On October 21, Economic Reasearch Institute JSC (ERI) signed the Memorandum of Cooperation with Civil Initiatives Support Center NJSC

Ruslan Sultanov, the Chairman of ERI Management Board, signed the Memorandum of Cooperation with Dias Lima, the Chairman of the Management Board of CISC NJSC.

Within the framework of the Memorandum, the main directions and forms of mutual cooperation have been defined, which include:

—  joint activities and projects on policy development and research in the field of sustainable development, including with non-governmenta.organizations;

—  mutual exchange of knowledge, competencies and successful practices developed within the framework of the sustainable development system;

—  joint implementation of various sustainability and knowledge-sharing activities aimed at increasing awareness and sector-wide understanding of sustainable projects.

In addition, the Economic Research Institute and Civil Initiatives Support Center have agreed on mutua.organizational, advisory and analytical support.

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CISC NJSC was established to improve the mechanism of cooperation between the state and NGOs in Kazakhstan and provide a greater degree of transparency in grant-making activities. Its main activity is the provision of public and private grants to NGOs and monitoring of their implementation. The Ministry of Information and Social Development is its Sole Shareholder.

In November, on the eve of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan, there will be the X Civic Forum of Kazakhstan. The Sustainable Development Goals Secretariat of the Economic Research Institute will actively participate.