983, IRI has worked to develop democratic institutions and ideals, carrying out a variety of international programs to promote freedom, self-government and the rule of law worldwide. IRI provides technical assistance in the areas of political party strengthening, developing civic institutions and open elections, promoting democratic governance and advancing the rule of law.

IRI will conduct 5 Group Discussions, particularly in Bishkek, Osh City, Chui oblast, and Batken oblast. IRI will introduce pro-democracy forces to the group discussions process of identifying a target group, designing questions, and testing specific political messages that are of interest to political parties and individual leaders. They will be invited to work together with IRI on selecting target groups, developing language for the group discussion guide, and generating political messages for testing on constituent engagement. Political parties and pro-democracy groups will use the group discussion results to inform their communications and constituent engagement strategies (i.e., incorporating language used by participants), as well as offer them an opportunity to learn how they can conduct similar research on their own in the future to increase the effectiveness of their advocacy
campaigns.

Period of Performance
Date of Signature –October 30, 202