The status of KazNU named after al-Farabi as a Sustainable Development Hub of UN Program (UNAI) Academic impact is extended for another two years

It was underlined during the global online dialogue with UN headquarter (New-York) involving other foreign Hubs of UN Program Academic impact and universities of Kazakhstan.

During the online teleconference, which is devoted to activities done by global Hubs of UN Program (UNAI) "Academic impact", which is organized upon an initiative of KazNU named after al-Farabi, tasks for realization of 17 goals were considered in the field of sustainable development through education and scientific studies.

UN Under-Secretary General Christina Gayak, Director of UN Public Information Department, UNAI Program Director Ramu Damodaran, and Heads of UNAI Global hubs participated in discussions: on Human Rights at Sorbonne University (France) professor Yan Toma, on poverty reduction through education at Maharishta (India) architectural college professor Asmita Divekar, on national and regional networks of sustainable development of France Maria Cortes Puch, and also the representatives of universities of kazakhstan.

UN Under-Secretary General Christina Gayak announced the The status of KazNU named after al-Farabi as a Sustainable Development Hub of UN Program (UNAI) Academic impact is extended for another 2016-2018 years. «This decision was dictated by system advancements of university in the field of sustainable development, - Director of UN Public Information Department in Kazakhstan Vlastimil Samek and Director of Communication Department and Information of UNESCO Clusters Office in Almaty Sergey Karpov underlined. Al-Farabi University fruitfully cooperates with UN and UNESCO organizations for many years for many issues, and especially for sustainable development issues. Particularly, in KazNU the UNESCO Department on sustainable development and regional UNESCO hub on sustainable development under the UNI-TWIN program were opened”.

The extension of an authorities of al-Farabi KazNU as a Sustainable Development Hub of UN Program is the powerful generator for associating intellectual and academic potential of scientists and student youth of universities of Kazakhstan and Central Asia.

Those who participated in online conference - the new members of UN Program Academic impact the representatives of Sorbonne Institute at KazNPU named after Abay, of KazNAU, of Kazakhs National Academy of Arts named after Zhurgenev, of “Turan” university expressed the readiness of joint works in the frame of Kazakhstani consortium of UN Program.

Concluding the meeting, UN Under-Secretary General Christina Gayak underlined that «Al-Farabi University is the leader of intellectual investment into many initiatives of international level, and expressed the assurance that KazNU will meet all challenges, which universities face in the field of sustainable develoment».