Official ceremony of the private international Snow Leopard Foundation was held in Almaty featuring Nurali Aliyev, prominent businessman and philanthropist, as a founder.

Opening Gala assembled the representatives of international environmental organizations, scientific community and honorary guests from Sweden, USA, China, Russia, Monaco, the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, Macedonia, Denmark, France and Turkey, public authorities, and the representatives of business and artistic communities.

On personal invitation of the founder Nurali Aliyev, Hollywood actor Adrian Brody, famous Sweden explorer Johan Nilson, vice-president of Jack Ma’s Paradise International Foundation Wang Dezhi, Chair of Albert II Prince of Monaco Foundation Gatsby Milutin and other guests attended the venue.

In his welcoming speech Nurali Aliyev admitted that his idea of foundation had been cherished for some time before he came up with the crucial decision to establish the system that would restore the population of snow leopards in Kazakhstan for decades onwards.Snow leopard is the symbol of independent country of Kazakhstan. However, in less than quarter-century the population of these animals in Kazakhstan reduced by over 40%, he stated. According to N.Aliyev, «Snow Leopard Foundation» will serve as the first foundation in the CIS countries to reintroduce the population of snow leopards in Kazakhstan.As it happens, construction of the snow leopard breeding and adaptation center on the area of over 500 hectares within the territory of Ile-Alatau National Reservation is expected under this unique program «Kingdom of Snow Leopard». A special visiting center and vista points where people will be able to observe the species from a safe stand-off distance, will add to the center.

Over the years the activity on protection and conservation of snow leopard has aimed at counting the stock just tracking extinction of the species. We hope that this project will contribute to restoration of the mammals, Erkinbayev E., executive director for Snow Leopard Foundation said.

The project will be supported by scientists of the center for snow leopard protection. Head of Mammalogy department of Institute of Zoology Alexei Grachov, who had dedicated his creative activity to the studies of snow leopards, stated that the activity of Snow Leopard Foundation will have a strictly scientific approach.

Nurali Aliyev stating that snow leopard has no state boundaries called the guests from all over the globe for collaboration in conservation of species and support of Snow Leopard Foundation development.

In their turn, the representatives of international organizations such as UNDP, International Environmental Union, WWF, The Paradise International Foundation and others expressed their readiness to provide expert and consultancy support to the foundation.

«Over 4000 snow leopards are living in the world, while the population reduced by 20% over the last 16 years. 3% of global species population is the habitants of Kazakhstan where the country was historically a habitat serving as an ecological corridor for the species. Today the separation of the range can lead to total extinction. Therefore, the initiative for Snow Leopard Conservation is unique, and on behalf of the nature protection organizations we would like express our appreciation and gratitude to Nurali Aliyev, Director of Central Asian WWF Grigory Mazmanyants said.

In the course of the event, Nurali Aliyev presented a new Ambassador of Snow Leopard Foundation Johan Nilson who is appointed to represent the interests of the foundation overseas. Johan Ernst Nilson is the ambassador of the International Nature Conservation Union, Honorable Goodwill Ambassador of Nepal, President of the Sweden Association «Everest Summiteers Association», founder of company «Aidbox» and other. There are more than 30 expeditions in 145 countries of the world on the account of Sweden traveller, one of expiditions lasted for 18 months from the South to the North Pole, and registered in Guinness Book of World Records in 2015.

Some time ago people said that exploring the space is impossible, but the humankind made a leap to the universe. Personally I would prefer to say that there is no impossible thing. This project will be the first of its kind and its launch and implementation deserves appreciation, Johan Nilson said.

Other foreign guests told about funds operating in their countries to support Nature Conservation Projects. In particular, International Fund «The Paradise International Foundation», initiated by the famous entrepreneurs, painters and philanthropists in China, headed by Jack Ma and Pony Ma, since 2015 founded five national parks with overall area exceeding 400 000 sq.m.

