The document summarizes efforts to promote new media and citizen journalism in Central Asia. It discusses the authoritarian political situations and censorship in countries like Kazakhstan. It then outlines the growth of internet access and new media usage in Central Asia. It highlights projects like NewEurasia.net, which blogs about Central Asian countries, and BarCamp conferences for new media specialists, which have been held in several Central Asian cities to promote sharing of ideas.

4. www.freedomhouse.org 2009: 168 Kazakhstan/Tajikistan, 158 Kyrgyzstan, 189 Uzbekistan, 193 Turkmenistan out of 195. All marked as “not free”.

5. Freedom of the Net: Kazakhstan is coming soon. www.freedomhouse.org

8. Kazakhstan: Internet Growth Numbers 2008 – 1.2mln; 2009 – 2.5mln; 2010 – 4.3mln; 2011 – 6.3mln

23. Barcamping

27. BarCamp Central Asia 2009: Almaty Almaty, April 2009 Registered on the site - 556. Present - 31 0. From : Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, UK, Africa - USA. 60 presentations in 8 simultaneous flows, 2 presentations from sponsors (Microsoft Kazakhstan, Opera Software), 2 panel discussions (Stella Systems, Internews Kazakhstan). BarCamp Ideas Market - start-up section - 21 project was pr e sented.

28. BarCamp Central Asia 2010: Almaty Almaty, April 2010 Registered on the site - 686 . Present - 61 0 . From : Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, USA, Canada, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, South Korea. 60 presentation about Internet, more than 5 large-scale presentations from our partners, start-up and blog competitions Blog contest were won by 4 candidates, that were short-listed out of 10 blogs. Start-up contest were held for 18 social ideas, 4 projects get prizes and further funding. Conference's site were visited by more than 4500 unique users from 61 countries, 3500 users became our everyday readers on Tauport.kz special barcamp news project.