Long-term project Arnasay - the first green village of Kazakhstan

Goal 2 The project makes the greatest contribution due to the best in the country practice of international transfer, selection, testing, development and dissemination of green technologies in rural areas and the agricultural sector, especially for small farms. This is achievable only through mass education, which is held here from school. 168 residents of Arnasay are trained of the basics of applying green technologies and running a green business. They are distributed with the assistance of international donors of drip irrigation technology, production of biohumus, agrofibre and hydrogel. Created more than 150 seasonal jobs. The yield of vegetable crops at the same time increased by 2.5 times. The experience of the Arnasay village was replicated to other regions of Kazakhstan. In the Kostanay region - similar technologies were distributed to 150 rural families, in the Karaganda region more than 30 rural families received technologies. Goal 4.7 In Arnasaya Secondary School, a new model of environmental education has been developed and successfully implemented. The results achieved are distributed through the parents of schoolchildren. The school has become a reference area for the dissemination of this experience among Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools. The annual budget savings on utility payments for schools are about 8000 USD. Since 2016, about 10000 people have been trained at the Center, including representatives of state bodies of Kazakhstan, international organizations, students, managers of social facilities, representatives of Central Asian countries, students and schoolchildren.The project also contributes to Objective 6.1 - “By 2030, ensure universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all.In 2014, a water purification filter was installed in the framework of the UNDP project “Every drop matters” in Arnasay secondary school. To date, access to clean drinking water is covered by 100% of school students. Successful implementation of the project allowed replicating the results and installing a similar water purification filter in 10 neighboring schools in Arshaly district. And also in 2015, the project “Clean water for rural children” was implemented in Akkol district to install water purification filters in 28 educational facilities The Arnasay project makes a great contribution to the transition to a new technological order, an innovative economy. This is in line with Objective 17.7 “To promote the development, transfer, diffusion, and assimilation of environmentally friendly technologies so that developing countries receive them on mutually agreed favorable conditions, including on concessional and preferential terms”. And also Goal 17.8 “To ensure by 2017 the full-scale operation of a technology bank and a mechanism for the development of science, technology and innovation in the interests of the least developed countries”. Goal 9. “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization for innovation. Objective 9.b Support the development, research and innovation of domestic technologies in developing countries. ” 35 green technologies were installed and tested at the Arnasay Center.28 partner companies demonstrate technology trained over 7,000 people. The cost of water supply is reduced by 75%. The cost of heating is reduced by 40%. About 3 tons of vegetables are grown in greenhouses