In the KazNU. al-Farabi opened Ban Ki-moon Institute for Sustainable Development

May 17, 2018 on the platform of the Astana Economic Forum (AEF) in Astana, KazNU. Al-Farabi opened the Institute for Sustainable Development of the name of Ban Ki-moon. This decision was announced following the results of successful university leadership in the field of sustainable development.

 

In the framework of the AEF events, the rector of KazNU academician Galym Mutanov presented to the international academic community the concept and directions of work of the Institute of Sustainable Development. He noted that due to the active work of Ban Ki-moon in the post of Secretary General, the United Nations global projects - the program "Academic Influence", programs on sustainable energy and others, were initiated, and the Goals of sustainable human development were defined.

KazNU. al-Farabi became a member and then one of the ten global hubs of the UN Program "Academic Influence" and made a significant contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals at many international venues, including the "G-Global" platform.

"The great support in the activities of KazNU at the head of the global hub is provided by the ideological inspirer of the creation of the UN Program" Academic Influence "the eighth UN Secretary General Poon Ki-moon. We are grateful for the help and the consent to give his name to the Institute being opened, it is honorable and responsible, "the rector Galym Mutanov emphasized.

"It is a great honor for me to work together with such a university as KazNU. Al-Farabi. His best practices as a world coordinator of the academic community on sustainable development are effective, in demand and highly valued in the UN. It is a recognized leader in promoting UN initiatives aimed at meeting the challenges of the millennium. And the fact that his authority to head the global hub extends until 2020 attests to the great confidence of the UN, "Ban Ki-moon said.

He also stressed that this is a success for the whole of Kazakhstan and once again confirms the growing world authority of the country and the national university. At the meeting, rector Galym Mutanov and Ban Ki-moon signed the intention of cooperation and joint work in promoting the activities of the Institute of Sustainable Development of KazNU.

"We are pleased that in Kazakhstan, in the leading university - KazNU. al-Farabi, the Institute for Sustainable Development opens. Our cooperation reaches a qualitatively new high level, fully meets the interests of the UN and the international community in solving world problems of mankind, "said Yonse Moungsee University, Director General of the Institute for Global Participation and Empowerment of the University.

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