The 2nd Steering Committee meeting of the Centres of Excellence of the CIS region was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on 9 December 2015. The meeting was held back to back with the round table meeting on the Implementation of the Regional Initiatives for the CIS region. It was kindly hosted by the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Kyrgyz Republic and the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications under Kyrgyz State Technical University, which is one of the Centres of Excellence for the CIS region.  

The meeting was officially opened by the Rector of the Kyrgyz State Technical University, Mr Manbaev.