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Role Of Technology In Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan’s educational system is not ready yet to provide and educate specialists in renewable energy management and technologies. Hosting exhibitions and conferences will not solve the problem. To get enough number of specialists with enough level of competency local universities will have to change their curricula and introduce new faculties which will also need additional time and money that the colleges and universities do not have. Inviting renewable energy specialists and experts to Kazakhstan will not fully solve the issue.
Kazakhstan is the 131 least corrupt nation out of 175 countries. The problem of corruption at all levels of Government and its relations with business will also impact the implementation of Green economy …show more content…

Waste management is another big issue for Kazakhstan which does not have necessary means and political will to solve it. Kazakhstan needs to build a new integrated waste management system, because an institutional and legal framework is largely missing. The norms for rational waste management are insufficient, and the responsibility for the building and functioning of a more integrated system is not distributed. “There are no provisions to mandate sustainable financing of both infrastructure development and its operation.” In fact, Kazakhstan has not upgraded much its waste management system that it inherited from the Soviet Union. The landfills for consumption wastes are mainly located near the cities and are maintained as per old standards. To implement the waste management systems declared in the Concept for transitioning to Green Economy, Kazakh government needs to change the mindset of people to promote separate waste generation to be able to recycle it.
In fact, waste management and recycling might become a very effective and profitable business for small and medium enterprises if proper conditions and incentives from the Government are created. The problem in Kazakhstan’s waste management system is that there is no market to sell recycled end products and motivation for businessmen to go into that sphere and

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