«Snow leopard is the symbol of Kazakhstan, same as panda is the symbol of China. Care for symbolic animal species is very important for nature conservation activity of the world, however China is interested in protection of the snow leopard, because the unique beast animal dwelling in the territory of our country too. Our foundation would be glad to cooperate with the Snow Leopard Foundation. We could learn a lot from each other to mutually proceed with preservation and reintroduction of snow leopard», – said Vice-President and Senior Research Officer of «The Paradise International Foundation» Wang Dezhi during his speech.

Charity Auction was held in conclusion of the evening function including drawing of several exclusive lots: boxing gloves of Gennady Golovkin with his autograph note, bicycle of Alexander Vinokourov with his autograph note, two-day travel to Dubai with stay in 5-star hotel and fancy dinner by Bulldozer Group, travel to South Africa together with the famous traveler Johan Nilson, exclusive designer watch by Jacob Arabo and company Jacobs and Co, two travels to Monaco and meeting with the Prince of Monaco, private tutorial with DJ Smash, and finally, three pictures by Adrien Brody. All lots were sold to the guests of the evening to the amount of 1 528 000 US dollars. All auction earnings will be invested in construction of the «Kingdom of Snow Leopard» Center.

In his welcoming speech Nurali Aliyev admitted that his idea of foundation had been cherished for some time before he came up with the crucial decision to establish the system that would restore the population of snow leopards in Kazakhstan for decades onwards.Snow leopard is the symbol of independent country of Kazakhstan. However, in less than quarter-century the population of these animals in Kazakhstan reduced by over 40%, he stated. According to N.Aliyev, «Snow Leopard Foundation» will serve as the first foundation in the CIS countries to reintroduce the population of snow leopards in Kazakhstan.As it happens, construction of the snow leopard breeding and adaptation center on the area of over 500 hectares within the territory of Ile-Alatau National Reservation is expected under this unique program «Kingdom of Snow Leopard». A special visiting center and vista points where people will be able to observe the species from a safe stand-off distance, will add to the center.

Over the years the activity on protection and conservation of snow leopard has aimed at counting the stock just tracking extinction of the species. We hope that this project will contribute to restoration of the mammals, Erkinbayev E., executive director for Snow Leopard Foundation said.

The project will be supported by scientists of the center for snow leopard protection. Head of Mammalogy department of Institute of Zoology Alexei Grachov, who had dedicated his creative activity to the studies of snow leopards, stated that the activity of Snow Leopard Foundation will have a strictly scientific approach.

Nurali Aliyev stating that snow leopard has no state boundaries called the guests from all over the globe for collaboration in conservation of species and support of Snow Leopard Foundation development.

In their turn, the representatives of international organizations such as UNDP, International Environmental Union, WWF, The Paradise International Foundation and others expressed their readiness to provide expert and consultancy support to the foundation.

«Over 4000 snow leopards are living in the world, while the population reduced by 20% over the last 16 years. 3% of global species population is the habitants of Kazakhstan where the country was historically a habitat serving as an ecological corridor for the species. Today the separation of the range can lead to total extinction. Therefore, the initiative for Snow Leopard Conservation is unique, and on behalf of the nature protection organizations we would like express our appreciation and gratitude to Nurali Aliyev, Director of Central Asian WWF Grigory Mazmanyants said.

In the course of the event, Nurali Aliyev presented a new Ambassador of Snow Leopard Foundation Johan Nilson who is appointed to represent the interests of the foundation overseas. Johan Ernst Nilson is the ambassador of the International Nature Conservation Union, Honorable Goodwill Ambassador of Nepal, President of the Sweden Association «Everest Summiteers Association», founder of company «Aidbox» and other. There are more than 30 expeditions in 145 countries of the world on the account of Sweden traveller, one of expiditions lasted for 18 months from the South to the North Pole, and registered in Guinness Book of World Records in 2015.

Some time ago people said that exploring the space is impossible, but the humankind made a leap to the universe. Personally I would prefer to say that there is no impossible thing. This project will be the first of its kind and its launch and implementation deserves appreciation, Johan Nilson said.

Other foreign guests told about funds operating in their countries to support Nature Conservation Projects. In particular, International Fund «The Paradise International Foundation», initiated by the famous entrepreneurs, painters and philanthropists in China, headed by Jack Ma and Pony Ma, since 2015 founded five national parks with overall area exceeding 400 000 sq.m.

