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International Conference: The Caspian Sea – Issues, Prospects, and Opportunities for Sustainable Development

Event, Event Date: 1 Oct 2026 –2 Oct 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan)
Visit to the Mamun Academy in Khiva

News, Sep 2026 (Germany, Uzbekistan)
4th Annual SDSN Kazakhstan Conference in Almaty

Event, Event Date: 22 Oct 2026 –23 Oct 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan)
The International Week of Innovative Ideas — “Innoweek.uz”

Event, Event Date: 27 Oct 2026 –29 Oct 2026 (Uzbekistan)

Upcoming Dates and Events

International Conference: The Caspian Sea – Issues, Prospects, and Opportunities for Sustainable Development

Event Date: Oct 1, 2026 – Oct 2, 2026 · Event, Germany, Kazakhstan
LESLIE Sustainable Land Management (SLM) International Conference 2026

Event Date: Oct 19, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · Event, Uzbekistan
4th Annual SDSN Kazakhstan Conference in Almaty

Event Date: Oct 22, 2026 – Oct 23, 2026 · Event, Germany, Kazakhstan
The International Week of Innovative Ideas — “Innoweek.uz”

Event Date: Oct 27, 2026 – Oct 29, 2026 · Event, Uzbekistan
AgroWorld Qazaqstan 2026

Event Date: Oct 28, 2026 – Oct 30, 2026 · Event, Kazakhstan
Save the Date | Regional Conference on Future-Oriented Research and Innovations

Event Date: Nov 17, 2026 – Nov 18, 2026 · Event, Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

DFG-Supported Workshop: Blue-Green Water Infrastructure for Climate-Resilient Water Management

News, Sep 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan)
Save the Date | Regional Conference on Future-Oriented Research and Innovations

Event, Event Date: 17 Nov 2026 –18 Nov 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
Visit to the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology (IPBB) in Almaty

News, Aug 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan)
New DFG Cooperation-Initiation Project between Germany and Kazakhstan

News, Aug 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan)
CASIB Participates in Scientific Conference at S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University

News, Jul 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan)
Framework Call on the promotion of projects in research and innovation cooperation with the countries of the Eastern Partnership and Central Asia

Calls & Announcements, Event Date: 17 Jul 2026 –28 Aug 2026 (Germany, Mongolia)
International Summer School on Soil Health Launched in Kazakhstan

News, Jul 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)
German Expertise Showcased at the 70th Anniversary of the A.I. Barayev Scientific-Production Center for Grain Farming

News, Jul 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan)
CASIB Welcomes German Research Delegation to Discuss Cooperation in Infectious Disease Research

News, Jul 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Others)
The Final Report of the First German-Central Asian Higher Education and Research Forum is now available online!

News, Jul 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)
LESLIE Sustainable Land Management (SLM) International Conference 2026

Event, Event Date: 19 Oct 2026 –20 Oct 2026 (Uzbekistan)
UNCCD 17th session of the Conference of the Parties

Event, Event Date: 17 Aug 2026 –28 Aug 2026 (Mongolia)
CASIB Engagement in High-Level Kazakhstan–Germany Science Cooperation Meeting in Brussels

News, Jun 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan)
CASIB at the International Conference on Mountains, Climate and Health in Bishkek

News, Jun 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan)
CASIB Participation in the KazGASA and KAU Summer School on Modern Science and Innovation

News, Jun 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan)
CASIB Organized Information Session on DFG and BMFTR Research Funding Opportunities at KBTU

News, Jun 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan)
ExSoil Summer School 2026 – Call for Applications

Calls & Announcements, Event Date: 25 Jul 2026 –31 Jul 2026
Stellenausschreibung: Direktor/in der Außenstelle (w/m/d)

Calls & Announcements, Jun 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan)
Opening of the KazNU–XUST Joint Bioconversion Laboratory

News, Jun 2026 (Kazakhstan)
Digital GreenTalents Award 2026 – Call for Applications

Calls & Announcements, Event Date: 15 May 2026 –15 Jun 2026 (Germany)
CASIB at Regional Summit 2026 in Astana

News, May 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan)
CASIB and BMFTR Meet with Vice Minister of Science of Kazakhstan

News, Apr 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan)
4th International High-Level Conference on the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development” 2018-2028

Event, Event Date: 25 May 2026 –28 Apr 2026 (Tajikistan)
AgroWorld Qazaqstan 2026

Event, Event Date: 28 Oct 2026 –30 Oct 2026 (Kazakhstan)
International Conference on Mountains, Climate and Health in Central Asia

Event, Event Date: 18 Jun 2026 –19 Jun 2026
BMFTR Framework Call – AGRI-CA (Central Asia)

Calls & Announcements, Event Date: 30 Jun 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
Turkmenistan–European Union Business Forum in Ashgabat

News, Apr 2026 (Germany, Turkmenistan)
Webinar: Volkswagen Foundation Funding Portfolio

Event, Event Date: 9 Apr 2026
Call for papers: Reimagining Archaeological Heritage and the Digital Future

Calls & Announcements, Event Date: 1 Apr 2026
Call for Applications: Max Planck Postdoc Program

Calls & Announcements, Mar 2026 (Germany)
Tashkent Water Security Forum

Event, Event Date: 26 Mar 2026 (Uzbekistan)
Kick‑Off Meeting of the ExSoil Project at the National Academy of Sciences in Almaty

News, Mar 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan)
High-Level CASIB-Supported Delegation Visit to Uzbekistan

News, Mar 2026 (Germany, Uzbekistan)
First German Higher Education and Science Forum Central Asia

News, Mar 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
Regional Ecological Summit 2026

Event, Event Date: 22 Apr 2026 –24 Apr 2026 (Kazakhstan)
German University and Science Forum Central Asia

Event, Event Date: 23 Feb 2026 –25 Feb 2026
Visit to Astana Hub

News, Feb 2026 (Kazakhstan)
CASIB at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) 2026

News, Feb 2026 (Germany, Kazakhstan)
Dr. Peter Liebelt Appointed DFG Liaison Scientist in Central Asia

News, Feb 2026

2025

German-Uzbek Higher Education Forum in Berlin

News, Nov 2025 (Uzbekistan)
CASIB Visit to Turkmenistan

News, Nov 2025 (Turkmenistan)
CASIB and Partners at InnoWeek 2025 in Tashkent

News, Oct 2025 (Uzbekistan)
Turkmen delegation visits the Federal Foreign Office and Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space in Berlin

News, Jun 2025
Delegation trip with Turkmen specialists to Nukus (Uzbekistan), May 19–23, 2025

News, Jun 2025 (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
Biodiversity Conference, Nukus (19.05.2025)

News, Jun 2025 (Uzbekistan)
DFG-Delegation in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (19.-23.05.2025)

News, Jun 2025 (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan)
German-Kyrgyz Science Day (15.05.2025)

News, Jun 2025 (Germany, Kyrgyzstan)
Round Table: “German–Central Asian Research Policy Dialogue” within the framework of the C5+1 format on May 13, 2025, in Almaty

News, Jun 2025 (Germany, Kazakhstan)
WENex: Driving Innovation at the Water-Energy Nexus

News, Apr 2025
Towards Sustainable Land Management: First SuLaMaNET Workshop in Germany

News, Apr 2025
Call for Abstracts: Navigating Change Conference in Tashkent, 14-15 October 2025

Calls & Announcements, Mar 2025 (Uzbekistan)
Universities of Applied Sciences (UDIF-HAW) and Researchers from Central Asia

News, Mar 2025
SuLaMaNET Project Meeting (20.02.2025)

News, Feb 2025
Kasachstan wird den Regionalen Klimagipfel im Jahr 2026 ausrichten.

