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- September 16, 2008—September 18, 2008. 1st Central Asian International Water Technology Exhibition & Conference
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Throughout the world, the dismal state of water supply in Central Asia has gained notoriety. The famous image of broken down ships beached far from shores of what remains today of the Aral Sea tragically illustrates this situation. Clearly, the imperative of securing and maintaining quality water supplies has become a critical strategic challenge facing Central Asian countries, and particularly Kazakhstan. In order to address the urgent challenges and necessary solutions for the future of water supply in Central Asia, Kenes Exhibitions has joined with ITECA from Kazakhstan in hosting the Central Asian International Water Technology Exhibition & Conference, the premier event to exchange information about these issues. The first event of its kind to include all Central Asia states, the Central Asian International Water Technology Exhibition & Conference will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan. An international conference will also take place within the framework of the exhibition.
More information…Type: Exhibitions/Contest Theme: Environment Countries: Kazakhstan, Central Asia Locations: Kazakhstan Open press: Yes - June 12, 2008—June 13, 2008. Central Asian education ministers to sign memorandum on joining Bologna Process
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Education Minister Abdujabbor Rahmonov will attend the Central Asian education ministers' meeting that will be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from June 12-13. According to the Ministry of Education (MoE), the meeting aims to discuss issues related to creating the Central Asian higher education area is supposed to end with signing of a memorandum on joining the Bologna Process. "Joining the Bologna Process means that our diplomas will be recognized by international community," the source at a MoE said, noting that the memorandum will be singed by education ministers of Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
More information...Type: Meetings Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Education Countries: Central Asia Locations: Kyrgyzstan Open press: No - June 3, 2008—June 5, 2008. Almaty to host ecological seminar of Central Asia and Azerbaijan
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A subregional seminar on environmental impact assessment for Central Asia and Azerbaijan will take place in Almaty on June 3-5, Kazinform refers to the press service of Regional Ecological Centre of Central Asia. A purpose of the roundtable is to make strategic environmental impact assessment in Central Asian countries and Azerbaijan. The representatives of the environmental protection departments, international and social organizations, mass media of the participating countries will participate in the event. The project is realized by the Regional Ecological Centre of Central Asia in association with Kazakh Environmental Protection Ministry and Bern University (Switzerland).
More information...Type: Seminars Organizers: Government, International organizations Participants: NGOs, Government(s), International Organizations Theme: Environment Countries: Central Asia, Azerbaijan Locations: Kazakhstan Open press: No - June 3, 2008. 1st Intl forum on sustainable development opened in Astana
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Sustainable development of the Eurasian continent I International forum has gathered ecologists from the CIS states, Europe and Asia, reps of international organizations and NGOs. The forum aims at elaboration of common position on XXI century's topical issues. Delivering a speech, Minister of Environmental Protection Nurlan Iskakov noted that Kazakhstan will host regular ministerial conference on Asian-Pacific region's sustainable development in 2010 and an analogous conference regarding European countries in 2011. According to the Minister, it is planned to initiate linking of European and Asian transition to sustainable development into a unified Eurasian process as well as suggest creation of a UN International Institute on sustainable development with headquarter in Astana. A Eurasian Water Center is being created in Astana at present. "This Center will serve as a large scientific-research organization which will solve problems of water resources ecology, water quality, elaboration and implementation of breakthrough projects on structural-information properties of water and its recreational potential", Mr. Iskakov said. Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov sent a greeting telegram to the attendees of the forum.
More information...Type: Forums Organizers: International Donors, UN Agency Participants: NGOs, International Organizations Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: Central Asia Locations: Kazakhstan Open press: No - May 28, 2008. CIS Electric Power Council's Meeting discussed rational usage of potential of transboundary rivers
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CIS Electric Power Council held its 33rd meeting. The meeting was chaired by Chairman of the Management Board of RAO UES Anatoly Chubais. The meeting was also attended by the officials in charge of the energy industry in the CIS countries. During the meeting, the participants determined the operational results of the CIS energy systems during the 2007/2008 autumn-winter period, discussed issues of creating a common electricity market in the CIS member states, and considered the progress made in the preparation of a feasibility study for synchronous interconnection of the energy systems of the CIS countries and the IES of Baltic states with the West-European energy systems of the European Union for the Co-ordination of Transmission of Electricity (UCTE). The CIS EPC is actively working to involve organizations and companies interested in cooperation with the Council as Supervisors. Currently, over ten leading Russian and foreign companies and institutes act as the Council's Supervisors.
More information...Type: Meetings Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: Central Asia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russian Federation Locations: Russian Federation Open press: No - May 27, 2008. CIS development prospects discussed in Bishkek
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Prospects of CIS development were discussed at the conference "CIS: reality and prospects of development" organized by Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry in Bishkek on Tuesday. According to the Kyrgyz MFA's press service, purpose of the forum was discussion of interrelations between the CIS member states in the political, economic, trade and other aspects, issues of integration and disintegration, and role of Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in these projects. Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry's administration, foreign diplomats, public figures, scientists and experts participated in the conference.
More information...Type: Meetings Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: Central Asia Locations: Kyrgyzstan Open press: No - May 14, 2008—May 17, 2008. Almaty to host 15th healthcare exhibition KIHE - 2008
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The 15th Kazakhstan's international healthcare exhibition KIHE - 2008 will take place in Almaty on May 14-17. The event is being organized by Iteca exhibition company and officially supported by Kazakhstan's Healthcare Ministry, the Almaty Akimat (municipality), Kazakh National Medical S. Asfendiyarov University and Medtechnika Joint Stock Company. KIHE - 2008 is the largest international healthcare exhibition in the region. The previous year 192 companies from 23 countries took part in the exhibition.
More information...Type: Exhibitions/Contest Organizers: International organizations, Government, NGO Participants: Government(s) Theme: Health Countries: Central Asia, European Union countries Locations: Kazakhstan Open press: Yes - May 13, 2008. Issues of setting up SCO Inter-parliamentary Assembly in Cholponata discussed in Bishkek
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A regular meeting of SCO Club under the presidency of speaker of Kyrgyzstan's parliament Adahan Madumarov took place in the state residence's congress hall, the parliament's press service reported. Vice-speaker of the parliament Ch.Baekova, foreign minister of Kyrgyzstan E.Karabaev, deputies E.Arsaliev, A.Arabaev, Z.Kurmanov, L.Sydykova, ambassadors of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan attended the meeting. The event was the informal meeting of the heads of diplomatic representations of SCO member-states with the parliament's leadership and committees. Participants of the meeting exchanged on wide-range issues of cooperation between the member-states and discussed the ways of implementing the Kyrgyz side's initiative on setting up SCO Inter-parliamentary Assembly with its headquarters in Cholponata town.
More information...Type: Meetings Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Other Countries: Central Asia Locations: Kyrgyzstan Open press: No - May 7, 2008—May 10, 2008. 2nd International Congress on Entrepreneurship
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The "Second International Congress on Entrepreneurship" (ICE08) organized by Business Administration Department of Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University is going to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from May 07 (Wednesday) to May 10 (Saturday), 2008. The Congress will be the assembling place for academicians and professionals from business from all over the world. The main purposes of the 2nd International Congress on Entrepreneurship are to attract attention to the importance of business in order to stimulate the entrepreneurship in Turkic countries; outline the problem spheres of entrepreneurship; provide an opportunity for academicians and professionals from business to come together and interact with each other.
More information…Type: Summit/Conferences Organizers: Academia Participants: Academia, Private Sector Theme: Private Sector Development Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia Locations: Kyrgyzstan Open press: Yes - April 29, 2008—April 30, 2008. Water-energy consortium to be crated in Central Asia
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A decision on creating a water-energy consortium in Central Asia is expected to be made in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan at the end of April. Kyrgyzstan’s news agency 24kg reported that members of the Kyrgyz-Kazakh intergovernmental commission reached an agreement on this subject at a session that was held in Astana, Kazakhstan on April 16. The session considered the possibility of signing of an agreement on creating the consortium by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The sides set concrete terms for solving this issue and planned to hold a meeting for making a final decision on this issue in Bishkek on April 29-30, the news agency said.
More information..Type: Meetings Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Economic Reforms Countries: Central Asia Locations: Kyrgyzstan Open press: Yes - April 25, 2008. EERC Research Grant Competition - Spring 2008 Round
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Economics education and research consortium (EERC) is pleased to announce the Spring 2008 round of Economics Research Grant Competition. The goal of the competition is to support policy relevant research projects under five priority research areas. Grants in the amount of up to $14,000 are provided for up to 18 months of work. Research proposals can be submitted by individuals or small teams of CIS researchers. Young researchers and researchers based in the periphery may be offered smaller-scale development grants (up to $2,000) and training opportunities. The deadline for applications is April 25, 2008.
