Cultural and humanitarian cooperation

Cultural and humanitarian cooperation

On January 21, 2024, the President of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Zh. Tuimebayev held a meeting with the President of Qatar University Omar Al-Ansari.

On November 29, 2023, the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan S. Nurbek took part in the “WISE” forum, within the framework of which a meeting was organized with the Minister of Education and Higher Education B. Al-Nueimi.

On November 1-2, 2023, Quran reciters from Qatar took part in the first international competition for reciting the Quran by heart, organized by the Assembly of Muslims of Kazakhstan on the occasion of Republic Day in Astana.

On October 18, 2023, the National Museum of Qatar launched an audio guide telling about the history and culture, unique traditions and way of life of Qatar in the Kazakh language.

On November 19-21, 2022, a delegation led by the President of the Football Federation of Kazakhstan A. Barmenkulov took part in the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup.

On July 7-10, 2022, the Chairman of the Sheikh Hamad Prize for Translation and International Understanding Foundation at Qatar University, Hanan Fayyad, paid a working visit to Almaty, where she held meetings with the leadership of KazNU. Al-Farabi and the Center for Arabic Studies, where she announced the inclusion of the Kazakh language in the competition for the Sheikh Hamad Prize for the best translation and strengthening of international understanding.

On September 14-15, 2022, a delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, Khalifa Al-Kawari, as well as Mohammed Al-Ghamdi, Member of the Board of Directors of the Doha Center for Interreligious Dialogue, took part in the work of the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In June 2021, a Memorandum was signed between the Akimat of the Almaty region and the Qatar Development Fund on the construction of a perinatal center in the village of Otegen Batyr, Ili district, Almaty region.

On March 12, 2021, Nazarbayev University signed a memorandum of cooperation with the leading Qatari university Hamad bin Khalifa.

On May 21, 2020, as part of the fight against the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Qatar Development Fund sent humanitarian aid to Kazakhstan weighing 8 tons.

On May 10, 2019, a meeting of the delegation of Hamad bin Khalifa University led by President Ahmad Hasna took place at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. As part of the delegation's visit, the opening of the scientific and educational Center for Islamic Finance took place in cooperation with the AIFC and Qatar University.

On September 1, 2018, the opening ceremony of the school named after Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, which was erected as a gift for the 20th anniversary of the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In March 2002, the Days of Culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan were held in Qatar, in June 2008 - the Days of Culture of the Civil Code in Kazakhstan.