A 2-day international meeting was held in Almaty by non-governmental organizations of Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan participating in a joint project dedicated to review of state procurement procedures.

The “Capacity building of the human rights activists and defenders” project jointly implemented by Soros Foundation Kazakhstan Law Reform program and Human Rights Initiative has started.

The Soros Foundation – Kazakhstan, within the framework of an activity of the “Youth Initiatives” Program, announced a competition for a short-length film (social, fiction, documentary or animation) in the Kazakh language among individuals aged 18 to 35 years old this spring. Forty-two applications have been received from all the cities of Kazakhstan for participation in this competition.

Gleb Ponomarev is one of two winners of a short movies competition under the youthprogram “Youth Initiatives” of the Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan. Within a fewmonths, Gleb embodied his creative plans, and today he shares the history of his movie creation. 

 The regular competition of the “Youth Initiatives” Program of the Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan is over. The competition was intended to support social studies of young people aged from 18 to 35 years old regarding topical subjects of the society which are of interest to themselves.