KazAID and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Discussed the Opportunities and Prospects of Cooperation in the Field of Official Development Assistance

Bern, 30 April 2021, – Kazakhstan and Switzerland are interested in cooperation in priority areas of official development assistance in Central Asia.

The videoconference, organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Swiss Confederation, was attended by the Director of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation of the MFA of the Republic of Kazakhstan Didar Temenov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Switzerland Alibek Bakayev and representatives of KazAID, as well as the Head of Eurasia Division in Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Ursula Läubli and the Swiss Special Envoy for Water in Central Asia Guy Bonvin.

During the videoconference, the Swiss party was introduced to the activities and main directions of the KazAID agency. The parties discussed issues of mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of official development assistance in Central Asia, paying special attention to issues such as education, water resources management, gender equality and climate change, which are the main areas of activity of the KazAID agency.

The parties noted that water resources management is a key issue that directly affects the sustainable development of Central Asian countries and reaffirmed the mutual commitment of the parties to effective and pragmatic cooperation through active participation in projects and activities in the field of official development assistance.