News, Jan 2025

2024

CLIENT Conference 2024 (28-29 November, 2024)

News, Dec 2024
Floods 2024 and Current Issues in Water Resource Management (04.12.2024)

News, Dec 2024
Visit of the Preparatory College (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)

News, Nov 2024
Kasachstan hat das Konzept zur Entwicklung der Wasserstoffenergie in der Republik Kasachstan bis 2030 vorgestellt

News, Nov 2024
International workshop: Participatory approaches to natural resource management and rural development in Central Asia

News, Oct 2024
CASIB at the “Connected – Reimagining the future” Conference in Astana

News, Oct 2024
CASIB auf dem Central Asia University Forum (CAUF)

News, Oct 2024
Internationale Conference “Past Achievements and Future Challenges of Applied Geosciences in Central Asia” (08.10.2024)

News, Oct 2024
Joint Declaration on Cooperation between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Federal Republic of Germany

News, Sep 2024
CASIB unterstützt die DFG bei Explorationsreise durch Zentralasien

News, Sep 2024
Meeting with the Head of the Scientific and Technical Information Centre (09.09.2024)

News, Sep 2024
Forum on Sustainable Use of Water Resources in Central Asia (04.09.2024)

News, Sep 2024
Opening of the German-Kazakh Centre for Science (03.09.2024)

News, Sep 2024
Visit to “Hanffaser Uckermark” (27.08.2024)

News, Sep 2024
Visit to the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (08.08.2024)

News, Aug 2024
GIZ Workshop on discussing the results of the needs assessment and situation analysis in Central Asian universities (02.07-04.07.2024)

News, Jul 2024
CLIENT II Wrap-Up Conference for Central Asia 2024

News, Jun 2024
SUFACHAIN Workshop in Tashkent and excursion to the Fergana Valley (25.04-26.04.2024)

News, May 2024
CASIB visited SVEVIND (07.03.2024)

News, Mar 2024
CLIENT II at the Silk Road of Knowledge Conference (23.02.2024)

News, Feb 2024

2023

Bekanntmachung des Förderaufrufs Maßnahmen zur Etablierung nachhaltiger gemeinsamer Partnerstrukturen

News, Nov 2023
BMBF Rahmenbekanntmachung zu Zentralasien

News, Oct 2023
Bekniyaz Bolat Kabykenuly was appointed First Vice Minister of Water and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan

News, Oct 2023
Nobel-Fest in Astana

News, Oct 2023
Ansprache des Staatschefs Kassym-Jomart Tokajew an das kasachische Volk

News, Sep 2023
Workshop in Astana (05.09.2023)

News, Sep 2023
German-Kazakh scientific cooperation

News, Aug 2023
BMBF-Delegationsreise nach Astana (12.06-16.06.2023)

News, Aug 2023
Visit of the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to Kazakhstan

News, Aug 2023
SUFACHAIN Workshop (13.03.2023)

News, Apr 2023
BMBF-Delegationsreise in Kasachstan und Kirgisistan (9.03-16.03.2023)

News, Apr 2023
The Silk Road of Knowledge: Science Meets Green Policy

News, Mar 2023
CASIB auf der Eco-Week

News, Feb 2023
CASIB visits Yessenov University in Aqtau (12.-14.02.2023)

News, Feb 2023
ÖkoFlussPlan Project. Final Conference (12-13, January 2023)

News, Jan 2023

2022

Regional CLIENT II Stakeholder Conference in Tashkent (18.10-19.10.2022)

News, Nov 2022
Working meeting with the Ministry of Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan

News, Jul 2022
Parliamentary State Secretary Dr. Ophelia Nick (BMEL) visited the CLIENT II project ReKKS in North Kazakhstan

News, Jul 2022
Visit of the German Ambassador to the ReKKS-project in Kazakhstan (06.06.2022)

News, Jun 2022
Energy Week Central Asia & Mongolia (26-28 April, 2022)

News, May 2022
CASIB met with representatives of JICA in Tashkent (05.04.2022)

News, Apr 2022
Visit to the TERESA-project in Nur-Sultan (04.03.2022)

News, Apr 2022
Meeting with Eurasian Development Bank EDB, 03/03/2022

News, Mar 2022
Meeting with the representative of the Kazakh scholarship program “Bolashak”

News, Mar 2022

2021

Expert group meeting on the topic of hydrogen policy, hydrogen projects and its potential in Kazakhstan (Almaty, November 15, 2021)

News, Dec 2021
CLIENT Conference-2021 (26-28.10.2021, Berlin)

News, Dec 2021
CASIB at the Aral Sea Conference and InnoWeek-2021 in Tashkent

News, Dec 2021
ApocynumTex Kickoff Meetings (Almaty and Nukus, 18. – 24.10.2021)

News, Nov 2021
Workshop on waste and circular economy in Kazakhstan (18.10.2021, Nur-Sultan)

News, Nov 2021
Drone measurement flights in Central Asia as part of the DUB-GEM project (05.09. – 08.09.2021)

News, Nov 2021
How to help livestock farmers to adapt in response to changing water inflow in the Ili Delta?

