BE CREATIVE, YOU CAN'T PUT IT OFF! 

On April 20-21, 2024, UNDP Kyrgyzstan and the Creative Industries Association, in cooperation with 50 creative partners, will hold 36 events in 7 regions of  Kyrgyzstan at 13 locations as part of the CREATE4 .

The purpose of the festival is to send a message that #жаратманКыргызстан are built by citizens themselves, filled with knowledge, understanding of technologies and committed to cooperation and building joint projects. 

This year's Create4 is held under the slogan #жаратманКыргызстан and encourages each of us to recognize ourselves as a creator. #жаратманКыргызстан is the unification, creation, and creativity of people who love their work, and their country and do not stop working every day.

On April 21, top speakers from Kyrgyzstan and Central Asian countries will speak. 

The main speakers will be: 

• Asel Sherniyazova, Director of Asian World Film Festival, Kyrgyzstan 

• Sabina Reingold, co-founder of the Jolbors festival, Kyrgyzstan 

• Yerkebulan Kurishbayev, General Producer of Qara Music, Founder of the Oyu Fest Youth Festival, Kazakhstan; 

• Nail Muratov, Creative Director, Seed Agency, Kazakhstan 

• Farhat Norbaev - co-founder of Lokals advertising agency, Uzbekistan

Register here.

The headliners' performances will take place on April 21 at 11:00 a.m., ololoPlanet Yunusaliyeva 80.

The program of the festival is available on the website and in social networks 

https://create4.co/

https://www.instagram.com/create4kg/

https://www.instagram.com/creative.kyrgyzstan/

Language: Kyrgyz, Russian, and English. 

GET INVOLVED

On April 20-21, you have a unique opportunity to become part of a cool creative community and build #жаратманКыргызстан with us! For those who can't make it, UNDP and AKI are launching a 24-hour podcast with jaratmans jarat4cast! The podcast broadcast will be available on the https://www.youtube.com/@lights_podcast channel. 

NO FRAMES FOR CREATIVITY

This year, the Create4 festival is taking place all over the country! 

• Chui region: Bishkek city, Kun-Tuu village, Shabdan village

• Osh region: Osh city

• Batken region: Batken and Kyzyl-Kiya cities

• Issyk-Kul region: Bokonbaevo village, Zhenish village, Karakol city, Tosor village

• Talas region:: Ogonbaevo village

• Naryn region:: Acha-Kaiyn village

• Jalal-Abad region:: Chon-Aryk village

UNDP studies the impact of the creative economy on human development, as it is known that societies that value and encourage human development will inspire people to be creative. In addition, creative industries contribute to the development of interdisciplinary areas that have spillover effects on social goods and social utility. Thus, with the advent of digital technologies and artificial intelligence, the ability of creative work to unleash human abilities, talents and uniqueness, as well as contribute to human development, makes the creative economy a unique opportunity for Kyrgyzstan to develop by integrating its vast cultural heritage into creative products. 

Prehistory 

Create4 is the largest festival of creative industries in Kyrgyzstan, bringing together successful creators from Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia and those who are just looking for themselves in the creative profession.

The Create4 Festival of Creative Industries is a unique large-scale platform to support the development of the country's creative economy and the entire community of jaratmans and innovators, initiated by the United Nations Development Programme in Kyrgyzstan and the Association of Creative Industries in 2022.

The first Festival was organized as part of the Creativity Week in April 2022 in support of the law on the Creative Industries Park. The President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov took part in the official opening of the Festival with the participation of more than a thousand people and officially announced the signing of the Decree "On measures for the development of the creative economy and the creation of conditions for the progressive development of the Republic". 

The second Autumn Festival was held on November 5, 2022 and brought together about 2000 people interested in developing creative skills and professions. The American University of Central Asia was the official partner of the Second Festival. The speakers of the Festival were professionals, successful representatives from the field of art, music, IT, digital professions, and other creative industries both from Kyrgyzstan and other countries. Within the framework of the Festival, thematic,  Plenary sessions and discussions in small and large groups, fairs of artisans, local producers, workshops and presentations. 

The third Create4 Festival was held on April 29, 2023 under the slogan #ЖаратманТой and brought together hundreds of successful representatives of creative professions who spoke about their experiences. The space of the Festival was zoned into conceptual levels of creative creation: "find yourself in creativity" ("oigon"), "be inspired" ("shyktan"), "try yourself in creative industries" ("tai-tai"), "create and earn" ("zharat"). The official partners of the festival were the American University in Central Asia (AUCA) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Programme Office in Bishkek.