“NEW ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION - THE BASIS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT”

1. New Environmental Code: Waste Management Requirements

Speaker: Zulfukhar Zholdasov, the Chairman of the Committee for Environmental Regulation and Control of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan

2. UN Sustainable Development Goals, ESG Criteria - Foundations for Attracting Green Investment

Speaker: Sergey Tsoy, Eicon Sustainable Development Expert

3. Successful cases of implementing separate collection and responsible consumption

Speaker: Yevgeniy Mukhamejanov, entrepreneur, mentor and founder of the ECO Network project

4. Loss management through waste management or how much is our garbage worth?

Speaker: Damir Karimov, independent environmental trainer, healthy and sustainable lifestyle coach

“BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR WASTE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING”

1. “EсoQoldaý – Business” – New digital model to support the recycling industry in Kazakhstan 

Speaker: Medet Kumargaliyev, Chairman of the Board of “EPR Operator” LLP

2. Enterprise Support Tools for the Sustainable Development of a Waste Recycling Business

Speaker: Vera Mustafina, Executive Director of “KazWaste” Kazakhstan Waste Management Association

3. KPO food waste recycling experience

Speaker: Karlygash Aimagambetova, Head of the Waste and Water Resources Management Sector Bakytzhan Setzhanov, Director of “Demtech Solutions”

4. Organic waste recycling - agricultural development

Speaker: Bekezhan Kairgaliev, Director of “Recycle BSF’

SESSION №1

“WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREEN PROJECTS”

1. Main challenges and opportunities for waste management in West Kazakhstan region

Speaker:Aldiyar Khalelov, Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management of WKO

2. Legislative requirements for waste disposal with the introduction of the new Environmental Code

Speaker: Erbol Kuanov, Head of the WKO Ecology Department

3. Green Bonds as the main instrument for financing green projects

Speaker: Manas Gizhduaniyev, Managing Director for Business Development, AIFC Green Finance Center

4. Green finance instruments for the development of SMB in Kazakhstan

Speaker: Dmitry Alaudinov, Lead Technical Advisor, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, DQS Holding GMBH auditor

5. Green finance instruments in the Eurasian region

Speaker: Assem Kernebaeva, Managing Director - Head of the Directorate for Green and Social Initiatives, Eurasian Development Bank

SESSION №2

“ECOLOGICAL CULTURE IS THE BASIS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY”

Key task: Experience exchange in the development and implementation of “green” educational projects in order to increase environmental awareness and promote environmental culture

Speaker: Yelena Varganova, Ambassador of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources, teacher-ecologist at School 16, Temirtau