News, Oct 2021
Carbon neutrality in Kazakhstan: Too ambitious goal or why it might work?

News, Oct 2021
Visiting IICAS in Nukus (Karakalpakstan)

News, Oct 2021
Meeting with the Ministry of Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Tashkent

News, Oct 2021
UN General Assembly adopted special resolution on the Aral Sea region

News, May 2021
Save the Date: Auftaktveranstaltung der deutsch-zentralasiatischen Fachkonferenzreihe Wissenschaft trifft Wirtschaft – Innovationen für Nachhaltigkeit

News, May 2021
2021 Desertification and Drought Day

News, Apr 2021
GIZ-Platform Leverist: Business Opportunities for Regional ClIENT II Partners

News, Feb 2021
Current Funding Opportunity through IKI: submit your project proposal by March 10

News, Feb 2021
Call for Applications: 2 PhD Scholarships at BTU for 2021

News, Feb 2021
Coronavirus in Central Asia: Latest Updates

News, Feb 2021
Meeting with representatives of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Germany

News, Jan 2021

2020

“Silk Road of Knowledge”: Scientific and Practical Digital Conference

News, Dec 2020
Visa-free regime for foreign citizens of 57 countries was suspended in Kazakhstan until 1 May 2021

News, Nov 2020
CLIENT II Project LINOKAS makes the leap into industrial practice

News, Nov 2020
Signing of a Memorandum with IFAS

News, Sep 2020
CASIB visits Shortandy und Nur-Sultan

News, Sep 2020
CASIB on a visit to Pavlodar and Ekibastuz

News, Sep 2020
Sommerschulen: Möglichkeiten der Finanzierung

News, Jun 2020
COVID-19 in Zentralasien: Aktuelle Nachrichten

News, Jun 2020
Kazakhstan Joins United Nations Development Programme on Preserving Biodiversity

News, Jun 2020
Covid-19 in Kasachstan: Aktuelle Informationen

News, Mar 2020
Agricultural Exhibition AgriTek/FarmTek Spring 2020

News, Mar 2020
Conference: Green Central Asia – Enhancing Environment, Climate and Water Resilience

News, Feb 2020
Aktuelle Information: AgriTek/FarmTek Astana und KazFarm/KazAgro

News, Feb 2020
Conference: Sustainable Water Resources Management in Central Asia

News, Jan 2020

2019

Baikonur Invest Forum Kyzylorda

News, Dec 2019
Symposium “Sustainable Development of Agriculture in the Face of Climate Change”

News, Dec 2019
Symposium “German-Kazakh Forum for Renewable Energies in Kazakhstan”

News, Dec 2019
Participation in CAWa User Forum

News, Nov 2019
Visit to Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University (KTMU)

News, Nov 2019
Formal Opening of New Soil Science Laboratory at KazATU

News, Nov 2019
Attendance of Seminar “Sustainable Development of Agriculture under the Conditions of Climate Change”, hosted by the German-Kazakh Agro-Political Dialogue

News, Nov 2019
International Agricultural Exhibition KazAgro

News, Nov 2019
Attendance of III. Conference of the German Industry: Eurasian Economic Union – Significance, Achievements, Chances for Development (translation by CASIB)

News, Nov 2019
Participation in delegation visit to Mongolia, representing Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU)

News, Nov 2019
DUB-GEM: Site Visit with Representative of Project Management Agency

News, Nov 2019
Project Start ÖkoFlussPlan: Kick-Off on Site

News, Nov 2019
Opening of the regional office CASIB – Central Asian Sustainable Innovation Bureau in Almaty

News, Sep 2019