Community project  Children Playgrounds Development  was successfully completed in late 

May. 9 playgrounds were built for over 1000 children of local district during the project 

implementation. The Republic's newspaper  Kazakhstanskaya Pravda  and regional newspaper 

 Diapazon  published articles about the project results. 

In July, the Support Center organized PCA & Action Plan Design trainings for 20 members of 

local NGOs and initiative groups. 4 participants were representatives of Atyrau NGOs   ISAR 

and ECOS.  

Two volunteers   Igor Maidanenko and Gul'nara Akhmetkalieva joined CSSC team in April to 

consult NGOs in legal issues. Volunteers participated in CSSC training  Advocacy  and gained 

skills in other NGO related issues. 

On May 19

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, volunteers from INCAR NGO carried out action on cleaning banks of Qarghaly 

River. CSSC's volunteers contributed to the campaign through fundraising, partnership and mass 

media outreach. The city public organizations    Pokoleniye ,  Pokoleniye M ,  Women of 

Orient  participated in the event and informed local community of their activity. 

In April   May, CSSC cooperated with  DemOrda  NGO in sociological research in Aqtobe to 

reveal major issues in citizens' mobilization process. The Support Center consulted its partner 

NGO in methods of organizing advocacy campaign. In addition,  DemOrda  participated in 

Advocacy training, held by NDI and USAID' support. The training covered the issues of 

advocacy campaign in adjusting housing legislation.  

4. Karaghandy Regional Ecological Center ECO CENTER, Karaghandy oblast, Karaghandy 

Internal Capacity Building 

The Center purchased two computers and a scanner to develop its technical capacity. Job 

descriptions, a service scheme for the Resource Center, and an NGO database were developed 

during the reporting period. Kuat Bakirov was appointed as the Office Manager. 

The Center's staff conducted the following seminars:  Ecological Education and Sustainable 

Development in Kazakhstan  (by Lyudmila Kurtavtseva in Atyrau, June 4 7),  Internet Camp for 

NGO  (by Dmitry Doctorov in Karaghandy, June 17 21),  The Pragma Program  (by Kaisha 

Atakhanova in Almaty, June 21 22), and  Advocacy and Financial Management  for Health 

NGOs (by Kaisha Atakhanova and Nurlan Eskendirov, June 4 9).  

On June 13, the NGO Council of Karaghandy oblast was formed to develop NGO partnership 

with state bodies and the public. The Council hel a press conference that was covered by the local 

media.  

Community Outreach 

The CSSC participated in number of social events, including: 

A youth drug prevention roundtable under the social partnership program in cooperation with the 

Kazakhstan's Youth Informational Service and the Oblast Department of Public Health; 

 Caravan of Health  Action on Health Day (April 7) in cooperation with the Oblast Department 

of Public Health and the Department of Culture, Information and Public Accord;  

 Central Park Improvement  Action designed by ECO; 

 NGO Tax Collection  seminar, conducted by the public fund Tax Environment Development 

with financial support from Soros Kazakhstan Fund; 

 Fundraising  and  Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation  with a subsequent assessment of 

 Women Leadership  program in Atbasar and Stepnogorsk of Akmola oblast; 

CSSC launched its program activity after participation in PCAP training, and with initiative 

groups, conducted participatory appraisals in the communities of Shashubai Village of Aq Toghai 

County and the city of Qaraghandy.    

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