Events

Events

27 03 2025
Participation in the celebration of the "Day of the Aral Sea"

On March 27, 2025, in Aralsk, Kyzylorda Region, a roundtable discussion on "Experience, Modernity, and Prospects of the Aral Region" was held at the initiative of the Executive Directorate of IFAS in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The event was dedicated to the "Day of the Aral Sea".

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17 03 2025
Launch of the Water Diplomacy Training for Young Specialists in Central Asia

Astana, 17 March 2025 - the Executive Committee of IFAS jointly with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands held a ceremony of launching the training titled “Promoting political cooperation through water diplomacy in Central Asia” for junior diplomats and professionals from Central Asia.

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13 03 2025
Visit of British Diplomats to the EC IFAS

On March 13, 2025, a meeting took place at the office of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (EC IFAS) between the Chairman of EC IFAS, Askhat Orazbay, and the Director for Central Asia Development at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Sarah Cooper.

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13 03 2025
CICA Secretary General visited Executive Committee of IFAS

Astana, 13 March 2025 - Secretary General of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Kairat Sarybay paid a visit to the office of the Executive Committee of the International Fund of Saving the Aral Sea (EC IFAS).

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12 03 2025
Chairman of the EC IFAS Attended the Auyzashar hosted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan

Astana, March 12, 2025 – At the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan M. Nurtleu, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (EC IFAS) A. Orazbay took part in an Auyzashar event organized for the heads of diplomatic missions and representatives of international organizations accredited in Kazakhstan.

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12 03 2025
International Conference for World Water Day

On March 12, 2025, the International Conference "Water Resource Management: Risks, Resilience, and Innovations" took place in the city of Astana, dedicated to World Water Day on March 22. The event was organized by the Presidential Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan.

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26 02 2025
EC IFAS and IHE Delft signed a Memorandum of Understanding

On February 26, 2025, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (EC IFAS) A. Orazbay, Rector of the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands E.Moors and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of the Netherlands K.Abdrakhmanov held a trilateral online meeting.

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13 02 2025
The meeting with representatives of the World Bank

On February 13, 2025, a team of World Bank staff visited the office of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea and discussed with the official representatives of the IFAS's founding states the possibilities for further strengthening cooperation.

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12 02 2025
The "City of Working Professions" Festival

February 12, 2025, in Astana, at the International Exhibition Center "EXPO", by invitation of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the IFAS Serik Bekmaganbetov gave a presentation on the issues of the Aral Sea and the activities of the IFAS Executive Committee to the young professionals of the water sector at the national festival "City of Working Professions".

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29 01 2025
On participation in the 88th meeting of the ICWC

On January 29, 2025, the 88th meeting of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination of Central Asia (ICWC) was held in Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan, chaired by the Tajik side. The meeting was also attended by the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (EC IFAS).

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28 01 2025
Blue Peace Central Asia: Swiss Initiative for Water Cooperation in Central Asia

Astana, 28 January 2025 – A team of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (EC IFAS) had a meeting with a Swiss delegation headed by the Ambassador of Switzerland to the Republic of Kazakhstan Salman Bal at the office of the EC IFAS. The delegation included representatives from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).

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16 01 2025
Working visit of the Chairman of the EC IFAS to Taraz

On January 16, 2025, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, Askhat Orazbay, made a working trip to Taraz, where he met with the staff of the Kazakh Scientific Research Institute of Water Economy and the Kazakh National University of Water Resources and Irrigation to discuss the implementation of potential joint projects. A meeting was also held with Sagit Ibatullin, who served as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the IFAS from 2009 to 2012.

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