Events

September 20, 2022

SYNOPSIS The 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere. During the past three decades, the United Nations in Kazakhstan has supported the Government’s efforts to prepare and implement a large number of strategies, programmes, […]

September 13, 2022

SYNOPSIS International organizations are there to foster social and economic objectives. It might be as critical as supplying food aid in emergency situations, it might be as simple as ensuring that a letter is delivered. Procurement whether of goods, services or works is a key instrument in the realization, or impediment, of these goals. There […]

September 6, 2022

SYNOPSIS National immunization programmes globally have been disrupted due to the severe health system constraints caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the public health and social measures to mitigate the outbreak. I will present health impact modeling studies and economic perspectives on disruptions to routine childhood immunization and vaccination campaigns. ABOUT THE SPEAKER Kaja Abbas is […]

June 8, 2022

The official launch of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network in Kazakhstan was held on June 8, 2022. SDSN Kazakhstan was approved as a National Network hosted by Nazarbayev University under the umbrella of the global SDSN in January 2022. The focus of Nazarbayev University through SDSN is to (1) promote practical solutions for the development of […]

June 7, 2022

On June 7, 2022, the Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy (NU GSPP) hosted the sixth annual international conference on “Public Policy and Good Governance in a Changing World”. The Conference was organized in a partnership with National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Astana Civil Service Hub, and Sustainable […]