OPENING (February 23, 2022)
14:00 - 14:30 (GMT+6, Almaty)
Meeting ID: 821 0070 9316 Password: 739834
Chair: Dr. Barbara Janusz-Pawletta, Kazakh-German University, Kazakhstan
Co-chair: Mrs. Marhabo Yodalieva, Kazakh-German University, Kazakhstan
Welcome Speeches
- Dr. Wolrad Rommel, President of Kazakh-German University, Kazakhstan
- Ambassador Hinrich Thölken, Special Advisor for International Climate at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany
- Mr. Olzhas Agabekov, Director of Climate Policy and Green Technologies Department, Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Mrs. Aizhan Skakova, Member of the Committee on Ecology and Nature Management of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Conference overview
Presentation of the Agenda and Green Central Asia Initiative
Dr. Barbara Janusz-Pawletta, Kazakh-German University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Panel Discussion (February 23, 2022)
14:30 - 16:00 (GMT+6, Almaty)
Meeting ID: 821 0070 9316 Password: 739834
Moderator: Dr. Caroline Milow, GIZ
- Representatives from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - Ministries and State Committees for Environment, Water and related topics (TBD)
- Klaus Tanzberger, Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Division 312 – Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Germany
- Harald Köthe, Director, International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change UNESCO Category 2 Centre Secretariat German IHP(UNESCO)/HWRP (WMO) National Committee GEMS/Water Quality Data Centre – GEMStat (UN Environment), Germany
- Dr. Hendrik Meurs, on behalf of: Ministry for Education and Science, Division 212: Cooperation with Eastern Partnership, Russia and Central Asia as well as Division 723: Global Change, Climate Change, Germany
Session I: Climate security: Disaster risk reduction and adaptation (February 23, 2022)
16:30 - 18:00 (GMT+6, Almaty)
Meeting ID: 821 0070 9316 / Password: 739834
Chairs
Mrs. Stefanie Wesch, PIK, Germany; Mrs. Janna Rheinbay, PIK, Germany; Dr. Larissa Kogutenko, DKU, Kazakhstan
Key-speaker
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Scheffran, Leader Research Group CliSec (Climate Security) , University of Hamburg
Presentation of the policy brief
Mrs. Stefanie Wesch, PIK, Germany
Mrs. Janna Rheinbay, PIK, Germany
Dr. Larissa Kogutenko, DKU, Kazakhstan
Discussion session
Mr. Bakhtiyar Ospanov, Center for Emergency Situations and Disaster Risk Reduction, Kazakhstan
Dr. Sandugash Ranova, Institute of Geography and Water Security, Kazakhstan
Mrs. Olga Kalashnikova, Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences, Kyrgyzstan
Mr. Isomiddin Akramov, UNDP, Uzbekistan
Mr. Bakhtibeki Otambekzoda, National Coordinator for GLOFCA project in Tajikistan
Session II: Satellite data and digitalization for optimizing water distribution in the Aral Sea Basin (February 23, 2022)
16:30 - 18:00 (GMT+6, Almaty)
Meeting ID: 915 6189 0786
Chairs
Prof. Dr. Christopher Conrad, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Dr. Shavkat Kenjabaev, SIC-ICWC, Uzbekistan; Dr. Dinara Ziganshina, SIC-ICWC, Uzbekistan; Mr. Alexandr Nikolaenko, GIZ, Kazakhstan; Dr. Muhammad Usman, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Dr. Maira Kussainova, DKU, Kazakhstan
Introduction of WUEMoCA tool
Prof. Dr. Christopher Conrad, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Key-speakers & Discussants
Mirobit Mirdadayev, Kazakh Research Institute of Water Management, Kazakhstan
Anna Inozemtseva, USAID Regional Water and Vulnerable Environment Activity, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Shamsiddin Qurbonov, Director of Information Analytical and Resource Center, Ministry of Water Resources, Uzbekistan
Presentation of the policy brief:
Dr. Shavkat Kenjabaev, SIC-ICWC, Uzbekistan
Discussion session
Session III: Water resources and water security in Central Asia (February 24, 2022)
14:00 - 15:30 (GMT+6, Almaty)
Meeting ID: 834 7951 2930 / Password: 798482
Chairs
Dr. Abror Gafurov, GFZ-Potsdam, Germany; Dr. Larissa Kogutenko, DKU, Kazakhstan; Dr. Milena Latinovic, GFZ-Potsdam, Germany; Dr. Tilo Schoene, GFZ-Potsdam, Germany
Key-speakers
Prof. Stefanos Xenarios, Graduate School of Public Policy, Nazarbaev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
PhD Vadim Sokolov, International Fund for saving the Aral Sea for implementation of the Aral Sea Basin and GEF projects (Agency GEF of IFAS)
Presentation of the policy brief:
Dr. Abror Gafurov, GFZ-Potsdam, Germany
Discussion session
