On September 30, 2024 the Rector of KNU Dogdurbek Chontoev met the representatives of the World Bank Mission Mr. Shiro Nakata (Washington) and Gulmira Sultanova (Bishkek). During the meeting the parties discussed the implementation of the WB project “National Center/Hub in Water Research”.
After the Mission economist Mr. Shiro Nakata and education specialist Gulmira Sultanova gave a general overview of the project and noted its features, a thorough exchange of views on the implementation of this project took place.
The Rector of KNU noted the importance of the joint WB project “National Center/Hub in Water Research” and wished success to all project participants in its implementation.
The meeting was also attended by: WB Mission specialist Aigerim Kadyrova, Vice-Rector for Administrative and Economic Work of KNU Bakytbek Aytakhunov, Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Relations Baktybek Keldibekov, Dean of the Faculty of Biology Shafika Suleimanova and Dean of the Faculty of Geography, Ecology and Tourism Ryskul Toktorova.
It should be noted that the partners of the project, the mission of which is to unite the efforts of universities, students, research centers and specialists in the development of education and scientific research in the field of water resources, are:
- Naryn State University named after S. Naamatov (NSU);
- Talas State University (TalSU);
- University of Minnesota Crookston
- Central Asian Institute of Applied Geosciences
- Institute of Water Problems and Hydropower of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Kyrgyz National Agrarian University named after K.I. Scriabin (KNAU)
- Mirzo Ulugbek National University of Uzbekistan
- Free University of Berlin
- KRSU named after B. Yeltsin
- Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transport and Architecture
- Ministry of Agriculture of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Hydrometeorology Agency of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Biological and Soil Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Institute of Geology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Norwegian Institute of Natural Sciences
- University of Fribourg
- Norwegian Institute of the Sun.
