On January 15, 2025, an online meeting was held between representatives of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the World Bank and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) to approve the national components of the project "Restoration of the ecosystem of the Caspian Sea: capacity building in the field of pollution management and conservation of biological diversity" ("Blueing the Caspian Sea: Building Capacities for Pollution Management and Biodiversity Conservation”), funded by grants from the Global Environment Facility.
The meeting was also attended by employees of the Committee of Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, RSE Kazhydromet and the International Center for Water Resources Assessment.
During the meeting, the participants discussed in detail the national components, indicators and methods for evaluating the expected results of the project. The Kazakh side stressed the importance of improving the systems of ecological and hydrological monitoring of the Caspian Sea, the development of research activities between the Caspian countries, as well as joint activities to preserve the Caspian seal population.
This project is planned to be implemented in three Caspian littoral countries (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan) with a total budget of about 12 million US dollars. The project is expected to be launched in the second half of this year.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/ecogeo/press/news/details/919168