One of the world South Korean companies has entered partnership with the Kazakhstan producers of LED technologies. Advantage of plant is lack of harmful substances and an opportunity to see objects at night days as at a sunlight.
“We presented the project on production of electroproduction in 2014. Today our plant makes more than 8 types of lamps of external and internal consecration. The plant is constructed on a half of 2 hectares of our site as in the future we plan to create laboratory which will make materials for production of our production not to import them. For today we work with the Korean technologies. The expiration date of one our lamp reaches 40,000 hours, these are about 5 years of a guarantee that well saves means of citizens,” the plant manager of Tecata Hanat Nurekenov says.

According to the Head of the agency of the Ministry of Energy, the Environmental Code has been amended to encourage the formation of a civilized market for recycling, establishing national standards to market participants and the procedure for handling the main types of solid waste.

These comprehensive measures can be implemented in all the regions of the Republic for separate waste disposal and develop small and medium-sized businesses for recycling solid waste.

Ministry of Energy has initiated arrangements for the development of the industry. Thus, successfully hosted a conference in Karaganda city with the participation of experts from international organizations, business and public associations. Similar workshops are planned in all the regions.

Source: www.energo.gov.kz

On the initiative of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter – the Ministry), from April 15 to June 5, 2016 the promotion for collection of electric and electronic equipment with the participation of commercial networks including: ‘’Technodom,” ”Alser”, LLP “KazEkoTehAstana” reclamation equipment department, LLP “PromTehnoResurs”, S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University and the Republican public organization ”PosadiDerevo.kz”, as well as the regional police department was held in Astana. To summarize:

The «PosadiDerevo.kz» branch in Astana together with the S.Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University conducted the following events – second year Environmental group students of S.Seifullin Agro Technical University held the tutorials and educational seminars among the 8th classes pupils in 14 schools (№23, №37, №15, №5, №32, №65, №35, №51, №76, №3, №25, №52 , №56, №18).

The promotion was attended by 40 students, approximately 4,000 brochures were distributed.

The Direction of ”TECHNODOM” stores provided 6 places for electronic disposal collection and ecoboxes in trading networks to accommodate and collect electrical equipment in designated areas: business center ”Nur Tulpar” – Republic avenue 34A, “Asia Tau” mall, Ablai Khan, 27/3; “GREEN” supermarket – Shokan Valikhanov str. 20; ”Keruen” mall – Dostyk str. 9; Bogenbai Batyr avenue 62 – “Alem” mall, “ZHAYLY” mall – Satpayev str. 14.

The Direction of “Alser” stores in Astana provided 3 electronic disposal sights in commercial networks by the addresses: Beybitshilik str. 33; Zhirentaeva str. 10, shopping center “Tulpar” Shokan Ualihanov str. 24.

LLP “NTP KazekotechAstana” collected 6381 kg of electronic wastes free of charge.

Including:

LLP “Eurasian Group” – 3275 kg;

JSC “Information and Registration Center” – 918 kg;

JSC «Technodom Operator» (Astana Trade Network) – 736 kg;

From the public – 1452 kg.

LLP “PromTehnoResource” accepted 3048 kg of electronic wastes free of charge.

The Ministry awarded letters of appreciation to 10 volunteers including 5 students.

Considering above, the results of promotion held by the enterprises for recycling equipment LLP “KazEkoTechAstana” and LLP “PromTehnoResource”, totally collected – 9.4 tons (9400kg) of electric and electronic equipment.

Source: www.energo.gov.kz

To change the situation of solid waste management and urban ecology recovery Ust-Kamenogorsk will build a plant for processing and sorting of waste. Together with the city administration the “Yang Hae” company has undertaken the improvement of the ecological situation at the expense of its own means, the information center of East Kazakhstan region reported.

Source: www.strategy2050.kz

SAINT PETERSBURG. KAZINFORM – Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev has held a meeting with President of Guinea Alfa Condé on the sidelines of the 20th Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) today, the Akorda’s press service reports.At the meeting the two leaders discussed prospects of establishing bilateral relations in political, economic and cultural spheres. Utmost attention was paid to the international agenda and joint work within the framework of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
President Nazarbayev stressed it is symbolic that their first meeting had coincided with the holy month of Ramadan.
“Our country has attained independence 25 years ago and we are only starting to cooperate with African countries. The presidents of Senegal and Rwanda have recently paid visits to Kazakhstan. I am convinced that long distance between Kazakhstan and Guinea won’t interfere with close cooperation between our countries,” Nursultan Nazarbayev said.
President Condé, in turn, thanked his Kazakhstani counterpart for the meeting and expressed hope for further development of bilateral relations.

Source: www.inform.kz

ASTANA – Kazakh government officials elaborated on initiatives taken to ensure the country is recognised as an attractive investment destination during the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) 2016 annual meeting and business forum in London.

“The government’s reform agenda as well as measures taken by the National Bank have been critical to creating a positive business environment in Kazakhstan. The EBRD projects positive growth for the country and we believe rating agencies are six months behind in their assessment of its economic position,” said Janet Heckman, EBRD Country Director in Kazakhstan.

The panel, moderated by EBRD Managing Director Natasha Khanjenkova, included Kazakh Vice Minister of Finance Ruslan Beketayev, Deputy Akim (Governor) of  Almaty region Serik Turdaliyev, Kazakh Ambassador to the United Kingdom Erzhan Kazykhanov and KazNex deputy head Askhat Beisenbayev. They discussed EBRD’s ongoing investment in Kazakhstan, noting in the last 25 years the bank has signed more than 200 projects worth around $7 billion.

