The University of Victoria (UVic) and the University of Central Asia (UCA) signed a memorandum of understanding earlier this month to affirm their intent to foster multi-faceted academic cooperation, faculty and student mobility, and joint research collaborations.
The University of Central Asia (UCA), spread across three campuses along the Silk Route, is participating in this year’s Jaipur Literature Festival to discuss the role of Science, the Liberal Arts, and higher education in modern nation-building. Dr Matt T. Reed, CEO of the Aga Khan Foundation UK representing UCA in Jaipur, will join a panel on 21st January, Saturday at 1:40pm at the Cox & Kings Charbagh to debate the topic ‘Building a Country: Science or the Liberal Arts UCA: A first for Central Asia. Providing under/graduate courses in the Sciences and the Liberal Arts to produce Central Asia’s future leaders
The University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada, and the University of Central Asia (UCA), whose central administrative office is located in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, signed an agreement to enable UBC to design curriculum for 22 courses that will be used by UCA faculty members to teach the Earth and Environmental Sciences Programme to UCA students.
Protection of environment and climate with market-compliant tools. In a new step to support Kazakhstan’s path towards a greener economy, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is launching a study that will assess the potential of developing a green financial system for the country. A system of this kind would boost financing for “green” projects in Kazakhstan and beyond and would be based within the forthcoming Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC).
BISHKEK – The Government of Japan has contributed US$500,000 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to empower rural women and benefit more than 2,500 households in the Kyrgyz Republic.
BISHKEK – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a new contribution from the Russian Federation that will be used to support rural livelihoods and strengthen national productive safety nets for the most vulnerable communities in the Kyrgyz Republic.
In Bishkek, on 21 December 2016 at 16:00 at the cinema "Rossiya" UN Women will present a film "Cool Five" about young girls, who have achieved success at a university and their lives.
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, 19 December 2016 - The University of Central Asia’s Institute of Public Policy and Administration (UCA IPPA) celebrated the first graduates of its Certificate Programme in Mining Policy and Sustainable Development on 19 December 2016. The eight-week executive programme for civil servants, experts, and civil society representatives involved in extractive industries aimed to develop a pool of informed professionals who can improve the quality of public discussion within the mining sector.
National holding committed to privatisation programme. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a key international investor in Kazakhstan, is providing support to the national energy company, Samruk-Energy, as it embarks on an ambitious programme of privatisation in line with the strategy of its parent holding, the sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna.
The University of Central Asia’s School of Arts and Sciences hosted more than 300 visitors during at its inaugural Open House at the University’s first residential campus in Naryn, Kyrgyz Republic on 4 December 2016.