PRESS RELEASE Participation of the delegation of Kazakhstan at the Third Annual Meeting of the Special Working Group on a Program of Action for a Green Economy

The Director of the Green Economy Department of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and representatives of the “Center for Trade Policy Development” JSC of the Ministry of National Economy and the “ROA” LLP also participated in the meeting of the Special Working Group..

The main areas of work of the Special Working Group are to help developed countries improve environmental policies in countries in transition in the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) region.

Vice-Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Sabit Nurlybay was elected a member of the Bureau of the Special Working Group on the Action Program for the “Green” Economy.

This working group is a structural division of the OECD under the Directorate for Environmental Protection and reports to the OECD Environment Policy Committee and the Committee for Environmental Protection of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).