On May 13, 2025, the Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), with the support of the project management agency DLR-PT and CASIB, organized a round table in Almaty for research policy exchange with political representatives from the Central Asian countries Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. The event served as a platform to discuss future perspectives for research cooperation. The round table was complemented by bilateral talks between the BMFTR and the individual countries.
The meetings make an important contribution to the further development of research cooperation between Germany and Central Asia. Building on the position paper of the German research, intermediary, and funding organizations, the discussions in Almaty now allow for a refinement of the recommendations from the German research community, with special consideration of the Central Asian perspective. Further planned formats for advancing the cooperation strategy with Central Asia include the CASIB Regional Conference as part of InnoWeek in October 2025 in Tashkent, as well as the German–Central Asian Higher Education and Science Forum in February 2026 in Halle.
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