More information…Type: Exhibitions/Contest Organizers: Academia Participants: Academia, Private Sector Theme: Other Countries: Central Asia Locations: Central Asia Open press: Yes - April 24, 2008. Developing Anthropology in Central Asia to be discussed at international conference in Bishkek
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The AUCA’s Department of Anthropology will be organizing the first Central Asian Anthropological Student Conference entitled “Developing Anthropology in Central Asia”. It will take place at AUCA on April 25-27. Cultural and Social Anthropology, as it is understood in the Western world, is a somewhat new academic discipline in Central Asia. This Conference will be a major step in promoting and building awareness of Anthropology as a worthwhile scientific discipline. It will be an excellent opportunity to meet the people active in this new, dynamic, developing field.
More information...Type: Summit/Conferences Organizers: NGO, Academia Theme: Environment Countries: Central Asia Open press: Yes - April 23, 2008. Kyrgyzstan will hold third International Student Conference
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Kyrgyzstan will hold third International Student Conference "Youth and Transition in Central Asia". The aim of this conference is to evaluate how Central Asian youth is coping with this transition, what are the opportunities available to them, the potential hurdles that they may face and the possible solutions that they have toward it.
More information…Type: Summit/Conferences Theme: Civil Society Countries: Central Asia Locations: Kyrgyzstan Open press: Yes - April 18, 2008. Media registration is now open for ADB'S 41st Annual Meeting in Madrid
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has opened media registration for its 41st Annual Meeting to be held 3-6 May 2008 at the Instituci?n Ferial de Madrid (IFEMA) in Madrid, Spain. Participants are requested to register as early as possible and online registration will remain open until 18 April. Members of the media are invited to cover the meeting and participate in all the seminars. For more information, please visit http://www.adb.org/annualmeeting/2008/med-inv.asp. Some 3,000 participants, including government leaders, central bank governors and finance ministers, as well as representatives from the private sector, academia, media, and civil society groups from around the world are expected to gather for the Annual Meeting. One of the highlights of ADB's Annual Meeting 2008 will be discussions on ADB's Long-Term Strategic Framework covering 2008-2020. The meeting will also include a series of seminars on key issues, including climate change, economic integration, and financial market stability. Members of the media who did not receive an invitation and would like to attend the meeting can e-mail Micheline Millar at mmillar@adb.org or Gilda Nanquil at gnanquil@adb.org.
More information…Type: Campaign Organizers: International organizations Participants: International Organizations, Mass-Media, Government(s) Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: Central Asia Locations: Spain Open press: Yes - April 17, 2008—April 18, 2008. Conference "Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan 2008" to open in London
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A conference entitled "Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan 2008" was held in London on April 17-18. A Turkmen delegation has arrived in the capital of Great Britain to take part in the conference. The delegation includes leaders of the energy industry, i.e. deputy chairman of the cabinet of ministers of Turkmenistan Tachberdi Tagyyev, the minister of the oil and gas industry and mineral resources, Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov, and the executive director of the executive directorate of the state agency for the management and use of hydrocarbon resources under the president of Turkmenistan, Baryrammyrat Myradov. The main objective of the oil and gas forum being held with the support of the government of Turkmenistan is to introduce international business circles to Turkmenistan's energy potential, to pay the way for mutually beneficial cooperation, and to speed up the integration of Turkmenistan's oil and gas industry into the international energy system. As part of the forum, leaders of the energy industry of Turkmenistan will hold a number of talks and meetings with the British side as well as visit offshore oil facilities in the Northern Sea.
More information...Type: Summit/Conferences Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Economic Reforms Countries: Central Asia, European Union countries Locations: United Kingdom Open press: Yes - April 16, 2008—April 18, 2008. Tashkent to host 4th CAITME 2008 to showcase latest technology
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4th Central Asian International Textile Machinery Exhibition (CAITME 2008) will take place at UzExpoCentre in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The largest international textile machinery exhibition in Central Asia - CAITME - is a showcase of the latest technology and a meeting place for buyers and sellers from all over the world.
More information…Type: Exhibitions/Contest Theme: Other Countries: Uzbekistan, Central Asia Locations: Uzbekistan Open press: Yes - April 16, 2008. Seminar for Mass-Media "Corporate Management: Day Realities"
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The seminar for mass-media entitled «Corporate management: day realities» wil be held in Almaty, with participation of Michail Matovnikov, General Director «Interfax Business Service», Moscow, one of the conducting and known financial analysts in Russia, member of expert council at the Chairman of the Central Bank of Russian Federation.