Dr. Djafar Niyazov, Institute of Water Problems, Hydropower and Ecology, National Academy of Science, Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Mr. Serikzhan Atanov, UNESCO Cluster, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Mr. Murat Suyunbaev, Institute of Water Problem and Hydropower, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Ms. Nadejda Gavrilenko, Center of Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzhydromet)
Closing Remarks
Session IV: Small scale renewable energy generation (February 24, 2022)
14:00 - 15:30 (GMT+6, Almaty)
Meeting ID: 920 5159 2920
Chairs
Mr. Kumar Kylychev, Head Energy and Environment, UNDP Kazakhstan; Mr. Kobzev Alexey, Kazakh-German University, Kazakhstan
Key-speakers
Mr. Yerlan Dairbekov, Policy Expert, UNDP and Ministry of Energy for Renewable Energy
Mrs. Tatiana Vedeneva, Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Development, Kyrgyzstan
Presentation of the policy brief
Mrs. Ainur Sospanova, Renewable Energy Association "QAZAQ GREEN", Kazakhstan
Mr. Alexey Kobzev, DKU, Kazakhstan
Discussion session
Dr. Alexander Kirjuchin, HTWG Konstanz - University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Dipl.-Ing. Udo Siegfriedt, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sonnenenergie Landesverband Berlin Brandenburg e.V., Germany
Closing Remarks
Session V: Knowledge-based soil management for a sustainable ecological and economic development of Central Asia (February 24, 2022)
16:00 - 18:00 (GMT+6, Almaty)
Meeting ID: 834 7951 2930 / Password: 798482
Chairs
Dr. Georg Guggenberger, Leibniz University Hannover; Dr. Olga Shibistova, Leibniz University Hannover; Dr. Peter Liebelt, University of Halle-Wittenberg; Mr. Jörg Andreas Dinkelaker, The Agrarian Credit Corporation "Baiterek", Dinkel Consult; Dr. Viktoriya Krylova, DKU, Kazakhstan
Key-speakers
Prof. Dr. Georg Guggenberger, Leibniz University Hannover
Prof. Dr. Shahlo Turdikulova, Ministry of Innovative Development, Republic of Uzbekistan
Prof. Dr. Hafiz Muminjanov, Plant Production and Protection Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, Italy
Dr. Lyudmila Orlova, Non-Commercial Partnership “National Movement for Conservation Agriculture”, Russian Federation
Presentation of the policy brief
Dr. Olga Shibistova, Leibniz University Hannover
Discussion session
Closing Remarks
Session VI: Water, sanitation and gender (February 24, 2022)
16:00 - 18:00 (GMT+6, Almaty)
Meeting ID: 920 5159 2920
Chairs
Dr. Alice Bouman-Dentener, Co-Founder Cansu Global, Royal academy of Science International Trust; Honorary Founding President Women for Water Partnership; Dr. Aliya Tankibayeva, DKU, Kazakhstan
Key-speaker
Mrs. Irina Smirnova, Member of the Committee on Finance and Budget of Mazhilis of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Presentation of the policy brief
Dr. Aliya Tankibayeva, DKU, Kazakhstan
Discussion session
Mrs. Rachel Fisher Ingraham, Independent Consultant, USA
Dr. Bonita B. Sharma, MSSW Department of Social Work, College of Public Policy, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Mrs. Khayriniso Rasulova, PA ‘Women and Society’, Tajikistan
Mr. Kamiljon Akramov, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, Development Strategy and Governance Division International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI, CGIAR)
Closing remarks
Session VII: Resource-saving production logistics (February 25, 2022)
14:00 - 15:30 (GMT+6, Almaty)
Meeting ID: 827 0369 0934 / Password: 211476
Chair
Prof. Burghard Scheel, the DKU`s representative for logistics
Key-speakers
Dr. René Pforte, Head of Business Development Department, SVEVIND Group, Germany
Prof. Dr. Zhandos Kegenbekov, Kazakh-German University, Kazakhstan
Dr. Marcel Müller, Institute of Logistics and Material Handling Systems (ILM), Germany
Presentation of the policy brief
Dr. Marat Idrissov, Kazakhstan Industry Development Institute LLP, Kazakhstan
Discussion session
Mr. Tolegen Mukhtar Yersultanuly, Executive Director for Transport Logistics of "KAZLOGISTICS"
QazIndustry
Mrs. Gulmira Ismagulova, Zhasyl Damu JSC
Mr. Batyrzhan Tergeussizov, Linde Gas Kazakhstan
Liebherr
Mr. Andrej Rommel, Managing director Liebherr Kazakhstan
Closing Remarks
CLOSING SESSION (February 25, 2022)
16:00 - 18:00 (GMT+6, Almaty)
Meeting ID: 827 0369 0934 / Password: 211476
Moderator: Ms. Marhabo Yodalieva, Kazakh-German University, Kazakhstan
Key Speaker
Prof. Dr. Jakob Lempp, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences / Hochschule Rhein-Waal
Session Briefings from the Thematic Sessions’ Chairs
Closing speech
Mr. Achim Schkade, Head of Division for International Environmental Policy, Biodiversity and Water Diplomacy, Germany
Summing up and conclusion
Dr. Barbara Janusz-Pawletta, Kazakh-German University, Kazakhstan