Summer School for young water specialists in Kazakhstan
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The OSCE Programme Office in Astana in close partnership with the German-Kazakh University, the Regional Research Network “Central Asian Water” co-organizers the 4th consecutive year the annual Summer School with a focus on methods and tools for assessing and monitoring the Central Asian water and land resources. This year’s project addresses some 35 students from five Central Asian countries and Afghanistan to allow capacity building, awareness raising and best practices exchange in the highlighted area.
The activity will combine academic lectures with practical exercises in Almaty and provide a site trip to Astana at EXPO-2017 where the participants will have an opportunity of getting familiarized with the latest green technologies know-how and approaches in the water management sector.
The activity goes in line with Kazakhstan’s strategy on transition to “green” economy, which, inter alia, requires the improvement of the national water governance framework and promotes the development of competitive qualitatively skilled human capital at the green economy market.