Kazakhstan

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has been working in Kazakhstan since the early 1990s, subsequently opening offices first in Almaty in 1996 and later on in Astana. Kazakhstan is not a direct, intergovernmental partner country of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). GIZ implements regional projects in the country, which also involves collaborating with the four other Central Asian countries. 

Kazakhstan is a large nation with vast distances between its towns and cities. This makes it difficult for the country to support disadvantaged regions. The Kazakh Government is working to reduce economic dependence on raw materials such as oil and gas and to promote small and medium-sized enterprises. The economy faces the dual challenge of moderate unemployment levels and a shortage of skilled labour forces.
At the same time, Kazakhstan has to contend with water shortages, air pollution and inadequate measures for mitigating the effects of climate change. The country has to drive forward the energy transition.

Our work on site: For trade facilitation and vocational education

GIZ Kazakhstan works on behalf of BMZ and other German and international partners, including the German Federal Foreign Office, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), and the European Union (EU). GIZ assists the Kazakh Government in the following areas:

•    Long-term economic development and good governance
•    Education and vocational training
•    Environment and climate

To promote Kazakhstan’s long-term economic development, GIZ is helping to enhance efficiency at customs and other border control authorities. To this end, it advises the Government, Kazakhstan’s regions and other countries in Central Asia on facilitating trade, making companies more competitive and using controls to improve the quality of goods and services.

GIZ works with the Government, vocational colleges, universities and professional associations to ensure that young specialists in Kazakhstan receive high-quality training. It also collaborates with training providers to devise training courses for professionals. Additionally, GIZ seeks to implement international standards and train young scientists in biosecurity to prevent the transmission of pathogens in the country. As part of this, it provides advice to state and civil society organisations.

At the same time, GIZ is assisting Kazakhstan with developing a green, low-carbon economy. There are numerous projects under way to ensure that land and water resources are used in a climate-sensitive manner. In terms of the energy transition, it is advising Kazakhstan on hydrogen power with a view to improving the framework and the level of regional cooperation for integrating and expanding renewable energy in the country.
 

GIZ Kazakhstan is meeting its corporate compliance obligations. It takes measures to prevent and remedy violations of our rules and legal regulations, and it also has systems in place for individuals to inform us if they have reasonable grounds to suspect a compliance violation. For more information, please visit Compliance. If you require support in Russian, please contact @email or @email.

Fraud warning

GIZ Kazakhstan draws your attention to an increase in cases of fraud involving the misappropriation of GIZ’s company name and the names of its employees. Fraudsters create email addresses closely resembling official GIZ addresses. However, there are small differences in the endings of these addresses, such as ‘.com’ instead of ‘.de’.
All official GIZ email addresses end with ‘@giz.de’. We therefore ask that you carefully check the emails you receive and that you first verify the authenticity of the sender before opening any attachments or clicking on any links. If in doubt, please contact us at the official address on this page.