New Horizons for Regional Integration, Partnership and Cooperation
Academic Course:
"The EU as a Role Model for Economic and Political Regional Integration," is intended to provide students enrolled in KIMEP University with a firm understanding of the EU as a successful model for regional integration, with a comparative view over previous integration efforts in Central Asia and the Post-Soviet space. (Click for details)
Conference:
A two-day event focused on the challenges and prospects for regional integration in Central Asia, particularly in the context of the competing strategies of major powers like the European Union, China, the United States, and Russia. There will be two expert panel discussion sessions and two paper sessions on November 14-15, 2024. (Click for details)
Summer Schools:
The EUCA Model EU Summer School will be held annually in May-June, open to all university and senior high school students in Almaty. The Model EU will feature guest lectures, short assignments, tutorials, and supervised peer learning, culminating in a simulated European Council session for the students to gain hands-on experience with consensus policymaking. (Click for details)
CONFERENCE UPDATES:
Central Asian Regionalism
in the Vertex of the EU, Russia, and China
November 14 - 15, 2024, KIMEP University, Almaty - Kazakhstan
Watch the Recordings of all Panel and Paper sessions on YouTube:
Navigating Power Dynamics in Central Asia's Political and Geopolitical Landscape
Trade, Infrastructure, Economic Development in Central Asia
Paper Presentations (online), Session 1
Paper Presentations (online), Session 2
KIMEP University is the oldest and the largest North American-style University in Central Asia. It was founded in 1992 by the decree of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. KIMEP is an independent not-for-profit educational institution serving a multicultural and multinational student body. It is situated on a modern campus in the center of Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan.
KIMEP's College of Social Sciences (CSS) is home to the Departments of Economics, Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration, Media and Communication, and KIMEP's China & Central Asia Studies Center (CCASC), offering programs at the bachelor, master, and doctoral levels.
Maryam Agharabi is a Doctoral Researcher at KIMEP University, Kazakhstan, focusing on the European Union's external governance and EU–Central Asia policy relations, with particular attention to environmental policymaking and sustainable development. She leads multiple EU-funded projects on curriculum development, teaching, and research enhancement in EU Studies, and serves as Research Coordinator at the China and Central Asia Studies Center, KIMEP University, Almaty. She holds a Master’s degree in Central, East European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies from the University of Glasgow.
EUCA-RIPC Jean Monnet Module (Project ID: 101127257) is Funded by the European Union.
Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.