News Kazakhstan25.01.2023
Financial support programs for entrepreneurs implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy projects resumed in Kazakhstan
QAZAQ GREEN. In the framework of joint initiatives UNDP in partnership with the Government of Kazakhstan resume three programs of financial support for entrepreneurs implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, UNDP Kazakhstan reports.
Two financial programs include partial subsidizing of the loan principal of projects in the field of:
- Energy Efficiency under the UNDP Kazakhstan Project and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Sustainable Cities for Low Carbon Development;
- Small-scale renewable energy sources under the project UNDP-GEF "De-risking investments in renewable energy sources".
And the third, the loan guarantee program under the project of UNDP and the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MIID) "Creating conditions for attracting investors for energy efficiency in Kazakhstan".
Entrepreneurs can receive additional information and recommendations by sending a summary of their project to the e-mail address fm@undp.org, info@fund.kz or in Damu Fund regional branches.
Cooperation of UNDP in Kazakhstan and Damu Entrepreneurship Development Fund JSC with financial support from MIID and GEF made the launch of the financial support programs possible.
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