UNDP Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan's path to biodiversity resilience through SPACES initiative

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Call for project proposals of the Small Grants Programme of the Global Environment Facility in Kazakhstan, Oct 11 - Nov 4, 2024

Small Grants Program of the Global Environment Facility (GEF SGP) in Kazakhstan, working under the auspices of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), as…

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Disaster prevention: a key to sustainable development in the face of climate change

The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is celebrated annually on 13 October. It aims to raise awareness of measures to prevent and mitigate the…

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UNDP delivers training for psychologists and school administrators in Kyzylorda and Mangystau regions

From 9 to 28 September, with support from UNDP, training sessions were held in Aktau and Kyzylorda for psychologists and school administrators, focusing on…

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Partnership to spur complex water management agenda presented at Coordination Council meeting

The first meeting of the Coordination Council of Partners for the Development of the Water Sector took place in Astana. The meeting was organized by the Ministry…

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Welcoming remarks of UNDP Resident Representative in Kazakhstan Katarzyna Wawiernia at the First meeting of the Coordination Council of Partners for Water Sector Development

We are deeply grateful for the confidence shown in UNDP by entrusting us with the co-chairmanship of this Council. We remain fully committed to supporting the…

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Our mission

UNDP is the leading United Nations organization fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality, and climate change. Working with our broad network of experts and partners in 170 countries and territories, we help nations to build integrated, lasting solutions for people and planet. In Kazakhstan, our focus is on sustaining the country’s growth trajectory by diversifying economy, modernizing institutions, reducing inequalities, and sustainably managing natural resources.

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Reducing heating costs and carbon emissions: insights from a school in Kazakhstan

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EU-funded SDG Platform for Central Asia: Advancing SDG-oriented budgeting in Kazakhstan

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Empowering Afghan women and girls in IT

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The Price of Freedom: Tatyana Medenko's Story

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Gender equality

Making gender equality a reality is a core commitment of UNDP. The organization recognizes that women empowerment and gender equality are vital to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which envisions a world of universal respect for human rights and human dignity in which every woman and girl enjoys full gender equality and all legal, social and economic barriers to their empowerment have been removed. UNDP’s Gender Equality Strategy 2022-2025, aligned with its Strategic Plan, is instrumental in fulfilling these obligations and aims to support countries and communities to speed up progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment. It aims to support public institutions to deliver a new generation of policies that diminish negative gender norms through its six ‘signature solutions’, on poverty and inequality; governance; resilience; environment; energy; and gender equality.

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Digital Solutions Catalogue

In Kazakhstan, UNDP utilizes digital to amplify development outcomes across all portfolios and thematic areas of work. The spectrum is wide-ranging and transformational. From the Digital Portal of Social Services for persons with disabilities and upgrading IT staff to accelerating digital transformation in the public sector, from introducing satellite telemetry for wildlife monitoring to closing the digital gender gap in Kazakhstan. Across all these innovative journeys we are helping the country build an inclusive and sustainable digital society.

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Digital Family Card

This is a flagship govtech solution that helps decision-makers access aggregated data on vulnerable families in real time. The platform creates a holistic, gender-sensitive and efficient system to provide social support for the most vulnerable groups in society in Kazakhstan. More than 6 million families in Kazakhstan were mapped as the result of the project that is now at the basis of the Social Code. Such transparent information leads to better planning of government spending and more accurate targeting of social assistance based on real-time data.

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UNDP Kazakhstan in 2023

In 2023, UNDP Kazakhstan focused on maintaining the country’s growth trajectory by diversifying the economy, modernizing institutions, reducing inequalities, and sustainably managing natural resources by leveraging innovation, embedding digital into all aspects of development work, and forging partnerships to catalyze impact. Our approach was pragmatic, considering both immediate needs and long-term goals, framed by the Sustainable Development Goals.

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UNDP Kazakhstan YouTube channel

Visit our YouTube channel and get closer look at our work in Kazakhstan.

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KAZAKHSTAN IN NUMBERS

19 million

Population

23.3%

Women in Parliament

44 out of 162

Gender Inequality index

0.825

Human Development Index

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