27 June 2019
On 25 June 2019, in Paris. The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, and the Vice-Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Ms Gulshara Abdykalikova, signed an agreement on the Establishment of the International Centre for the Rapprochement of Cultures (Category 2) in Almaty.
The Centre will be a significant extension of UNESCO’s programme delivery and a means to raise UNESCO’s profile in Kazakhstan and the region by contributing to UNESCO’s priorities in the field of Social and Human Sciences, in particular the youth in line with the UNESCO Operational Strategy on Youth 2014-2021.Permanent link: http://en.unesco.kz/agreement-between-unesco-and-kazakhstan-on-the-establishment-of-category-2-centre-in