Both Mr Khakulov and Mr Azizkhojaev belong to influential clans, informal regional groups centred on powerful families.

ECONOMIST: Central Asia

In preparation of the main topics of MINEPS V, three informal working groups have been established for the three Conference topics, in order to ensure the consideration of state of the art research and the involvement of competent experts.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

Participants said they hoped informal talks between opposition groups Monday would pave the way for an agreement later in the week.

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Training, and especially the trend for greater use of informal learning methods, is driving the workforce enablement groups in HR to hastily ping some social computing tool or technology, and later seek out how it should be integrated with the rest of the company.

FORBES: The Rising Challenge Of Social Business To HR Departments

Use surveys and focus groups to learn, for example, whether women feel excluded from formal and informal networks.

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