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AZAKHSTAN

Network Development 

Three Case Management sessions held during the reporting period resulted in an increased ability of 

the partners to form a governing body and design a fundraising plan.  

Staff Development 

Dana Amanova and Timur Chalobaev participated in the regional training on organizational 

development (OD) from April 22 26 to enable them to conduct a third OD evaluation in the CSSC 

and focus organizations.  

The Country office designed a new monitoring and evaluation (M&E) service of implemented 

projects. With grant support from the Eurasia Foundation, the country and CSSC staff took part in an 

M&E seminar, held from May 27 31. The group members including the Country staff are Marat 

Aitmagambetov, Jamila Asanova, Dana Amanova, Nurlan Zhumabekov, Alibi Jangildin, Galym 

Zhukupbayev, Galina Janabaeva, Askhat Bekzhanov and Nurlan Sakhanov.  

From May 13 17, Alibi Jangildin (Zhalghas Director), Dana Amanova (Grant Manager), Nurlan 

Sakhanov (OD Program Coordinator) and Oleg Bakhmutov (Trainer) participated in an advanced 

regional fundraising training.  

On May 28, Julia Anichshenko (Regional Financial Manager) and Elena Neudahina (Accountant) 

participated in the seminar  Tax Collection in Non Commercial Sector under New Tax Code of the 

Republic of Kazakhstan,  under USAID/START Project's financial support.  

Training Activity 

April 22 26: Trainers Janna Rysakova and Irina Dedova, with the participation of Elizabeth Comolli 

conducted a training entitled  Organizational Development and Art of Consulting  for representatives 

of Counterpart's regional offices in Central Asia. Dana Amanova (Grant Manager), Renata 

Khasanova (Zhalghas Office Manager) and Timur Chalobaev (Program Assistant) represented 

Counterpart during the seminar. The training's participants discussed definitions of OD components, 

and designed phases and cycles for an OD consulting process.  

May 13 17: Natalya Bakhmutova and Kaisha Atakhanova conducted a Training of Trainers (TOT) in 

the Zhalghas CSSC. Twenty five participants including three representatives of Soros Kazakhstan 

Fund were taught to serve as trainers in the regional CSSCs. In turn, CSSCs were able to advance 

their skills in training.  

June 17 18: Nurlan Sakhanov (OD Program Coordinator) and Alibi Jangildin (Zhalghas Director) 

conducted a fundraising training. The participants from the support centers and target and partner 

NGOs designed a fundraising plan.  

June 19: the quarterly meeting with the CSSCs discussed the organization of their Local Grant 

Committee (LGC), the implementation of the training program, and the prospects of network and 

government development in the support centers. A concept of network development was presented 

during the meeting.  

June 20 21: Dana Amanova (Grant Manager) and Nurlan Zhumabekov (Community Outreach 

Coordinator) conducted a participatory M&E training for 10 participants from the CSSCs of Almaty, 

Aktobe, Kostanai and Ust Kamenogorsk. The training discussed the log frame as a tool to manage and 

evaluate projects, analysis of stakeholders, and planning and implementation of participatory M&E. 

June 24 28: Trainers Galina Tsarkova (Tver, Russia), Saghynghali Elkeev (Almaty, Kazakhstan) and 

Albina Sabirova (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) conducted an advanced regional training on Social 

Partnership. Dmitry Dey (Kostanai CSSC Director), Vladimir Rubinsky (Secretary of Kostanai 

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