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The Cooperation Agreement in the field of culture, signed on November 10, 2015, serves as the foundation for collaboration in this area.
In Bulgaria, there are three Kazakh cultural centers operating:
- The Kazakh Language, History, and Culture Center at the Department of «Turkology and Altaic Studies» of Sofia University « Kliment Ohridski» (since 2015);
- The «Abai» Cultural and Educational Center at the Technical University of Sofia (since 2018);
- The «Al-Farabi» Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Center at Sofia University « Kliment Ohridski» (since 2018).
In addition, Kazakh literature corners were opened at the Sofia Central Library (in 2017) and the National Library «St. St. Cyril and Methodius» (in 2022).
In honor of the 20th anniversary of the capital of Kazakhstan, by the decision of the Capital Community Council (Resolution № 167, dated March 15, 2018), one of the streets in Sofia was named «Astana». The official opening took place on December 28, 2018.
On August 10, 2020, in honor of the 175th anniversary of A. Kunanbayev, a bas-relief of Abai was officially unveiled in the town of Sveti Vlas.
On September 29, 2020, the Varna Municipal Council (Maslikhat) adopted Decision No. 393-4-2 to name one of the city streets «Abai».
On November 19, 2020, in honor of the anniversary dates – the 175th anniversary of A. Kunanbayev and the 1150th anniversary of Al-Farabi – a ceremony was held for the cancellation of newly issued commemorative postage stamp, and the presentation of the newly published book by Zh. Altaev about
Al-Farabi in Bulgarian.
In 1995, the Bulgarian Ethno-Cultural Center was established in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. Several ethno-cultural public associations have been registered in Kazakhstan, including: «Vyara» in Aktobe region, «Zlata» in Astana, «Slavyane» in the Pavlodar region and «Vozrozhdenie» in Atyrau region.
The Bulgarian branch of the School of National Revival named after K.B. Darzhuman successfully operates in the Pavlodar region.
Higher educational institutions (HEIs) of Kazakhstan and Bulgaria organize joint cooperation, as a result of which Kazakh students (59) are studying at Bulgarian universities in Sofia, Varna, Plovdiv, Burgas, Blagoevgrad, Ruse, and Stara Zagora.
On October 27, 2021, the Alikhan Bokeikhan University and the Technical University signed an updated Memorandum of Understanding (due to the renaming of the Kazakh university).
As part of the visit of the Pavlodar Akimat delegation, led by the Akim of the city A. Baykhanov, to Burgas, which took place from September 21-24, 2022, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Toraigyrov University and Burgas Free University, as well as a Memorandum of Understanding between Toraigyrov University and the University of Professor A. Zlatarov.
On June 8, 2023, during the International Forum «Astana» between the National Academy of Sciences under the President of Kazakhstan (NAS RK) and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was signed a Memorandum of Cooperation.
On July 18, 2023, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan and Sofia University «St. Kliment Ohridski».
On May 27, 2024, with the participation of Satbayev University and the Technical University of Sofia, an international conference was held to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the outstanding Kazakh scientist, geologist, and academician Kanysh Satpaev, resulting in the establishment of cooperation between leading scientific research centers of Kazakhstan and Bulgaria.
On October 23, 2024, a presentation of the collection «Kazakh Folk Tales» in Bulgarian took place at the private language school-lyceum named after
G.S. Ulanova in Sofia.