Ovop+1 Public Union

PU “One Village One Product+1” (“OVOP+1”) is an organization that provides business and logistics services to “OVOP Association” members*. It was established in 2011, in order to activate local communities of the Issyk-Kul Region. OVOP+1 aims to promote economic activities by introducing the OVOP Movement. The OVOP Movement is a strategic movement designed specifically for regional development and it originates from Oita Prefecture in Japan. It is an integrated community development approach with a vision to increase incomes and wealth for local people of the Issyk-Kul region through new product development (value addition to local resources), quality control of products, marketing of high value-added products and human resource development.