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Kazakhstan
NOTE: As of March 2, 2008, assistance for Kazakhstan
has moved to the newly created Asia Bureau.
Kazakhstan in Action
 Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan Share Economic Management Experience
In October 2007, USAID’s Public Investment Policy (PIP) Project facilitated an educational study tour for a group of six high-level officials from Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Economic Development (MOED) to Astana, Kazakhstan... Read More ...
Related Items: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Democracy
 Exam Revenues Now Sustain Central Asian Accounting Certification Body
A USAID-supported regional accounting certification body generated $1.9 million in revenues from exams in Kazakhstan in November 2007, covering examination costs not only in Kazakhstan but for all of Central Asia... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Education
 Learning a More Mother- and Child-Friendly Approach to Birth
Nearly 16,000 pregnant women and their partners have received birth preparedness lessons through USAID-supported pilot projects across the Kazkhstan... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Health
 Thousands of Kazakhstani Students Learn Economics from JA
During the 2006-2007 academic year, over 200,000 school students in Kazakhstan studied economics and entrepreneurship through USAID-supported Junior Achievement (JA) programs... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Education
 Reforms Save Kazakhstani Business More than $130M
Changes in Kazakhstan’s “Law On Government Procurement,” introduced with assistance from the USAID Business Environment Improvement Project (BEI), will produce millions of dollars in savings for local businesses... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Business Development
 Specialists Study Infection Control, Blood Safety on U.S. Study Tour
Ten specialists from health facilities in Southern Kazakhstan Oblast and the Ministry of Health participated in an “Infection Control and Blood Safety” study tour in the U.S. from August 1-21, 2007... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Health
 Electricity Loss Reduction Addressed at a Regional Forum
In June 2006, the Regional Markets Assistance Program for Central Asia (REMAP) organized the Regional Electricity Loss Reduction Forum in cooperation with the Government of Kyrgyzstan... Read More ...
Related Items: Kyrgyzstan, Energy
 Avian Influenza Information Disseminated to Specialists, Households Alike
Over 600 veterinary inspectors and laboratory directors from each of Kazakhstan’s 14 oblasts have been trained through a USAID-led initiative in avian influenza surveillance, biosecurity, and
rapid reporting... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Health
 U.S. Senate Staff Observes USAID Efforts in Kazakhstan
In May 2007, staff from the office of U.S. Senator Richard Lugar traveled to Kazakhstan to meet with several USAID project implementers and USAID-supported NGOs as part of a worldwide study examining the implementation ... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan
 Kazakhstan Participates in the First GEM Study in Central Asia
This year Kazakhstan joins over 40 middle- and high-income countries worldwide as a site of the prestigious Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) survey of entrepreneurial activity... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Business Development
 Gov’t, Business Leaders Seek to Improve Kazakhstan’s Competitiveness
In April 2007, USAID’s Regional Competitiveness Initiative and its Kazakhstan Small Business Development Project jointly organized an Economic Growth and Competitiveness Forum to generate discussion among government and business representatives... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Business Development
 New Institution to Improve Court-Media Relations in Kazakhstan
The USAID Kazakhstan Judicial Assistance Project recently helped to create the “Bench-Media Forum of Kazakhstan” to facilitate continued dialogue between the members of the judiciary and the media... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Democracy
 National Campaign Informs Kazakhstani Citizens about their Rights
In April 2007, USAID’s Kazakhstan Judicial Assistance Project launched the “Know Your Courts, Know Your Rights” national public education campaign... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Rule of Law
 USAID Assists Avian Flu Preparedness in Kazakhstan
USAID, with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Winrock International, continues to support the Government of Kazakhstan in pursuing avian influenza preparedness efforts... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Health
 Kazakhstan Simplifies Travel Service Certification
The Kazakhstan Tourism Association, with support from two USAID projects, persuaded the lawmakers to cancel the mandatory certification of services related to booking and selling tickets for passenger and cargo air transportation... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Business Development
 Survey Gives Kazakhstanis a Voice in Their Courts
In February, Court Customer Satisfaction Surveys were placed in four courts in Kazakhstan: two oblast courts and two rayon courts. The surveys are part of a pilot project implemented by the USAID Kazakhstan Judicial Assistance Project... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Rule of Law
 USAID/ExxonMobil Kazakhstan Open Third Birth Preparedness School
On March 2, USAID and ExxonMobil Kazakhstan, Inc. celebrated the official opening of three Birth Preparedness Schools and announced a fourth Global Development Alliance (GDA) project to be carried out... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Health
 Judicial Mentorship Program Expands in Kazakhstan
The mentoring of new judges by a senior colleague is a proven, useful means of continuing education for members of the judiciary. Over the past year, USAID’s Kazakhstan Judicial Assistance Project (KJAP) has increased the number... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Education
 Drug Prevention Program Rolls Out in Almaty Schools
In January 2007, the Almaty City Council approved a training program on HIV prevention developed by USAID’s CAPACITY project for all general schools in Almaty... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Health
 Kazakhstan Joins Global Entrepreneurship Monitoring Consortium
