UNDP, Qazaq Green Association Establish Women for Just Transition Network
…the renewable energy sector in Astana. Sukhrob Khojimatov. Photo credit: UNDP Kazakhstan/Batyr Aubakirov. The establishment of the network is the next step in UNDP’s support to promote gender equality in…
Almaty Parking Day Reimagines City Parking Spaces as Mini-Parks
…that parking spaces are common areas of city citizens, not the private property of motorists, the UNDP said. They noted that the campaign also attracted media attention and is generating…
Zhurekten Zhurekke charity fund founder among Kazakhstan’s 100 New Faces
…30 million tenge (US$82,000). An exhibition displaying handmade items made by children from the Shanyrak orphanage was the first project organised by the fund. The organisation’s mission has found widespread…
E3/EU+3 and Iran begin the next round of talks in Almaty
…on Tehran to suspend its enrichment of uranium and disable the underground Fordow facility in exchange for limited sanction relief. At that point, the Iranian side demonstrated little readiness to…
Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources, Discuss Cooperation on UNDP Country Program for 2021-2025
NUR-SULTAN – The Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kazakhstan seek to strengthen cooperation as part of the new UNDP Country Program…
UNDP, Government Work to Build Wildlife Management Capacity, Hunting Tourism
…meat). However, wildlife management and the hunting industry have so far failed to develop. A joint project launched by Kazakhstan and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) aims to change that….
UNDP in Kazakhstan to Provide Loans for Rural Businesses Aimed at Conserving Biodiversity
…Program is the fourth joint initiative of UNDP and the Fund. Overall, since 2008, 221 projects have been implemented for a total of 561.6 million tenge(US$1.3 million), including the UNDP…
Kazakhstan Uses Clean Uranium Extraction Method, Plans to Place Uranium Fund in IPO
…Sovereign Wealth Fund and the National Investment Corporation. The fund has already been created and the first stage has been implemented. The fund attracted $74 million in investments, which were…
Japan and UNDP Provide Drought Forecasting and Prevention Equipment to Kazakhstan
…To assist nations in meeting their national commitments under the Paris Agreement, UNDP undertakes the Climate Promise program, supporting more than 120 countries. It also assists the Kazakh Ministry of…
Kairat, Irtysh Make it to UEFA Europa League’s Second Qualifying Round
…the first hurdles. Kairat Almaty and Irtysh Pavlodar are on to the second round, while Ordabasy Shymkent was knocked out of the competition by a Bosnian side. Opening its European…
