On September 18.-19., 2017, all members of the project ReKKs team, officials and scientists from Kazakhstan and Russia met in Astana to discuss the forthcoming project activities and ensure the future fruitful collaboration. First Secretary of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Jonathan Weinberg opened the Kick-off meeting with welcoming speech followed by talks of representatives of the public organizations (German-Kazakh Agricultural Policy Dialogue, NANOC) and colleagues from Kazakhstan and Russia. The Russian scientist and stakeholders told about the valuable scientific and practical results obtained in the past, within the frame of KULUNDA project, as well as perspectives of implementation for successful German-Kazakh-Russian cooperation in the future.

Hereupon, the key issues of the project aims, concepts and approaches were given by the Project Speaker and PIs, and the Round table, when the project partners discuss the coordination and cooperation within the subprojects, finished the meeting.