ABOUT THE N. NAZARBAYEV CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF INTERFAITH AND INTERCIVILIZATION DIALOGUE

The idea of creating the N. Nazarbayev Center for the Development of Interfaith and Intercivilizational Dialogue was initiated by the participants of the VI Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in October 2018.

On April 25, 2019, by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 226, the N. Nazarbayev Center for the Development of Interfaith and Intercivilizational Dialogue was established.

Key areas of the Center's activity:

• Promotion at the international level of the initiatives of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Elbasy N. Nazarbayev to establish, preserve, develop and ensure interfaith and intercivilizational dialogue;
• Popularization of ideas and decisions of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions;
• Analysis of the religious situation in the world;
• Activation and elaboration of new initiatives to promote international dialogue;
• Ensuring the organization of a comprehensive examination of objects of religious expertise.

Goals and objectives of the Center:

• Preparation, organization and holding of the convocation of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions and meetings of its institutions - the Council of Religious Leaders, the Secretariat of the Congress and the Working Group of the Secretariat;
• Interaction with international structures (organizations, centers, assemblies);
• Conclusion of memoranda and agreements on cooperation on issues of intercivilizational, interreligious and interfaith dialogue;
• Promotion in the international arena of a unique Kazakhstani model of interfaith dialogue at the global level;
• Organization and participation in international, republican and regional events on topical issues of religions, interfaith and intercivilizational dialogue;
• Providing, on a systematic basis, interaction with domestic and foreign religious associations, their spiritual leaders;
• Assistance to state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the implementation of state policy in the field of religions;
• Monitoring of the state and dynamics of the development of the religious situation in Kazakhstan and the world;
• Implementation of initiatives to establish dialogue, convergence of religious cultures, civilizations and confessions;
• Monitoring of foreign and domestic media on religious topics.

The strategic block of the Center's work is devoted to the analytical direction. To this end, in May 2020, the Center established the Institute for the Analysis of the Religious Situation and Religious Expertise.

The Institute regularly analyzes the religious situation in the world. Expert and analytical materials cover a wide range of research issues on topical topics (among them, religious trends in the world in the field of intercivilizational and interfaith development; study of the international experience of institutions, dialogue platforms with a similar specificity of work, such as the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions; foreign experience in the legal regulation of the construction of religious buildings, issues of religion and social responsibility of religious leaders, youth, etc.).

In addition, the Center hosts the Museum of Peace and Reconciliation, which was opened on October 10, 2018 as part of the VI Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.

The purpose of the Museum is to preserve and popularize the historical and cultural heritage of the people of Kazakhstan and the modern experience of interstate and intercivilizational interaction for a constructive solution to the problems of mankind by creating an innovative museum complex that meets modern trends in the development of world museum centers.

Partners of the Center. The Centre’s priority in promoting and popularizing the ideas of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions at the global level is interaction with similar international actors.

The Centre was presented to leading religious organizations and international actors, including the Vatican, the United States of America, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, Turkey, Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Belgium, Austria, Poland, India, Pakistan.

Currently, the Center has signed a number of Memoranda of Cooperation and Understanding with the Institute for the Study of Islam of the International Islamic University of Islamabad, the International Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, the International Kazakh-Turkish University named after Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue of the Holy See (Vatican), Nazarbayev University, Baku International Center for Interfaith and Intercivilizational Cooperation (BCIC), Sharjah University (UAE), UNESCO Cluster Office in Almaty, Center for Islamic Civilization under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan named after M.Esbulatov, Nur-Mubarak Egyptian University of Islamic Culture, Eurasian National University named after L.N. Gumilyov, Oman online newspaper «Asdaa Oman», Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abay, the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. JSC «Khabar» Agency» and the UN Alliance of Civilizations signed a partnership agreement.

Additional information about N. Nazarbayev Center on the official pages in social networks: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Telegram channel and on the corporate website http://religions-congress.org.