December 2019

On November 30, a large number of stakeholders from government, industry, and diplomatic missions of different countries came together in Kyzylorda for an exchange about the region's future economic development within the framework of the annually held Baikonur Invest Forum. The town, which is situated on the bank of the Syr-Darya river, is internationally known for its proximity to Baiknur Cosmodrome, the world's first and largest rocket launch site.

On November 28, the German-Kazakh Agro-Political Dialogue and the National Centre of Agricultural Research and Education jointly hosted an international symposium on "Sustainable Development of Agriculture in the Face of Climate Change" in Kazakhstan's capital Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana), where head of bureau Peter Liebelt and intern Clara Baier presented the project office and spoke about strategies for more efficient water use in the (irrigated) agriculture of Central Asia.

On November 26, CASIB attended the symposium "German-Kazakh Forum for Renewable Energies in Kazakhstan" in Almaty, hosted by DEinternational within in the framework of the Export Initiative Energy ("Exportinitiative Energie") of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy. Objective of the symposium was to provide local stakeholders and German delegates with a platform for information and contact exchange.