«Snow leopard is the symbol of Kazakhstan, same as panda is the symbol of China. Care for symbolic animal species is very important for nature conservation activity of the world, however China is interested in protection of the snow leopard, because the unique beast animal dwelling in the territory of our country too. Our foundation would be glad to cooperate with the Snow Leopard Foundation. We could learn a lot from each other to mutually proceed with preservation and reintroduction of snow leopard», – said Vice-President and Senior Research Officer of «The Paradise International Foundation» Wang Dezhi during his speech.

Charity Auction was held in conclusion of the evening function including drawing of several exclusive lots: boxing gloves of Gennady Golovkin with his autograph note, bicycle of Alexander Vinokourov with his autograph note, two-day travel to Dubai with stay in 5-star hotel and fancy dinner by Bulldozer Group, travel to South Africa together with the famous traveler Johan Nilson, exclusive designer watch by Jacob Arabo and company Jacobs and Co, two travels to Monaco and meeting with the Prince of Monaco, private tutorial with DJ Smash, and finally, three pictures by Adrien Brody. All lots were sold to the guests of the evening to the amount of 1 528 000 US dollars. All auction earnings will be invested in construction of the «Kingdom of Snow Leopard» Center.

KIMEP University hosted the first meeting of the Advisory Board created by the initiative of Nurali Aliyev, a prominent Kazakhstani businessman, philanthropist, and the founder of ZHANARTU Charity Foundation. The Advisory Board is expected to support and develop the new “Nurali Aliyev Bachelor of Information Systems in Business” program according to the international standards.

The Board includes such leading foreign and local experts in the IT sphere as Vadim Zelenkov, the head of the Educational Center of the High Technologies Park of Minsk; Alexey Li, the founder of the companies Ticketon and Aviata. Also an integral part of the board are a few professors from KIMEP University. The meeting was dedicated to discussing the admission criteria, new program curriculum, with comments from the Advisory Board members to further enhance and develop the program.

In his welcoming speech Dr. Bang said: “KIMEP University must play a leading role in the development of credible information technology programs in Kazakhstan. With the help of Mr. Aliyev and the ZHANARTU Charity Foundation, we are assured that we will be able to introduce this program along with an international information technology conference with renowned experts from around the world. Our aim is to develop this program and to produce viable research in order to disseminate information about the use of information technology to promote and optimize productivity throughout the business sphere.

Also, the meeting was signified by awarding Mr. Nurali Aliyev an honorary Doctorate in Business degree for his contributions to the development of information systems and for his active leadership in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Nurali Aliyev possesses deep knowledge and vast experience in the sphere of IT development in Kazakhstan and abroad. Jointly with the Bang College of Business, the leading business school in the country, Mr. Nurali Aliyev and Dr. Bang are aimed at creating a prestigious academic program which complies with international standards in education and with requirements in training highly qualified professionals in the sphere of business informational technologies.

In his welcoming speech Mr. Aliyev highlighted the uniqueness of the IT-bachelor program in Kazakhstan, and the importance of IT-education for the future success of the country and for developing its competitive advantage in the global arena.

He also added: “Our partnership with KIMEP is based on our mutual belief that the “ISB” bachelor program has a strong potential to be very competitive and recruit our most talented IT-prospects. I firmly believe that KIMEP has profound academic foundations to provide prospective students with necessary knowledge and tools to succeed in their career aspirations in IT-related spheres».

The Nurali Aliyev Bachelor of Information Systems in Business program will offer such disciplines as data base and supply chain management, programming, statistics, e-business, cloud technologies, and many other relevant courses. Launching this program highlights the commitment of KIMEP University and ZHANARTU charity foundation to the cause of delivering the best education to the Kazakhstan students, corresponding with the high demands of the modern labor market. For instance, the employment level of KIMEP University alumni within the first six months after graduation annually reaches about 95%.

As a reminder, ZHANARTU Charity Foundation was established by Mr. Nurali and Mrs. Aida Aliyev with the purpose of supporting IT-talented youth and developing their IT skills.