
Kazakhstan has built for Azerbaijan Children's Creativity Center in Fizuli city
The project was built by BI Group with the assistance of Kazakhstan's Official Development Assistance (ODA) agency KazAID. BI Group, in turn, is one of the private companies actively involved in ODA initiatives and providing support to partner countries.
On March 12, 2024, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev participated in the opening ceremony of the Children's Art Center named after Kazakh composer Kurmangazy in Fizuli.
On the initiative of Kasym-Jomart Tokayev, the modern innovative Center was realized in the shortest possible time as a humanitarian gift to the brotherly people of Azerbaijan from the Kazakhs.
The Children's Creativity Center is located on the territory of 1.5 hectares. The construction area was 2,700 square meters, and the two-storey building has all the necessary conditions for extracurricular education of 600 children in two shifts. There are a lecture hall, chess class, cooking class, art and sculpture studio, choreography hall and gym, sound recording room, music and vocal class, photo-video editing, web design and robotics rooms, assembly hall, 3d modeling class. Special attention will be paid to IT startups and national culture of Azerbaijan, including the art of carpet weaving.
In addition to Azerbaijan, KazAID implemented three projects for Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in 2023. They contributed to the empowerment of women in Afghanistan, improving the quality of medical education, digitalization of public services in Tajikistan and the formation of ethical standards among civil servants in Kyrgyzstan.