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Kazakhstan to Host Sixth Digital Almaty Forum

The forum, Digital Almaty 2024, “Industry X: the Digital Evolution of the Future,” will be held in Almaty from February 1st to 3rd, bringing together officials from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), leading experts and entrepreneurs to exchange ideas aimed at creating a new era of digital industry. The Forum will also include Industry 4.0 Startup Battle - a large-scale challenge for the title of best industrial startup - and an exhibition of Kazakhstan's largest subsoil users, technology parks, and technology companies that will share their experience about projects in the IT ecosystem. Panel discussions will feature more than 200 speakers, including international experts, industry leaders, and leading innovators in IT and business. “The Digital Almaty International Forum annually brings together the world’s leading experts from fifteen countries,” Bagdat Mussin, the Minister of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan said. “In the new year, new digital solutions are needed that will help improve business processes. This platform provides ample opportunities for the presentation and discussion of key trends, projects, and technologies in this industry.” The organizers of Digital Almaty are the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Almaty municipality, and the Autonomous Cluster Fund “Park of Innovative Technologies” (Tech Garden).

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Uzbekistan Taking Measures to Increase Employment

At a government meeting on January 8th, President Mirziyoyev listened to proposals aimed at increasing levels of employment in the country. According to official statistics, the number of unemployed in now stands at 1.3 million, and this year another 2.4 million people will enter the domestic labor market. Taking this into account, officials said that this year they will create sustainable and well-paid jobs for five million people, including 2.5 million in the services sector, 2.1 million in agriculture, 250,000 in investment projects and industry, and 140,000 in construction. In addition, it is planned to involve two million people in business through the widespread introduction of new financial instruments, including a new microfinance system. At the meeting, the importance of vocational training for those without work experience was emphasized; 2024 has been declared the “Year of Support for Youth and Business,” with a focus on establishing more favorable conditions for doing business in the country.

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Uzbekistan: Successful Reforms in Environmental Protection and Waste Management

Uzbekistan is carrying out consistent and effective reforms in the field of waste management, improving the quality of services provided to the population and combating environmental pollution. The Decree of the President “On measures to improve the waste management system and reduce its negative impact on the environmental situation” is a significant step that will become the starting point for a new stage of development in this area, Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change, Aziz Abdukhakimov emphasized. “The main goal is to further improve the quality of household waste management services, bringing the level to international standards, increasing the level of waste processing, preventing accumulation in landfills, minimizing the negative impact on the environment, achieving the ‘zero waste’ principle and other tasks. This decree is very important today, when environmental problems associated with climate change are escalating," he stated. According to the decree, a number of measures will be taken to further improve waste management and prevent environmental pollution. In particular, as part of the integrated Safe City system, the detection of environmental violations using cameras will be introduced. Entrepreneurs will be given the right to photograph and video record environmental violations and be able to report this to the state environmental control inspectorate in a manner similar to the right to identify violations of traffic rules. Citizens will have the opportunity to independently install photographic and video recording equipment at the sites of spontaneous landfills at their own expense. Reports of violations will be encouraged with a reward of 20% of any fine levied. From the beginning of 2024, minimum tariffs for waste collection will be regularly reviewed, and services will be combined into a single system. It is expected that there will be a substantial increase in liability for violating the rules on the dumping of waste, with the possibility of confiscation of items and devices used to carry out such violations written into the measures. The document also establishes administrative responsibility for the use of chemical, biological and bacteriological agents during the construction or reconstruction of buildings which leads to damage to the environment. In order to improve sanitary and hygienic conditions for residents, increase the attractiveness of tourist areas and reduce the negative impact on the environment, entrepreneurs will be allowed to install sanitary and hygiene points in public places, social buildings, and specially designated areas. The distribution of permits for the installation of such points will be carried out through electronic auctions. Entrepreneurs who process or dispose of waste in an environmentally friendly way will be allocated “green subsidies.”

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Summit of Heads of Government to be held on 300th Anniversary of Pyragy

In 2024, Turkmenistan will host a summit of heads of government and an international conference of Ministers of Culture in honor of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Magtymguly Pyragy, the great Turkmen poet and thinker. The initiative was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rashid Meredov, TDH reports. The summit is scheduled to be held in October, whilst the ministerial conference will take place in May. In addition, Turkmenistan plans to organize various events, such as scientific conferences, contests, literary evenings, film screenings and theatrical productions, as well as creative weeks in countries around the world. President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov instructed the head of the Foreign Ministry to ensure a highly organized roster of international events designed to increase the international renown of the poet.

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Tajikistan Seeking to Become Key International Transit Hub

Over the next two years, 317 kilometers of international highways will be put into operation in Tajikistan, confirmed representatives of the Ministry of Transport. In 2024, Tajikistan will continue implementing projects for the reconstruction of highways, with the construction of 32 bridges, 5 tunnels with a length of 11.2 km and 7 avalanche corridors aiming to turn the country into an international transit route. "Special attention will be paid to the reconstruction of the Guliston-Kulyab (32.5 km), Dangara-Guliston (49.2 km), Guliston-Farkhor (40 km), and Bokhtar-Levakant-Dangara (40 km) highways," the ministry stressed. Earlier, at a meeting of the heads of transport departments of Central Asia, it was agreed to create the conditions for the development of the transport industry, Transport Minister of Tajikistan, Azim Ibrohim stated. The improvement of transport and logistics is aimed at strengthening trade between the countries of the region. The parties also approved a draft agreement on improving the connectivity of land transport to create new transport corridors in Central Asia, which will be signed during the meeting of the heads of the state.

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Kazatomprom Qualifies for Production of Advanced Nuclear Fuel

Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company, Kazatomprom, the world's largest producer of uranium, says it has successfully completed the qualification process for the production of AFA 3G TM type A fuel assemblies at the Kazakh-Chinese Joint Venture, Ulba-FA LLP, which produces nuclear fuel for Chinese nuclear power plants. A document confirming the technical compliance of the product with all the mandatory quality requirements, norms and standards was provided by Framatome, the holder of technology. Work on the qualification for fuel assemblies’ production started in March 2023. As a result, the plant successfully received confirmation on the quality of its products. The qualification allows the plant to produce AFA 3G TM type A fuel assemblies, in addition to AFA 3G TM AA fuel assemblies, thus expanding the product line, Kazatomprom said. In 2024, Kazatomprom plans to commission industrial production of AFA 3GTM type A fuel assemblies and supply a batch of fuel assemblies of this type to nuclear power plants in China. The Ulba-FA plant has allowed Kazatomprom to diversify its production, expanding its product line and producing advanced, export-oriented uranium products with a high added value. With a production capacity of 200 tons of uranium in the form of fuel assemblies per year, the Ulba-FA plant has a guaranteed sales market for the next 20 years, Kazatomprom said. The launch of this innovative production has allowed Kazakhstan to enter the limited circle of countries which produce and supply nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants.