Kazakhstan - UN ESCAP · • 80% in Kazakhstan and 20% in Kyrgyzstan • The pilot include 1) building the road, 2) co-deployment of ICT (and electricity), 3) disaster warning and

Kazakhstan

Pilot initiative proposal

• Almaty – Issyk-kul route co-deployment among energy, ICT and transport taking into account disaster risks and social inclusion along the route

• 80% in Kazakhstan and 20% in Kyrgyzstan

• The pilot include 1) building the road, 2) co-deployment of ICT (and electricity), 3) disaster warning and mitigation system

• Benefits include:• Much shorter time to travel from Almaty to Issyk-kul (currently via Bishkek)• Increase in tourists from Kazakhstan, Russia, China and Mongolia• Increased accessibility to the communities along the route• Increased opportunities for entrepreneurships and SMES along the route

• Financing options: PPP (Design-Build-Operate-Transfer), Project Funds? Bonds?

• Possible funding agencies; Islamic Development Bank, ADB, EBRD, Eurasian Economic Union

Continued

• Risks: changes in tourist flow, SME staffing, re-routing of agricultural produce flow, natural disasters, currency risks, policy risks, environmental clearance, land acquisition?

• Possible mitigation measures: disaster risk assessment, guarantee required for the implementation, risk allocation (who is taking which risk?)

• Need coordination, legal instruments and frameworks?

Implementation

modality

• Proposal to establish a secretariat or single body to coordinate activities of various government agencies and partners

• The proposed location of the secretariat

• AIFC

• Within the government

• SONCA

• SPECA

Recommendations and the way forward• ESCAP requests the appointment

of focal points

• The project could invite other countries for possible replication, cross-border connectivity and phase 2 of the project

• The feasibility/ assessment for the pilot initiative to be undertaken

• National workshops to be organized in 2019 and 2020 in Kazakhstan