More information...Type: Seminars Contact: No Organizers: International organizations Participants: Mass-Media Theme: Democratic Governance Countries: Central Asia Locations: Kazakhstan Open press: Yes - April 7, 2008. Uzbek experts have visited Russian medical establishments
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Specialists of the Republican Pathology Center of Health Ministry of Uzbekistan paid a visit to Moscow in March to learn the experience of leading technical and medical institutions of Russia in use of telemedicine system in pathology service.
The visit was organized within UNDP pilot project “Use of ICT for Medical Diagnosis of Poor Rural People in Remote Areas” (the telemedicine project). The objective of the project is to build and maintain the capacity of a group of trainers on diagnostics and research activities and to improve access to qualified medical services for population in two selected regions, with special attention to women and children and those, who can not afford or have limited access to health care services in the field of pathologoanatomy, particularly the poor and the disabled.
During the visit, the experts from Uzbekistan visited Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Russian Oncological Research Center, Russian Medial Science Academy, Hematologic Scientific Center and other medical establishments.
The exchange visit provided the opportunity to learn the experience of leading technical and medical institutions of Russia in use of telemedicine system in pathology service (histological, hematological and cytological diagnostics) and the development of electronic database and atlas of blood elements, macro- and micro-preparations. The most important part of visit was learning the programmes of automated analysis of micro-preparations, characteristics of macro-objects, comparative cariosities morphology, which serves for pathological diagnostics of different types of tumors.
Malika Abdullakhojaeva, director of the Republican Pathology Center of Uzbekistan, said: “The visit provided good networking opportunities on biopsy diagnostics through telemedicine system with Russian Oncology Research Center (RORC). At RORC we were able to learn advanced methods of histological diagnostics of tumors (immune-histochemical researches), received more information about new classifications, methods of differential diagnostics of tumors.”
The practical training organized by the department of medical IT system at Moscow Engineering Physics Institute helped to improve knowledge on automated system of microanalysis, technology of designing of computer medical systems, methods and means of telemedicine and others. The department provided methodological and training materials. Upon arrival to Tashkent the Uzbek experts organized training for the medical staff of the Republican Pathology Center and shared the experience and lessons learned.
More information...Type: Portal news Organizers: UNDP Participants: Government(s) Theme: Health Countries: Central Asia Locations: Uzbekistan Open press: No - April 7, 2008. Second investment forum "Potential of Caspian Economic Space and Perspectives of Its Development" to take place in Aktau
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Second investment forum "Potential of Caspian Economic Space and Perspectives of Its Development" to take place in the oblast center of Mangystau oblast - in Aktau on April 16, agency reports with reference to the oblast akim.
More than 200 delegates from Kazakhstan, CIS countries and overseas are supposed to participate, including representatives of foreign and domestic banks, investment and industrial companies, public organizations and state bodies, according to press service.
The following projects will be presented to the participants of the forum: multimodul transportation and logistics "Earth-Sea-Sky," investing "Economic Zone "Aktau seaport," city-construction "Aktau-City," tourism "Resort zone "Kenderli."
The program of the forum suggests consideration of topical issues, among which is the theme "Ways for Caspian region integration to the global economy" to become a key theme for "round table" discussion.
It is suggested that Oleg Soskovec, chair of business council for the Eurasian Economic Cooperation, Eugeniy Primakov, president for commercial and industrial chamber of the Russian Federation, German Gref, President and Chairman of Sberbank of Russia, Viktor Hristenko industry and energy minister of Russia, Yuriy Trutnev natural resources minister of Russia, Igor Finogenov, chairman of Eurasian Bank of Development and others are to participate in the forum.
Other participants are Geidar Babayev, minister of economic development of Azerbaijan, Emil Madzhidov, president of "Azpromo" Foundation for export support and investment attraction, general secretary of national policy Council of Jordan are expected to attend the forum.
Besides, representatives of 20 embassies are invited to participate in the forum.
More information...Type: Portal news Theme: Economic Reforms Countries: Central Asia, European Union countries Locations: Kazakhstan Open press: No - April 4, 2008. CIS representatives to discuss development of economic cooperation in Moscow
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A regular sitting of the CIS Economic Council will take place on April 4 in Moscow. A wide range of issues on further development of the economic cooperation between the CIS member states will be discussed at the session.
More information…Type: Summit/Conferences Organizers: Government Participants: Government(s) Theme: Regional Partnership Countries: Russian Federation, Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Central Asia, Belarus Locations: Russian Federation Open press: Yes
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