Centre for Sustainable Development in Central Asia

The Centre was established in 2024 through a partnership between Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU) and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). On the KazNU side, the founding units are the Faculty of Geography and Environmental Sciences (FGES) and the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science (FPPS). On the PolyU side, the founding units are the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) and the Department of Applied Social Sciences (APSS). The official launch of the Centre and the signing of the agreement took place on 21 November 2024 at Farabi Hub.