LARGE GRANTS IN CENTRAL ASIA NOW OPEN!
CEPF and WWF Russia, as regional implementation team for the hotspot, are accepting letters of inquiry (LOIs) from non-government organizations, community groups, indigenous people’s organizations, women’s groups, private companies and other civil society organizations.
European Union to support a territorial approach to local development in Kazakhstan
On 23rd of January, 2020 a closing conference of the Greater Stakeholder Engagement at the local level inEast and Central Kazakhstan and Auyldy Birlese Damytu projects was held in Nur-Sultan. Both projects are aimed at introducing new mechanisms of local self-governance and community involvement into the decision-making process. These projects were started to be implemented…
PROGRAM ON CONSERVATION OF RARE ANIMALS AND UNIQUE NATURAL AREAS LAUNCHED IN CENTRAL ASIA
In the Central Asian mountain region a 5-year program on conservation of key biodiversity areas has been launched. It will help conserve more than 30 rare plant and animal species, among them: a snow leopard, Bukhara deer, red sheep, Amu Darya shovelnose and others. Due to the program initiation, a breakfast with mass media participation…
European Union project supports novice business and local government development
As part of the monitoring, the project team “More active participation of stakeholders at the local level in East and Central Kazakhstan” visited the Nurinsky district of the Karaganda region. In particular, meetings were held with participants who were provided with financial support for starting a business. It is worth noting that all startups are…
Mazhilis deputy called the EU project “a good example”!
ARGO representatives presented “Greater stakeholder engagement at the local level in East and Central Kazakhstan” project at the site of the II Forum of Rural Women of Kazakhstan. Askar Kaliyev, Project Director, shared with participants preliminary results and conclusions of the project, spoke about the importance of role of community involvement in the decision-making process…
Competition for project evaluation
Greater Stakeholder Engagement at Local Level in East and Central Kazakhstan Project implemented with financial support of the European Union and implemented by ARGO Civil Society Development Association, Foundation for Local Government Reform, Local Self Governance Development Center and ECOCENTER Kargandy Oblast Ecological Center invites individuals and organizations to participate in competition for project evaluation.…
ARGO’s 15th Anniversary. And the ship is sailing…
We are proud to present you the film dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the Civil Society Development Association.
SEMINAR ON SDG IMPLEMENTATION HELD IN ALMATY
More than 60 people gathered at the practical seminar “UN Sustainable Development Goals and Localization Approaches at the local level” on September 19 in Almaty and discussed the issues of prioritizing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (hereinafter – the SDGs) at the local level. The seminar was organized by the Institute of Economic Research JSC…
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN UZBEKISTAN, TASHKENT HOSTED A SOCIAL INNOVATIONS LABORATORY
A meeting under the framework of the Social Innovations Laboratory was held on August 13, 2019, as part of the Partnership for Innovation – P4I program. Approximately 80 activists from Uzbekistan and Central Asia took part in it. The project organizers are the “ARGO” Association for the Development of Civil Society and the Nationwide Movement…
ANNOUNCEMENT of a competition for financial support for the development of entrepreneurship at the local level
The “Greater stakeholder engagement at local level in East and Central Kazakhstan” project implemented by “ARGO” Civil Society Development Association, Foundation for Local Government Reform (Bulgaria), Centre for Local-Self Governance Development” (East Kazakhstan oblast) and “ECOCENTER” Karagandy Regional Ecological Centre with financial support from the European Union (hereinafter referred to as EU Project)is announcing a…