This document has been provided by the International
Center for Not -for -Profit Law (ICNL).

ICNL is the leading source for information on the legal environment for civil society and public par ticipation.
Since 1992, ICNL has served as a resource to civil society leaders, government officials, and the do nor
community in over 90 countries.

Visit ICNL’s Online Library at https://www. icnl.org/knowledge/library/index.php
for further resources and research from countries all over the world.

Disclaim ers Content. The inform ation provided herein is for general informational and educational purposes only. It is no t intended and should not be construed to constitute legal advice. The inform ation contained herein may not be applicable in all situations an d m ay not, aft er the date of its presentation, even reflect the m ost current authority. N othing contained herein should be relied or acted upon without the bene fit of legal advice based upon the particular facts and circumstances presented, and nothing herein should be construed otherwise. Translations. Translations by ICNL of any materials into other languages are intended solely as a convenience. Tra nslation accuracy is not guaranteed nor im plied. If any questions arise related to the accuracy of a translation, pleas e refer to the original language official version of the document. Any discrepancies or differences created in the translation are not binding and have no legal effect for com pliance or enforcem en t purposes. Warranty and Limitation of Liability. Although ICN L uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up -to-date inform ation herein, ICN L makes no warranties or representations of any kind as to its accuracy, currency or completeness. You agree th at access to and use of t his docum ent and the content thereof is at your own risk. ICNL disclaim s all warranties of any kind, express or implied. N either ICN L nor any party involved in creating, producing or delivering this document shall be liable for any dam ages whatsoever arising out of access to, use of or i nability to use this docum ent, or any errors or om issions in the content thereof.

Approved by
the Order of the Government
of the Kyrgyz Republic
as of January 24, 2009 N 41

REGULATION
On the procedure for the conduct of Competition of social
programs (projects)

I. General provisions
II. Allocation of Social Services Contracting
III. Formation of Competition commissions
IV. Requirements to Competition participants
V. Receipt and registration of Competition participants and project
proposals
VI. Evaluation of project proposals
VII. Execution of Social Services Contracting
VIII. Financing of social programs (projects)
IX. Control and monitoring of the use of means,
directed at the implementation of Social Services
Contracting

The present Regulation on the procedure for the conduct of Competition of
social programs ( further – Regulation ) was developed in compliance with articles
9 and 19 of the Law of the Kyrgyz Rep ublic “On Social Services Contracting” and
determines the procedure for the conduct of the Competition of social programs
(projects) (further – Competition ) by state bodies and bodies of local self –
administration .

I. General provisions

1. The present Regulation regulates legal and organizational relations
during formation, allocation and implementation of social services contracting.
2. Subject -matter of social services contracting shall be determined
annually by state bodies and bodies of local self -administration (further
Customer) in compliance with main priority directions of their activity.
3. Competition shall be organized for the p urposes of:
– implementation of social services contracting;
– increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of rendered social services to
the population;
– providing intensive development of the market of social services for the
population ;
– support and d evelopment of initiatives of state bodies, bodies of local
self -administration , noncommercial organizations in solving socially important
problems .
4. Main tasks of Competition are:
– development of social programs (projects), directed at solving various
problems in the sphere of education, science, information, public health,
sports, environmental protection, youth, demographic, gender policy, social
protection, activity on human rig hts advocacy, culture and any other socially
important spheres ;
– revelation of organizations, the activity of which is directed at solving
socially important problems and providing them with informational, methodical
and financial assistance;
– developmen t of interaction between state structures, bodies of local self –
administration and noncommercial organizations ;
– engagement of mass media to cover socially important problems and the ways
of solving these problems .

II. Allocation of Social
Services Contracting

5. Allocation of social services contracting shall be carried out in the
form of open public Competition s.
Competition shall be open for registered noncommercial organizations (except
for political parties , labor unions and religious organizations ), working in
directions , provided for by article 5 of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On
Social Services Contracting ”, and directed at attraction of new efforts to solve
social problems, revelation, support and cooperation of efforts of all
organizations, rendering social services.
6. Announcement on the conduct of Competition of social programs (projects)
shall be published in mass media in state and official languages, circulations
of which allow achieving necessary awareness of all possible pretenders .
7. Customer shall organize informational support of the Competition , and
determine the text of an announcement of the Competition , which shall include :
– topic of the Competition ;
– requirements to the Competition participants and to project proposals;
– terms of the beginning and the end of receipt of project proposals for the
participation in the Competition . At the same time, the terms of submission of
project proposals for the participation in the Competition shall be not less
than 40 and no more than 60 days from the day of Competition announcement ;
– maximum budget of the project;
– address, contact telephone, time for receipt of project proposals ;
– a message to nongovernmental organizations to submit their written
proposals on the composition of Competition commissions (candidat ur es to
independen t external experts).

III. Formation of Competition commissions

8. For the organization and conduct of Competition Customer shall create
separate Competition commissions (further – Commissions) during the announcement
of each Competition .
9. Quantitative composition of the C ompetition shall be determined by
Customer and shall consist of representatives of Customer and independent
external experts. The number of external experts shall compose not less than 50
percent of the total number of members of Commission. The candidatures to the
independent external experts shall be proposed by nongovernmental organizations.
Nongovernmental organizations shall have a right to forward written
proposals rela ting to the candidat ur es to external experts from the day of
publication of an announcement about Competition .
If the number of proposed independent external experts exceeds required
quantity for the formation of Commission’s composition, C ustomer shall conduct
select ion of independent external experts by means of open sortitions, with the
participation of nongovernmental organizations that proposed the candidatures to
the Competition commission s.
10. Commission shall:
– select project proposals , which are compl ying with the requirements of the
Competition and criteria for the selection;
– make a decision on each project proposal with the reasoning in case of
rejection in financing and with remarks in case of necessity for insignificant
improvements in the project proposal;
– form the list of project proposals, which won in the Competition , for the
presentment of their approval by Customer;
– examine the budget of expenditure s of project proposals, which won in the
Competition .

IV. Requirements to the Competition participants

11. To the Competition of social services contracting are admitted
noncommercial organizations, presenting social programs (projects), which
fulfill the requirements of social services contracting.
12 . Competition participants shall:
– be n oncommercial organization, registered according to the legislation of
the Kyrgyz Republic;
– have their own bank account;
– have an experience not less than one year in the sphere of announced
Competition program.
13. Se veral organizations can create common project group on a contractual
basis and present the common project proposal .
14. The list of necessary documents for presentment by Competition
participants includes ;
– notarized copy of certificate on registration of an organization;
– notarized copy of a charter (regulation) of the organization;
– copy of document on coding in statistics bodies;
– copy of balance -sheet for the previous year, certified by territoria l
bodies of tax service or copy of certificate of territorial tax service and bod y
of Social Fund of the Kyrgyz Republic on the absence of indebtedness on
payments ;
– copy of income statement
– CV and copy of diplomas of main Executor s of the project.
15. The whole set of documents shall be presented in two copies in state or
official languages.
Copies of publications, recommendation letters, and certificates can be
presented as additional materials, if they are available.
17. In case of necessity , Customer can expand the list of documents
necessary for the presentment by Competition participants.
In preparatory process of the project proposal, if necessary, Customer shall
provide to Competition participants with consultative assistance.

V. Receipt and registration of Competition participants and project
proposals

17. After announcement of the Competition , Customer by the fact of request
of noncommercial organization, willing to take part in the Competition , register
the given organization in Registration journal on the distribution of
application forms for the Competition . Following information shall be inserted
in to the Registration journal:
– date of request for participation in the Competition ;
– name o f an organization;
– address and telephone of the organization;
– name of a director of the organization;
– name of a requesting person, interested to participate in the Competition ;
18. After the registration Customer shall present to the applicant under
his/her signature:
– a list of necessary documents for the presentment by Competition
participants;
– an application form to the Competition, the sample of which shall be
approved by the Ministry of Labor and Social Development of the Kyrgyz Republic.
19. Participants of the Competition shall fill an application form and
attach all necessary documents for participation in the Competition and present
to Customer.
29. Customer shall maintain a file of project proposals and following the
results of the verification for the presence and compliance with original copies
of all necessary documents, their proper design, register project proposal for
participation in the Competition .
21. Registration journal of project propos als shall include the following
information:

– date of submission of all necessary documents;
– registration number of the project proposal;
– address and telephone of the organization;
– name of director of the organization;
– name of project proposal;
– name, manager of the project proposal;
– name of an applicant, who submitted the project proposal;
– number of attached pages.
22 . After registration of project proposals Customer shall present them to
Commission ’s examination.

