OECD is holding a seminar in Kazakhstan on: Analysis of Kazakhstan's Official Development Assistance System

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is holding a seminar in Kazakhstan on: Analysis of Kazakhstan's Official Development Assistance System

 

Today a seminar organized by KazAID was held, in which the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) acted as a speaker on the topic “Analysis of Kazakhstan's Official Development Assistance (ODA) system”. The leading speakers of the seminar were Rolf Schwarz, Head of the Global Engagement Group of the Development Cooperation Directorate of the OECD, and Valerie Gaveau, Head of the Statistical Standards Group and others.

Speakers from the OECD at the workshop covered practical tools and management of ODA, data collection and use, examples of activities considered as ODA, list of international organizations eligible for ODA, classifications under different categories, and will conduct a SWOT analysis of cooperation and programming systems.

The workshop was attended by representatives of various ministries and agencies of Kazakhstan, including the Civil Service Agency, the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms, the Ministries of Finance, National Economy, Science and Higher Education, Emergency Situations, Water Resources and Irrigation, Ecology and Natural Resources, and Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

This workshop will be an important platform for sharing knowledge and experience in official development assistance, as well as strengthening cooperation between Kazakhstan and international partners.