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NEW STAGE OF COOPERATION

2/19/2021

Chairman of the Board - Rector of NJSC "KazNU named after al-Farabi ”Zhanseit Tuimebayev met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to Kazakhstan Didier Caness, during the negotiations the issues of deepening scientific, educational and cultural cooperation were discussed.

Welcoming the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to Kazakhstan Didier Caness, Rector Zhanseit Tuimebayev noted that France, as a full participant in the integration processes in Europe, plays a significant role in promoting Kazakhstan to the world community and is an important partner. Fruitful cooperation of KazNU with 18 universities in France proves the success and the need for close relationships.

Students and teachers of KazNU travel within the framework of exchange programs for training and internship in the best universities in France, joint large international projects are being implemented. The Center "Geo-energetics" is successfully functioning, created jointly with the University of Lorraine with the direct support of the French Embassy in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In turn, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Didier Canesse, congratulating the new rector of the university on his appointment, spoke about the work of the Geo-Energetics center created more than 10 years ago, on the basis of which research work in the field of climate change was carried out, large-scale scientific projects were implemented. “The next step will be the transformation of the existing center into the Kazakh-French Institute of Science, Technology and Energy, which will open up new horizons for fruitful joint work,” the Ambassador emphasized. - We are currently at the final stage of this transformation. It remains to agree on some details in order to sign an agreement. We plan that in September the new Institute will open its doors to scientists, teachers and students ”.

During the meeting, Zhanseit Kanseituly stressed that there are great prospects for the development of cooperation in other areas. In particular, he invited French scientists to participate in joint archaeological research.

“The Faculty of History, Archeology and Ethnology of KazNU has great potential for this. A huge layer for research in Kazakhstan is represented by ancient cities and settlements, which were located on the territory of the Kazakh steppe in the IV-V centuries BC. These are more than a dozen cities, such as: Sauran, Farab (Otyrar), Ispidzhab and others. I believe that cooperation with renowned French specialists in this area will be fruitful, interesting and useful, ”the rector said.

Didier Caness supported the proposal of the rector of KazNU and expressed his readiness to promote the development of new areas of partnership. During the negotiations, the parties also outlined the need to intensify cooperation in the development of the humanities and double-diploma education, tourism, as well as the study of the French language.