On November 10, 2023, the Innovation Centre hosted the Final of the Sanarip Insan Startup Project Competition with a total prize fund of €27,500 or 2.6 million soms.
Introducing the winners of the startup competition.
Gulira Turat kyzy, head of the project “Digital guest house”, is one of the winners of the Sanarip Insan startup competition.
1.Nomadsanarip Guest House Association (guest house network) will be established in Naryn oblast to provide guest house services to clients. The project also provides counselling services on improving digital and compliant guest house accommodation, starting and running a business, and sustainable development.
2.Registration of youth, young families and anyone interested in opening a guesthouse in Ak-Talin and At-Bashi districts of Naryn province (maximum 25 people).
3.Participants are provided with free training on opening, operation, attracting tourists, running the business of the guest house; at the end of the training participants open a guest house and begin to provide services to receive tourists. (the guest is responsible for compliance with the standards of the house, sanitary norms, installation of sanitary facilities, etc.).
4.A base of guest houses will be created, a co-operation agreement will be concluded with tourist companies of the capital and Issyk-Kul, Chui, Naryn stations, a unified website will be developed. (This website will include information about the address, photos, conditions and services of guest houses. Also the owners of guest houses will receive tourists through this site and follow their itinerary.
5.This project will create an additional source of income for 20 young families in Naryn oblast and will improve the quality of service of guest houses in Naryn region.
6. The project will establish an association “Nomad Digital Guest Houses” (guest house network) to provide guest houses with customers. The association provides services to the guesthouses for a fee. Each tourist is charged 10 per cent.
7.The services of Nomad Digital Guest Houses Association for the guest house business are provided on a fee basis.
Gulira Turat kyzy won the final pitching with a score of 92.5 points.
Sanarip Insan aims to improve digital literacy among young people, women, migrants and people living in remote regions of the country. In particular, it suggests the use of digital platforms, learning the functions of social networks, digital financial applications, the use of information technology in online commerce and entrepreneurship, and ways of sustainable development through green economy. The project is implemented by the European Neighbourhood Council and the Internet Society Kyrgyz Chapter, with the financial support of the European Union.