National Consultant Trekking Routes in Kyrgyzstan; SSA)

Background

Within the framework of the Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions in 2023 - 2027, the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek (POiB) will co-operate with Kyrgyzstan’s Federation of Mountaineering and Sport Climbing (Federation) and State Agency for Tourism Development under the Cabinet of Ministers (Agency) in developing an atlas of the best alpinist and trekking routes in Kyrgyzstan.

The POiB will provide expert support to the Federation and the Agency in collection and processing of data for elaboration of 100 best trekking routes.

Within the framework of the Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions in 2023 - 2027, the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek (POiB) will co-operate with Kyrgyzstan’s Federation of Mountaineering and Sport Climbing (Federation) and State Agency for Tourism Development under the Cabinet of Ministers (Agency) in developing an atlas of the best alpinist and trekking routes in Kyrgyzstan.

The POiB will provide expert support to the Federation and the Agency in collection and processing of data for elaboration of 100 best trekking routes. It is expected that 100 routes will include both difficult and less difficult and easy tracks. The proportion of the tracks will be agreed with the POiB, the Federation and the Agency. The tracks will be assessed as per their attractiveness, safety, difficulty level, accessibility, logistical convenience, seasonality and experiential value and cleared by the POiB prior to starting descriptive part.

The support in this activity is aimed at undertaking practical steps towards sustainable development of mountainous regions in the landlocked yet potential-rich area. The collected material will be published as an atlas of the best trekking routes as well as be published on the Nomad.kg tourism portal. To implement this, the POiB will contract two local experts for four months to deliver the services.

Collected material drafted as an atlas will be submitted for approval to the Federation, the Agency and the POiB/EED management.

Under the "Enhancing environmental security and disaster risk management (ESDRR)" project activity # 2.4 to develop an atlas of the best trekking routes in Kyrgyzstan.

• Draft a work plan with specific activities and deadlines, approved by the Federation’s President; work plan shall include the list of specific tourist tracks for difficult and easy tracks.
• Submit contents of an atlas for review and approval.
• Develop Monthly Progress Report (MPR) in line with the deliverables as provided in Attachment 1.
• Prepare materials on routes:
• identifying a list of popular tracking tourist destinations in various regions of Kyrgyzstan (Naryn (including Minkush), Talas, Chuy, Issyk-Kul, Jalal-Abad (including route Mailuu-Suu - Arslanbob) regions);
• drafting descriptions of regions/ destination points/routes;
• Draft materials with the following sections:
• description of the area;
• brief historical background of the area;
• logistics,
• highlights that tourists would be interested to explore in detail;
• description of tourist routes;
• features (geology, weather conditions, key areas);
• map of location with short description (1-2 lines) of the route distance, estimated time needed to complete.
• Collect photo materials (colour photos of the summits, a drawn line of the routes, photos from key points for routes with high popularity) for every single highlight on the route. The photos will be used for atlas with the approval from the photographer as the copyright owner.
• Submit first draft content of the atlas for review;
• Finalize draft design and layout of the atlas;
• Submit a final report on the activities carried out.

• Work plan agreed with the…