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and New Technologies, the Ministry of Oil
and Gas, and the Ministry of Environment
Protection – as well as delegates from energy
companies; scientific and training institutes;
Unions of energy engineers and engineering
companies; and Kazakhstan UNO Development
program.
During the meetings of the Committee, we
actively discuss law drafts concerning energy
(one important example is the law draft
“About energy efficiency”), and make proposals
for the elaboration of strategic programs
of development – both in the electric energy
sector and as part of inter-industry programs
concerning the production and consumption
of electric energy and heat. This is the object
of the Republic’s program of energy saving.
In this light, KAZENERGY offers an ideal forum
for debate among industry professionals
regarding the adoption of optimal proposals
for industry development, the protection
of individual interests, interaction with the
government and state bodies, and so on. The
Association’s expanded role in developing
international cooperation should also be
mentioned.
Without doubt, all of these achievements
have promoted the Association to its leading
position as an innovator in fostering dialogue
and debate in the Republic’s energy industry.
2. This autumn, the 5 th kazenergy
eurasian Forum will be held in Astana.
How do you evaluate the significance of
this event for the development of domestic
energy and the dialogue on energy as a
whole?
as an effective dialogue ground capable of
elaborating new and constructive approaches,
ideas and proposals that were relevant to the
economic development of the country, and
established a common vision of international
energy security.
The 5th KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum is being
organized at a special time: namely, during
Kazakhstan’s chairmanship in the OSCE.
It is quite natural, therefore, for Kazakhstan to
internationally promote its aim of forming a
stable and secure global energy system.
Complex efforts with that aim undertaken
under the leadership of President Nursultan
Nazarbayev, are felt by the global community
to be an indication of Kazakhstan’s great
commitment to broadening partnerships and
increasing the stability of energy relations. It
is thus quite reasonable that the 5th KAZEN-
ERGY Eurasian Forum will focus on discussing
the “Eurasian energy map”.
It is no secret that Europe and Asia together
define global energy processes today. It is for
this reason that the creation of a stable system
of energy relations on a continental scale,
and the development of a complex Eurasian
energy dialogue, are so crucial.
The Forum also increases the intensity of
processes of experience exchange, and works
to attract new investments and new technologies.
I am sure that the 5th anniversary of the KA-
ZENERGY Eurasian Forum will mark another
step forward in the development of the energy
and oil-gas industry, and will strengthen
the bonds of multilateral partnership.
ThE 5 th KazENErgy EuraSiaN fOrum iS bEiNg OrgaNizED aT a SpECial TimE:
NamEly, DuriNg KazaKhSTaN’S ChairmaNShip iN ThE OSCE. iT iS quiTE
NaTural, ThErEfOrE, foR KAZAKhstAN to iNtERNAtioNAllY pRomotE its
Aim of foRmiNG A stAblE ANd sEcuRE GlobAl ENERGY sYstEm.
Within a short period of time since its inception,
the Forum became one of the most authoritative
international events in Kazakhstan,
showcasing participation at a high level from
leaders in the energy and oil-gas industry:
experts and heads of companies. The Forum
offers to all interested parties the opportunity
to discuss topical issues associated with the
functioning and development of the fuel and
energy complex.
From that point of view, the KAZENERGY
Forum has successfully recommended itself
3. Kazakhstan became a full member
of the World energy Council in 2009.
What do you expect as a result of the
republic’s membership in that influential
organization?
The KAZENERGY Association helped to initiate
the process by which Kazakhstan became
a member of the World Energy Council.
On September 16-19, 2009, the meeting of
the Executive Assembly of the WEC took
place in Reykjavik, Iceland, and its Secretary