With support from USAID’s Kazakhstan Small Business Development (KSBD) project, in January 2007, the Innovative Eurasia University of Pavlodar was selected to perform a complete Global Entrepreneuship Monitoring (GEM)... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Business Development
 Junior Achievement Participants Establish an Alumni Club
In November, thirteen alumni and Junior Achievement Kazakhstan staff officially established an Alumni Club for this USAID-supported program... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Education
 Kazakhstan’s Farmers Diversify Crops, Increase Profit
In 2006, farmers who received support from USAID’s Water Users Associations Assistance Program (WUAAP) achieved increased productivity at a level three times greater than the national average... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Business Development
USAID’s Reproductive Health Pilots Receive Donation
Next year, USAID’s reproductive health improvement pilots in Almaty, Astana, Zhezkazgan, and Karaganda will receive over $800,000 worth of oral contraceptives from the biopharmaceutical company Organon... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Health
 Kazakh Regional Agriculture Trade Show a Big Hit
USAID’s Water Users Associations Assistance Program (WUAAP), in partnership with SodBi Business Incubator and the Southern Kazakhstan Regional Government, held an agricultural
trade show in the regional capital – Shymkent... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Business Development
 USAID Supports Nationwide Roll-Out of Judicial Mentorship Program
In September, USAID’s Kazakhstan Judicial Assistance Project (KJAP), implemented by Chemonics International, led a hands-on training for judges... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Education
 Kazakhstan Courts Prepare For Jury Trials
Jury trials will go into force in Kazakhstan on January 1, 2007 for capital cases and USAID’s project is helping the Kazakhstani judiciary prepare for the implementation of the new law... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Rule of Law
 CDC Investigates Pediatric HIV Outbreak in Kazakhstan
Earlier this year, at the request of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Health, the U.S. Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) participated in an epidemiological investigation of an HIV outbreak among children aged 6-24 months in southern Kazakhstan... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Health
 Entrepreneurship Center to Strengthen Business Practices in Kazakhstan
In May, USAID’s Business and Economics Education Project (B&EE) helped open the Kazakhstan-American Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (KACEBI) at the Western-Kazakhstan Institute of Languages and Management “Evrazia”... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Business Development
 Kazakhstani Youth Take a First-Hand Look at Local Government
More than 300 students worked with 270 local government officials in 26 Akimats (councils) during the Student Local Government Days to learn how their government works... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Democracy
 Regional World Bank’s Doing Business Report Identifies Necessary Reforms for
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
Kyrgyz Republic was ranked 84th, Kazakhstan 86th, and Uzbekistan 138th among 155 countries, based on specific regulations that promote or constrain investment productivity and growth... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Institutional Reform
 First Televised Public Forum on Bribery and Corruption in Legal Education
in Kazakhstan
With USAID funding, ABA/CEELI and USAID’s Participant Training Program conducted a televised forum to address the issue of bribery in law institutions in Kazakhstan... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Rule of Law
 With USAID Support Kazakhstan Adopts Live Birth Definition
On March 1, the Government of Kazakhstan endorsed a plan for the country’s transition to the live birth criteria, recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO)... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Health
 Kazakhstan Initiates Medical Education Reform
The Council of Ministers of Kazakhstan recently approved the Concept on Reforming the Medical Education in Kazakhstan for nationwide implementation, effective in January 2007... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Health, Education
 USAID-Funded NGOs Lead a Successful Environmental Advocacy
Campaign
A public advocacy campaign by the Karaganda Civil Society Support Center (CSSC) EcoCenter and the NGO Reflection has recently resulted in a government decision to delay the construction... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Environment
 USAID and ExxonMobil Kazakhstan Launch New Global Development
Alliance Health Project
USAID and ExxonMobil Kazakhstan, Inc., launched their third joint Global Development Alliance (GDA) health project in the country on March 14, 2006, contributing $40,000 each... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Health
 USAID Provides a Model for Education Reform in Kazakhstan
USAID’s Civic Education Program was recently invited to make a presentation on its Civic Education course and textbook to Kazakhstan’s education officials, experts, and specialists who are designing the reform of the country’s education system... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Education
 USAID-Supported Accounting Program Gains Momentum in Kazakhstan
The availability of trained accountants is essential for Kazakhstan’s conversion to international financial reporting standards, which are key to trade and investment growth in the region... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Business Development
 A New Pilot Site for Safe Motherhood in Almaty
In December 2005, USAID’s health reform program ZdravPlus II initiated its sixth safe motherhood pilot site in Kazakhstan. The program, implemented by Abt Associates... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Health
 Deregulation Efforts Lead to $150 Million in Savings for Kazakhstani
Businesses
USAID’s Trade Facilitation and Investment Project successfully reduced business constraints related to nine separate processes in seven cities during the last quarter of 2005... Read More ...
Related Items: Kazakhstan, Business Development
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