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  • Adam Grode with students

    Cultural Heritage of the Silk Road

    January 23 a Visiting Scholar at the Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages visited the American Corner in Almaty and gave a talk on the Cultural Heritage of the Silk Road.

  • DAS Victoria Esser delivers opening remarks, Almaty

    DAS Victoria Esser kicks off TFCA 2

    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Digital Strategy Victoria Esser delivers opening remarks at a Tech Forum Central Asia 2 reception on November 30, 2012 in Almaty

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  • DCM Elisabeth Millard and U.S. Regional Commercial Attaché Robyn Kessler at American Corner, Almaty on September 5.

    DCM Millard and FCS Rep Talk at AC

    On September 5, Deputy Chief of Mission Elisabeth Millard and U.S. Regional Commercial Attaché Robyn Kessler visited the American Corner in Almaty to talk about the benefits of international trade..

  • DCM Elisabeth Millard and Consul General Michael Snowden with FLEX Alumni at the Uni on August 14.

    DCM Millard and CG Snowden visit the Uni

    On August 14, Deputy Chief of Mission Elisabeth Millard and Consul General Michael Snowden visited the Uni Mobile Library which is at Mega Mall this week.

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  • Adam Grode with students
    Visiting Scholar Talks about Cultural Heritage of the Silk Road at the Almaty American Corner

    January 23 a Visiting Scholar at the Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages (named after Abylai Khan) visited the American Corner in Almaty and gave a talk on the Cultural Heritage of the Silk Road. Adam Grode’s speech focused on the rich traditions of the Silk Road, and his experiences in Russia and Central Asia. After his talk he performaned on a Kazakh dombra.. 

  • DAS Victoria Esser delivers opening remarks, Almaty.
    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Digital Strategy Victoria Esser kicks off TFCA 2

    On December 1, Victoria Esser, the State Department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Digital Strategy, opened Tech Forum Central Asia Two (TFCA 2) at Almaty’s KIMEP University. TFCA 2, following up on the hugely successful TFCA conference in June, brought together thirteen leading international and Kazakhstani technologists for two days to train over 60 participants..   »

  • The Empower Access Program (EAP)
    The Empower Access Program (EAP)

    The U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan is pleased to announce an open competition for the 2013 Empower Access Program. Deadline is December 10, 2012. The Empower Access Program (EAP) is a regionally-focused professional exchange program for individuals and organizations working directly with people with disabilities ..  

  • DCM Elisabeth Millard and U.S. Regional Commercial Attaché Robyn Kessler at American Corner on September 5.
    DCM Millard and FCS Moscow Rep Talk Trade at the Almaty American Corner

    On September 5, Deputy Chief of Mission Elisabeth Millard and U.S. Regional Commercial Attaché Robyn Kessler visited the American Corner in Almaty to talk about the benefits of international trade in the 21st Century and the U.S. Commercial Service's mission and priorities in Central Asia. Several dozen people attended the talk, including students and faculty.. 

  • DCM Elisabeth Millard and Consul General Michael Snowden with FLEX Alumni at the Uni on August 14.
    Deputy Chief of Mission Elisabeth Millard and Consul General Michael Snowden visit the Uni Library

    On August 14, Deputy Chief of Mission Elisabeth Millard and Consul General Michael Snowden visited the Uni Mobile Library which is at Mega Mall this week. The DCM and Consul General checked out the library, talked to young readers, and met with the FLEX Alumni from Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries.. 

  • Kids playing at Uni Mobile Library opening on July 17, 2012
    The Uni Library Project Launched in Almaty

    On July 17, the U.S. Consulate General in Almaty formally launched its new mobile American Space—the Uni—in Panfilov Park to a crowd of reporters, local dignitaries, and children. The Uni is a modular, movable public reading room that also serves as an attractive and playful platform for every type of public diplomacy program, from book readings for children to sessions on how to go to university in the United States, from board game competitions to free music concerts.. 

  • 2012 Trafficking in Persons Report on Kazakhstan
    2012 Trafficking in Persons Report on Kazakhstan

    Kazakhstan is a destination and to a lesser extent, source and transit country for women and girls subjected to sex trafficking and for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor. There is also a large trafficking problem within the country. Kazakhstani women and children are subjected to sex trafficking in the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon ..