A meeting with representatives of the Headquarters of the United Nations Volunteers Program was held in Astana, dedicated to the preparation for the International Year of Volunteers.
The event was attended by Vice-Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan Aizada Kurmanova and Head of the International Secretariat of the UN Volunteer Program Sandra Ingrid Koch.
The meeting participants discussed the goals and objectives facing the International Secretariat and the National Organizing Committee of Kazakhstan. Proposals aimed at opening up new opportunities to enhance the contribution of volunteerism to achieving global sustainable Development Goals were also considered.
Recall that at the initiative of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the UN General Assembly declared 2026 the International Year of Volunteer Mobilization for Sustainable Development.
Kazakhstan demonstrates an example of a successful institutional partnership between the state and the volunteer community. To date, more than 740 volunteer organizations and over a thousand initiative groups are active in the country. The total number of active volunteers is more than 240 thousand people.
Press Service of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mam/press/news/details/897310