Center of Environmental Competencies, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan

Akhan Omirbek

Ph.D.Eng., Environmental auditor

Corporate Fund «Center of Environmental Competencies»

Center of environmental competencies

Kazakhstan at a glance

Center of environmental competencies

Kazakhstan at a glance

Area 2,7 mln sq.km

Border length

Russia 6,864 km

Uzbekistan 2,203 km

China 1,533 km

Kyrgyzstan 1.051 km

Turkmenistan 379 km

Population (1 Jan 2010):

Headcount 16,197 Mio

population growth rate 1,08%

density 14,5 persons per sq.km

Natural resources oil, gas and mineral exports are key to economic success of Kazakhstan. Significant deposits of coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, uranium and gold

- Date of birth: 3 October, 2015;- 100% daughter of Pavlodar region government;- Quasi-public authority.

Management bodies:

Executive management bodyDirector

Board of Supervisors

Collegial governing body

Founder

JSC "National company Social-entrepreneurial corporation Pavlodar "

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Our Goals

• Assistance in the organization of interactionand cooperation of key companies in theregion with the international scientific andfinancial issues on environmental protectioninstitutions.

• Assistance in localization of “green”enterprises in the region.

• Cooperation arrangement with researchinstitutions for experience exchange andjoint studies on environmental issues/

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Government

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competencies

Industry

Public

Our activities

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• Bringing innovative technologies and investments to address critical environmental issues, preparation of project proposals for public-private partnership in the field of ecology

• Promoting reduction of waste deposited byorganizing recycling and disposal of waste;introduction of low-waste technologies.

• Promoting the development and introduction ofnew technologies and services, effective systemsof organization and management, includingbusiness plans of investment projects.

• Researches to determine the environmental conditions for living and sustainable development;

• Conferences, seminars, workshops organization and arranging .

• Organization of cooperation with government agencies, enterprises and public organizations.

• Skills improvement of environmental protection specialists.

Board of Supervisors

• Governor of Pavlodar region.

• Toraigyrov Pavlodar State University.

• Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan, Ecology Department.

• Eurasian Innovative University.

• FiW RWTH (Representative office in Kazakhstan & Central Asia).

• JSC "Eurasian Energy Corporation".

• Aksu Ferroalloy Plant (branch of Trans-National Corporation KazChrom JSC).

• JSC "Aluminum of Kazakhstan“.

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Sources of financing

• A corporate foundation is a form of a non-profit organization, i.e. it is anorganization that does not have the right to distribute the incomereceived between the founders, but directs profit to the organization'sstatutory goals and its development.

• Financial means and grants of local organizations and internationalfinancial institutions.

• Financing of the Fund's activities is assumed at the expense of thefounder, sponsorship fees and industrial enterprises, as well as grantsfrom international organizations (World Bank, EBRD, ADB, GlobalEnvironment Facility), further work is planned for government agenciesand enterprises.

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Activities in 2016-2019 гг.

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1. Processing of industrial wastes

2. Elimination of historical pollution

3. Reduction of emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere

4. Development of a household waste management system

5. Promotion of renewable energy sources

6. Creation of analytical basis for decision-making in the field of environmental protection

7. Reducing environmental risks through the development of skills

8. Introduction of advanced directions of nature management

9. Development of cooperation with national and international development institutions, promotion

of regional interests in international and national projects

10. Institutional development of the Fund