VI. Evaluation of project proposals

23. Selection of project proposals shall be carried out by the Commission
with the account of their compliance with the requirements of the Competition
and criteria for the project selection.
24. Commission shall evaluate registered project proposals on the following
criteria:
– compliance with the subject -matter, purposes and conditions of the
Competition ;
– experience of previous work of participant in corresponding direction;
– analysis of the situation and clear description of the problem;
– project orientation on problem -solving and meeting needs of target group
in accordance with local social programs;
– compliance of planned activities of the project with its goals and task s;
– well -grounded budget;
– presence of equity and attraction of additional resources;
– developed mechanism of stability of the project following the termination
of grant financing;
– realizability and effectiveness.
25. For evaluation of project propo sals Commission shall fill an evaluation
form with indicators of evaluation of the project proposals , which is approved
in its first session. Evaluation form shall include main requirements to the
applications, compliance of which shall be evaluated in poi nts.
26. Decision during Commission ’s session shall be adopted by simple
majority, at the same time, in case of equality of votes; the vote of the
chairperson shall be decisive.
27. According to the results of the Competition , on each application shall
be given one of the following decisions:
– to finance in accordance with the application;
– to grant partial financing;
– to reject in financing.
28. The list of social progra ms (projects), selected by the C ommission shall
be a pproved by Customer ’s order.

VII. Execution of Social
Services Contracting

29. Winners of the Competition shall receive the status of Executor s of
social services contracting.
30. An Agreement on implementation of social services contracting (further –
Agreement) shall be concluded between Customer and Executor .

An agreement sample shall be approved by the Ministry of Labor and Social
Development of the Kyrgyz Republic .

VIII. Financing of social
programs (projects)

31. Republican budget of the Kyrgyz Republic shall annually prescribe means
for financing of programs (projects) for implementation of social services
contracting. At the same time bodies of local se lf -administration shall have a
right annually prescribe in local budget means for financing of programs
(projects) for implementation of social services contracting (publication of
announcements, organizational activities, monitoring and financing of socia l
programs (projects))
32. Financial support of social programs (projects) shall be provided on the
basis of Agreements, concluded between Customer and Executor, wh ich passe d the
Competition selection .
33. Customer shall check accuracy of calculation, presented by Executor of
social services contracting. According to the given calculation and within the
limits of approved budget of expenditures, Customer shall prepare budget of
expenditures on each social program (project) and a pprove them. After the
coordination of budgets of expenditures with the Ministry of Finance of the
Kyrgyz Republic Customer shall issue budget instruction on required sum for
financing of selected social programs (projects).
34. Ministry of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic shall open a credit for
financing of social programs (projects).
35. After opening a credit, Customer shall transfer appropriations on
payment of target financial support to the settlement accounts of E xecutor of
social services contracting.

IX. Control and monitoring of the use
of means, directed at the implementation
of Social Services Contracting

36. Customer shall have a right to control target use of means, directed at
implementation of social programs (projects) and carry out the examination of
course of implementation of social programs (projects). Monitoring
implementation of Executor ’s activity by Customer shall be provided in the
Agreement , concluded between Executo r and Customer .
37. In case of necessity Customer can engage to the monitoring
implementation of social programs (projects) independent experts, representing
international, public organizations, interested state bodies and bodies o f local
self -administration .
38. If the means, provided for the implementation of social programs
(projects), shall be used for other purposes, and there will be nonobservance of
conditions of the Agreement by the Executor, Customer shall have a right to
terminate the financing of the given program (project) and means, used for other
purposes, shall be subject to reimbursement to the state budget.
39. Financial and other reports on implementation of social programs
(projects) shall be presented to the Customer in terms, indicated in the
Agreement.
40. Customer shall present reports on the use of budget means quarterly to
the Ministry of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Ministry of Labor and
Social Development of the Kyrgyz Republic .