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EuroFest2024 - On the occasion of Europe Day
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EuroFest2024 gives the opportunity to celebrate unity, diversity and friendship among European countries and to learn about various EU-funded projects, highlighting their positive impact and contribution to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The event strives to be a day of fun, learning, and cultural exchange for residents and visitors of the Kazakh capital Astana.
During the festival, the “ENABLE – Empowered Civil Society for a Sustainable and Energy Efficient City” project funded by the EU and coordinated by IWO e. V., will be presented. The event in Astana will be attended by the implementing partners from the Kazakhstan Parliamentary Development Fund (KPDF) and they will present exhibitions on the following topics: “Prospects of large residential areas – Experiences from Germany” and “Thermal modernisation of the housing stock: Experience in Kazakhstan”. They are being organised as part of the project.
Experiences with housing market monitoring in Germany for sharing with Ukraine
Last week, IWO launched a series of online webinars in partnership with Habitat for Humanity Ukraine to support the Ukrainian Ministry for the Development of Communities and Territories to develop a national housing strategy. The first webinar familiarized the...
The ENABLE project competition and its winners
In November 2025, a competition was launched as part of the project on the topic of "Implementing the principles of sustainable development in housing construction with a focus on energy efficiency in multi-family buildings". The competition rules were drawn up by the...
Decarbonisation of residential buildings in Kazakhstan: Roadmap
ENABLE synergies with international initiatives: the partners of the EU project ENABLE continued their cooperation in Kazakhstan, which began in 2024, with: the Germany-Kazakhstan Energy Dialogue – the official format for cooperation between the governments of...