The panellists also highlighted China’s One Belt, One Road initiative and Kazakhstan’s Nurly Zhol programme. They added the government pre-empted a drop in the price of oil by implementing extensive reforms and is now well prepared to meet the changing economic climate.

“One of the things we did was to amend the state budget computing a price of $30 per barrel and we cut unnecessary spending,” said Beketayev to potential investors. “We anticipated the scenario and we are now fully prepared to meet the challenges. We are comfortable with the current price of $45 a barrel.”

He added the Kazakh government launched a programme to ensure the economy’s financing through multilateral financial institutions such as the EBRD and the World Bank, as well as the country’s National Fund and the private sector.

Beisenbayev told participants Kazakhstan wants to expand and diversify its investment opportunities into areas such as agriculture and tourism. He also noted because of the recent depreciation of the tenge, the Kazakh currency, investors will find a “cheap and skilled labour pool.”

EBRD is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The theme of the forum was “Influencing Change–The Next 25 Years” and participants looked at ways to finance green infrastructure investment, bringing together two of the key sustainable development goals – the calls for urgent action to combat climate change and deliver resilient infrastructure.

Green infrastructure is a crucial element in the EBRD regions’ transition story, helping to lay the foundation for economic growth while promoting resource, energy, and carbon efficiency and reducing harmful impacts on the environment.

In the last ten years, the bank invested almost €20 billion (US$22.7 billion) in more than 1,000 sustainable energy and resource projects. The total value of those investments exceeds €100 billion (US$113.5 billion). Since its founding, the EBRD has participated in projects to promote Kazakhstan’s market economy through several renewable energy, mining and agriculture initiatives.

ASTANA – More than 400 delegates from more than 50 countries and approximately 30 authoritative speakers gathered here for the 13th Eurasian Media Forum (EAMF) on April 21-22. Issues related to the worldwide economic crisis and its global consequences were discussed in panel sessions by prominent international politicians, economists, journalists and public and political figures, as well as representatives of media, political and expert associations.

EAMF organising committee chair Dariga Nazarbayeva delivered a speech at the opening ceremony on behalf of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

“I believe that the Eurasian Media Forum has become one of the leading platforms for dialogue. The most topical issues of the modern world are discussed, as are a new paradigm of development and the future,” she read in the speech.

Nazarbayev noted the Manifest “The World. The 21st Century”, which he presented during the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington at the end of March 2016, has an aim of eradicating the wars throughout the world.

“Today, humanity is entering an era of unprecedented trial. What the new world and our common future will be depends on each of us… Thanks to the common will, this century must become the era of the triumph of constructive dialogue. The open discussion of world problems at the EAMF for finding a balanced solution will be an invaluable contribution to the peace movement,” she added.

In his welcome speech, former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai praised Nazarbayev’s peacekeeping efforts and expressed hope that this forum would be thought provocative but constructive.

“Above all, I am happy to be in Kazakhstan once again. The country has a common culture with us. This is the country that has helped us for the last 13 years and made a huge contribution to the development of the country. President Nazarbayev has always been a friend of Afghanistan and a kind partner in the re-building of Afghanistan,” he said.

Karzai added Nazarbayev and the Kazakh people gave 1,000 scholarships to Afghan students to study in Kazakhstan. He also noted the significance of the President’s recent initiative on global nuclear disarmament and asked all to join in support of the manifest.

As she greeted the participants, Nazarbayeva noted the EAMF has a solid history and experience of mutually fruitful dialogue.

“Our city is preparing to hold the EXPO 2017 exhibition and the guests will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the impressive scale of the construction of the exhibition centre, which will become a new pearl of Astana… We are all very different and sometimes have opposing views, but nevertheless, almost every year we gather in the hospitable land of Kazakhstan. We learn how to hear and listen to each other,” she said.

Russia’s Federation Council Committee for economic policy member Dmitry Mezentsev, former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and Astana International Financial Centre Governor Kairat Kelimbetov joined Karzai for the first panel discussion devoted to issues of world economy and achieving peace.

Mezentsev said the EAMF forum has become a major event of not only regional but also global importance. He stressed a world without war is better than a world with conflict and violence.

“A man does not change even though high technologies can make the world perfect. The current agenda of the first session demonstrates that we should not forget how the level of oil prices changes. We unfortunately saw how difficult it was to hold negotiations in Doha. We see that 30 billion barrels of oil per day are not even a limit to OPEC. Today, production has significantly increased and if there is no agreement, if the economic, selfish interest dominates in a number of countries, it is necessary to understand why this is happening,” he said.

Mezentsev noted the unity of 100 nationalities living in Kazakhstan is a successful model of political and economic means which will be stable for decades.

Straw indicated Britain’s collapse in the steel industry is a significant problem and shared his vision on facing this reality.

“If there is a more strategically sensible approach by OPEC to see an increase in the oil price, that in turn, will rebalance the international economy and reduce the overall level of risk. And maybe therefore seeing the trend growth of the world economies improving which, in turn, would improve the commodity prices as well,” he said.

Kelimbetov said Kazakhstan currently has a good opportunity to move from the commodity-driven model to economic diversification.

“President Nazarbayev started this reform many years ago. In 2001, we created a sovereign fund, which we call the National Fund, and we already have $64 billion, which is kind of a reserve for the future generation. We follow many countries who joined for more flexible exchanges or an inflation-targeting regime following the Russian example… The most important thing is the reforms started by President Nazarbayev, we call them the Plan of the Nation – 100 Concrete Steps, which sets the reforms on how to improve the investment climate and how to improve the always-[available] opportunity to do business in Kazakhstan. Part of this is creating financial clusters in two years… New financial centres will be based here,” he added.