Events
On April 23, 2026, in Astana, within the framework of the Regional Ecological Summit–2026, the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (EC IFAS) took part in the panel session “Best Practices in Addressing Current Environmental, Socio-Economic and Water Issues in the Aral Sea Basin”, organized by Executive Directorate of the IFAS in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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On 23 April 2026, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), A. Orazbay, took part in a round table / consultations of the heads of water management agencies of the region on the establishment of an International Water Organization within the UN system. The event was organized by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan as part of the Regional Ecological Summit 2026 in Astana. In December 2025, at an international forum in Ashgabat, the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, proposed the creation of an International Water Organization within the UN framework. The establishment of such an organization would recognize water as a global public good and ensure the institutional integration of the water agenda into key UN mechanisms. The proposed IWO could serve as a platform for aligning policy, science, finance, and practice, as well as for shaping a unified global narrative linking water security with climate, food, and economic resilience. In the Astana Statement of the Heads of State–Founders of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, signed on 22 April 2026 in Astana, the Parties noted the initiative of the Republic of Kazakhstan regarding the possible establishment of such an organization within the UN system, and emphasized that further consideration of this issue should be based on broad international consensus within the relevant UN processes.
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On 23 April 2026 in Astana, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the 46th meeting of the Berlin Eurasian Club was held on the theme “Joint Achievement of Sustainable Development: Strategic Partnership on the Path to a Green Future”, chaired by the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, E. Ashikbayev, and the Chairman of the Board of the Eastern Committee of the German Economy, K. Klaas-Mühlhäuser.
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On 23 April 2026 in Astana, within the framework of the Regional Environmental Summit 2026, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the IFAS , A. Orazbay, and the Director of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, H. Kluge, signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations.
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On 22 April 2026 in Astana, under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.K. Tokayev, a meeting of the Council of Heads of Founding States of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) was held with the participation of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic S.N. Japarov, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan E. Rahmon, the President of Turkmenistan S.G. Berdimuhamedov, and the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh.M. Mirziyoyev.
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On 16 April 2026, a meeting was held at the office of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (EC IFAS) between Chairman A. Orazbay, the Ambassador of the European Union to Kazakhstan, A. Simkič, and the Head of Cooperation at the Delegation of the European Union to Kazakhstan, J. Bauer.
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The Executive Directorate of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea in the Republic of Kazakhstan organized a series of events on April 9–10, 2026, in the city of Aralsk, Kyzylorda Region, dedicated to the traditional annual celebration of the Day of the Aral Sea.
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On April 7, 2026, a working meeting was held at the office of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea with representatives of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS office is located in Astana).
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On March 30, 2026, a meeting of the Board of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) was held in Astana under the chairmanship of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, K. Bozumbayev.
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On 25–26 March 2026, the international water forum Tashkent Water Week 2026 was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, under the theme “Technologies and Innovations in Water Resources Management: Central Asia and the Global Water Cycle”.
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On 5–6 March 2026, the 3rd meeting of the Regional Working Group on the preparation of the Central Asia Water Efficiency Cooperation Project was held in Tashkent. The meeting was organized by the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea jointly with the World Bank Central Asia Water-Energy Program (CAWEP-4).
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4 March 2026 the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea together with the World Bank Central Asia Water-Energy Program (CAWEP-4) organized a study visit in Tashkent on the topic “Transfer of Innovative Technologies and Educational Practices in Water Resources Management in Central Asia”.
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