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The Fashion Girls in Business participants met with successful women during two informal online meetings last week. The guests of the project were the founder and regional director of Geneva Business School in Kazakhstan, as well as co-founder of the virtual reality startup In-VR Alina Abdrakhmanova and the founder and designer of the ByOva women’s clothing brand, established in 2019, Anar Baitemirova. They shared their entrepreneurial success stories with the girls. Talking about her numerous projects, including the new In-VR project, Alina Abdrakhmanova drew the attention of novice entrepreneurs to the importance of having a good team for the success of any project: “At the start,...

Dear friends!   Tomorrow, May 14, there will be another regular motivational meeting of the participants of the Fashion Girls in Business project with successful women of Kazakhstan. Anar Baitemirova is the invited guest of the fourth meeting.   Founder and designer of ByOva women’s clothing brand, established in 2019, Anar Baitemirova will share practical advice on creating a clothing brand in Kazakhstan. She will also talk about cooperation with large retail companies throughout Kazakhstan based on her own experience in selling clothes in a network of multi-brand stores in the cities of Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Atyrau and Aktau. During the meeting, the girls will be able ask...

The U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan is pleased to announce an open funding opportunity under the «Go Viral Network & Festival» program awarded from 500,000 to 600,000 US dollars. Program Goal: Enhance regional connectivity, support economic development, and strengthen civil society in Central Asia by creating and sustaining deep partnerships among an emerging generation of innovative Central Asian thought leaders Project Objectives: 1) Build an active, engaged community among Go Viral members, facilitating increased networking and collaboration of professionals across Central Asia and internationally, including by increasing the number of events in key cities across Central Asia. 2)...

Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy Nur-Sultan is pleased to announce a call for grant applications Small Grants Program for Media Development Estimated award will range from 10,000 to 40,000 USD. Project proposals are being accepted on the following themes: 1. Innovative approaches for gathering or sharing news, particularly with younger audiences; 2. Promote professional journalism standards, particularly fact checking, verification, investigative journalism, and fact-based reporting; 3. Support financial sustainability of media outlets in Kazakhstan, including alternative sources of revenue, by teaching media outlets about different business models and techniques for growing their...

The second series of trainings on the course «Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship: business planning and sales» for girls studying in colleges of Nur-Sultan has been completed. During the lessons on the basics of entrepreneurship, the course trainer Emin Askerov was engaged in improving the skills of participants in building business processes, finding competitive ideas and implementing sales technologies by modern tools and approaches. During the classes, the girls learned the basic tools and concepts of creating a successful business project, as well as got acquainted with the step-by-step algorithm for creating a business. Today, the girls will begin completing the training course «The...

As part of the Fashion Girls in Business project, on April 14, 2021, the founder and CEO of the Kazakhstani media startup The Steppe and a nominee of the Forbes Kazakhstan rating “30 under 30” Zaure Rozmat held an informal online meeting with college girls specialising in sewing and design. Zaure Rozmat shared with the girls her success story as an entrepreneur, talked about the The Steppe project. In addition, during an informal conversation with the girls, the businesswoman advised them to improve their practical expertise, skills and experience in their field: “I recommend that while you are in college, you should combine study with work, practice somewhere, because even a...

Tomorrow, April 14, Zaure Rozmat will be the guest of the second informal online meeting with the participants of the» Fashion Girls in Business» project, implemented by the Civil Initiatives Support Center in partnership with the «American Corners» programme of the US Embassy in Nur-Sultan. Zaure Rozmat, founder and CEO of the Kazakh media startup The Steppe and awardee of the Forbes Kazakhstan «30 under 30», will tell the project participants her success story as a female entrepreneur in Kazakhstan, where girls will have a chance to speak with a guest and get motivated for new ideas. We remind you that a series of motivational informal meetings with successful women of Kazakhstan...

Dear friends! The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is pleased to announce a call for the “Cooperation Agreement for the implementation of human rights activities in Kazakhstan”. The maximum amount of award is $ 800,000. The purpose of the program is to improve human rights in Kazakhstan, to create the conditions in which civil society is more effectively involved in the management of the government, while key government institutions more effectively perform their mandate and respond to citizen needs. Legal entities are eligible to participate for this award. Application Deadline: April 29, 2021 For more details, please see:...

Within the framework of the Fashion Girls in Business project, on April 6, 2021, journalist and businesswoman Dinara Satzhan held an informal online meeting with girls specializing in sewing and design. The meeting was moderated by the Chairof the Board of the Civil Initiatives Support Center Lima Dias. The TV presenter and owner of multi-brand stores and the «Dinara Satzhan» brand shared with the participants her journey to business. She also shared the full production cycle of her most successful collections, from idea to sales. In her speech, the businesswoman noted that high quality of manufactured products is one of the main factors ensuring the demand for the product. Also, speaking...