AGENDA

Of the International Congress of Women Entrepreneurship

 

10:00 - 10:10

Lazzat Ramazanova

Moderator

10:10 - 10:15

Kulparshin Aidarkhanova

Chairperson, Council of Businesswomen of Aktobe region

“The role of the Council of Businesswomen in the development of social entrepreneurship”

10:15 - 10:25

Aidarbek Khodzhanazarov

General Director, Olzha Agro LLP

10:25 - 10:30

Lyana Tursynova

Chairperson, Council of Businesswomen of West Kazakhstan region

“Implemented projects in rural areas”

10:30 - 10:35

Arkhabayeva Alma

Founder of ASYL ARMAN Group

“Women's leadership”

10:35 - 10:40

Rimma Salykova

Chairperson, Council of Businesswomen of Zhetysu region

“Women's cooperation”

10:40 - 10:45

Yelena Vengerskaya

Chairperson, Council of Businesswomen of Kostanay region

Project “One village-One product”

10:45 - 11:00

Awarding with letters of appreciation

Coffee break (30 min)

12:00 - 12:05

Yelena Berezinskaya-Abilova
Moderator

12:05 - 12:15

online

Akihisa Haraguchi

Chief Adviser, JICA OVOP project in the Kyrgyz Republic

Nargiza Erkinbayeva

Head of the public organization “OVOP+1”

"One Village-One Product project"

12:15 - 12:20

online

Aizhan Chynybayeva

Head, Committee of Women Entrepreneurs of Kyrgyzstan, Turkic Chamber of Commerce and Industry

12:20 – 12:25

Aliya Maulesheva

Member of the Project Council, Eurasian Women's Forum

“Eurasian Women's Forum - a platform to support women's entrepreneurial initiatives”

12:25 – 12:30

online

Sakina Babayeva

Chairman, Association for the Development of Women's Entrepreneurship in Azerbaijan

12:30 – 12:35

Maria Dotsenko

UN Women Representative in Kazakhstan

12:35 - 12:40

Alma Kasymova

Principal Manager, EBRD in Kazakhstan

“Programs to support women’s entrepreneurship”

12:40 - 12:45

online

Iskandar Gulamov

Head of Development Programs, ADB

  “Promoting gender equality in the CAREC countries”

12:45 - 12:50

online

Oleg Khmelev

Senior Technical Adviser, UNDP-Kazakhstan

"Women, communities and energy in Kazakhstan"

12:50 - 12:55

Aida Alzhanova

Expert on gender equality and SDGs

“International experience in supporting women’s entrepreneurship”

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch for Congress Participants

14:30 - 15:45

B2B Meetings

16:00 - 16:10

Lazzat Ramazanova

Moderator

Member of the Mazhilis of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Welcoming speech

Opening of the plenary session

16:10 - 16:15

Aida Balayeva

Chairperson, National Commission on Women’s Affairs and Family and Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Welcoming speech

16:15 - 16:20

Alikhan Smailov (tbc)

Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Welcoming speech

16:20 - 16:25

Alibek Kuantyrov

Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Welcoming speech

“Introduction of tools to support women’s entrepreneurship”

16:25 - 16:30

Raimbek Batalov

Chairman of the Presidium of NCE RK “Atameken”

Welcoming speech

“Establishment of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Committee and ongoing projects”

16:30 - 16:35

Michaela Friberg-Storey

UN Resident Coordinator in Kazakhstan

Welcoming speech

16:35 - 16:45

Kristina Dorosh

Vice President, Regional Manager in Central Asia and Azerbaijan, Visa

“Projects to support women’s entrepreneurship”

16:45 - 17:00

Saule Salikhova

Chairperson, Council of Businesswomen of Mangystau city

“Women’s business is the locomotive of SMEs (about the projects of the Council of Businesswomen of NCE RK “Atameken”)"

17:00 - 17:10

Awards

17:15

Group Photo