Here people can understand how coaching can help in various areas of life, said Galiya Khamitova, “Step&Grow” Business Solutions Agency Director General.

One of the principles of the coaching week is that all events, workshops and master-classes are available for free.

International Coaching Week is a weeklong global celebration of the coaching profession held annually, during the first full week in February.

ALMATY. February 6. KAZINFORM

“Thanks to full support of the President, there is formed the infrastructure of the cultural sphere. 40 national and more than 8 thousand regional organizations are functioning in the system of public institutions of culture and art,” D.Mynbay said.

According to the Minister, over the past 10 years the number of theatres increased by 0 percent, the number of cinemas – by 40 percent, the number of museums – by 30 percent, the number of libraries – by 15 percent.

To increase the media presence in the Internet there is rendered support on introduction of hybrid technology, which link traditional print and digital media.

ASTANA. February 2. KAZINFORM

Student must have an offer of study in place before they can apply for the LLM funding. If a student wants their application to be considered for the LLM funding they must apply as early as possible and no later than 1st March 2012. Students who have not submitted their completed LLM application by this date will not be considered for funding, the press service of the British Council Kazakhstan reports.

The deadline for submission of the scholarships application is 5 April 2012; students must have an offer of study before applying for funding.

ALMATY. February 1. KAZINFORM

Details also at http://www.britishcouncil.org/kazakhstan-education-scholarship-news.htm

On view from March 7 through June 3, 2012, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan focuses on the peoples of the Altai and Tianshan regions, which are located in the eastern part of the country, from roughly the eighth to first centuries BC. With nearly 250 objects on loan from Kazakhstan’s four national museums, the exhibition provides a compelling portrait of nomadic culture, challenging the traditional view of these societies as less developed than sedentary ones, Art Broadway World said.

Artifacts on view in the exhibition range from bronze openwork offering-stands, superbly decorated with animal and human figures; to petroglyphs marking important places in the landscape; to dazzling gold adornments that marked the social status of those who wore them. A highlight is recently excavated, never-displayed material from a fourth-third century cemetery near the Russian/Chinese border, where permafrost conditions enabled the preservation of organic materials. Included here are such objects as saddles and expertly carved horse trappings that display fascinating hybrid mythical animals, among a variety of other artifacts.

NEW YORK. February 1. KAZINFORM

http://art.broadwayworld.com/

“We have started to use the new type of education – E-learning, set about forming its legal and methodological framework. 44 organizations have already begun the pilot project of E-learning. In 2012, the number of such organizations will increase to 537, providing them with access to the Internet with a bandwidth from 4 to 10 Mbits/sec.,” Zhumagulov said.

According to him, “to make the introduction of E-learning as effective as possible, the staff of the Ministry, regional education departments should in detail analyze the results of the pilot project that could and should have a cumulative impact on the entire sphere of education.”

ASTANA. January 31. KAZINFORM

On the instruction of President Nursultan Nazarbayev seven “Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools” have been opened in Kazakhstan. Construction of 12 more schools is underway. All in all, it is planned to open 15 schools until 2015.

“These schools will be a locomotive for developing the network of secondary education institutions in Kazakhstan. As the President Nazarbayev noted in his state-of-the-nation address, the entire system of Kazakh education should be developed to reach the level of the Nazarbayev University and Intellectual Schools,” Zhumagulov said.

ASTANA. January 31. KAZINFORM

“People know you as one of the most prominent representatives of the national theater and cinema. You made ​​a great contribution to the development of national culture. More than half a century on the stage, working together with renowned stars of art you have created over a hundred different images. Such your roles as Aktoty in “Akan serі – Aktoty” opera by Gabit Musrepov, Aiman in the musical comedy play by Mukhtar Auezov “Aiman-Sholpan”, Aizhan in the drama “Chocan Valikhanov” by Sabit Mukanov and Desdemona in Shakespeare’s play “Othello” forever will be remembered by the audience,” the President’s letter of congratulations reads.

Nazarbayev wished Mrs. Zamzagul Sharipova strong health, every happiness and prosperity in the family.

ASTANA. January 30. KAZINFORM

The prizes are awarded every other year for outstanding, pioneering researches in basic sciences (biology, chemistry, geology, mathematics and physics) and technology, the ISESCO press service said.

Laureates will each receive a commemorative ISESCO Gold Medal, a $ 5,000 cash prize, and a certificate acknowledging their achievements.

The prizes will be awarded at a ceremony to be held at the Sixth Islamic Conference of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ministers next October 2012 in Khartoum, Sudan

ISESCO has invited nominations for the prizes from science academies, national research boards, universities, as well as scientific and cultural institutions in the Member States (two nominees for each category). Nomination forms, to be completed and returned no later than 31 March 2012, can be downloaded from the www.icpsr.org.ma link.

For the record, ISESCO is awarding its prizes for science and technology since 1997.

RABAT. January 26. KAZINFORM

The preparation and implementation of the interstate program is among the objectives of the Year of Historical and Cultural Heritage in the CIS. The program was included in the list of priority events of the humanitarian cooperation in 2011-2012.

According to BelTA, the program was initiated by the Humanitarian Cooperation Council and the CIS Interstate Humanitarian Cooperation Fund. The program was approved at a session the Council of the CIS Heads of Government in Saint Petersburg on 19 November.

A program like that will be implemented in the CIS for the first time. It seeks to promote an intercultural dialogue as the basis for trust and mutual understanding, to unite cultural potentials of the countries, to enhance the international prestige of the Commonwealth. Taking part in the program will be mostly non-capital cities. Every year the CIS will announce two cultural capitals – one from each state in the alphabetic order of the countries.

In 2011 the first cultural capitals of the program were Belarus’ Gomel and Russia’s Ulyanovsk. In 2012 the title went to Kazakhstan’s Astana and Turkmenistan’s Mary. These cities will play host to a number of events – exhibitions, concerts, festivals, conferences and forums – featuring representatives of all 11 countries of the CIS.

To learn more go to www.belta.by

MINSK. January 24. KAZINFORM

Darkhan Mynbay was born on 26 January 1962 in South Kazakhstan region. In 1985 he graduated from Moscow State University, a journalist.

1985 to 1990 – editor, senior editor, Information Agency under the Council of Ministers of Kazakh SSR (KazTAG)

1990 – 1994 – senior consultant, senior adviser of the Supreme Council of Kazakhstan

1994 – 1996 – editor in chief of the republican newspapers “Orken” – “Horizon”

1996 – 1997 – Vice-President of the Republican Corporation “Television and Radio of Kazakhstan”

1997 – 2002 – Deputy Governor of South Kazakhstan region

2002 – 2004 – head of the department of youth and domestic policies of South Kazakhstan region

2004 – 2006 – Akim of Tyulkubas district of South Kazakhstan region

2006 – 2008 – Deputy Governor of South Kazakhstan region

From April 2008 to November 2008 – Vice-Minister of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan

In November 2008, by the Head of State was appointed head of the department of internal policy of the Administration of the President of Kazakhstan.

ASTANA. January 23. KAZINFORM