Call for the 8th CAWG Meeting
The Central Asian Working Group (CAWG) announces an invitation to hold its 8th regional meeting. Please see the proposed agenda in the news section of the CAWG, where it is available for download in the formats DOCX and PDF.
Please contact us for further information.
CAΔ² Kick-off in Almaty
In March, Hilfswerk International in Central Asia and the Geological Survey of Slovenia met with colleagues from the Uspanov Kazakh Scientific Research Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry and the Akhmedsafin Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geoscience in Almaty, Kazakhstan, to establish a working group and advance the project proposal “CAΔ² – Multi‑type environmental data analysis and capacity building in the Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan.”
We look forward to continued collaboration and joint progress ahead!
Tiny Atlas of Tasty Products
During the project GI DEV, Hilfswerk International edited an atlas presenting three products – Ashtak from Asht, At-Bashi White Honey, and the Almaty Aport. Check our project page and discover our little atlas with plenty of information and beautiful maps.
Visit the news page of the CAWG to find out more!
Seminar on GI registration
With the support of WIPO and jointly with KASFPI and the participation of the Committee on Intellectual Property Rights of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Hilfswerk International held a seminar for members of the national interdepartmental working group on GI in Kazakhstan.
Visit the news page of the CAWG to find out more!
GIs in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
From October 2 to 13, 2025, a series of working events were held in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan as part of the Hilfswerk International project, supported by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The events were aimed at developing the geographical indication (GI) system and promoting local products with unique quality characteristics.
Visit the news page of the CAWG to find out more!
Visit to the Ashtak Producers
In October 2024, we visited the producers of the Ashtak Dried Apricot in the Sughd Region in Tajikistan to draw an exact map of the terroir (production zone) for the process of GI registration in our new project GI DEV.
Visit our GI GIS page and discover:
Our web administrator also wrote a travel report in the geologic journal GEOLOGIJA.
Hilfswerk in the GEO-Conference EGU24
In April 2024, Hilfswerk International presented its role as project implementor in Central Asia.
Watch here the presentation on our YouTube-Channel.
Hilfswerk in the biggest GEO-Conference
In April 2024, the annual General Assembly of the European Geoscience Union takes place in Vienna. We take part in Europe’s biggest geo-conference with a presentation on Hilfswerk International’s outreach activities in Central Asia.
New GI map for the Khorezm Melon
This time, our web administrator went on tour!
Together with our local specialists in Uzbekistan and the Urgench State University, we prepared an exact map of the production zone of the Khorezm Melon.
Try out the first interactive map of our application GI GIS; instructions are available in all Central Asian languages.
New GI from Central Asia
Find the booklet on the geographical indications of
in our publications in Russian, English and Tajik.
Formation of a New Technical Working Group
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
May 29, 2020
In Kyrgyzstan, a national technical group has been formed to increase the recognition and reputation of domestic products through geographical indications and appellations of origin.
How to create lasting change and impact?
Find here the full article on empowering SMEs, on women’s contributions to economic growth and on the implementation of ambitious market reforms in Central Asia.
Multilingual publications
In our project sections, you will find publications from recent years in six languages: in Russian, English, Tajik, Uzbek, Kyrgyz and Kazakh.
New film on the project ProYouth
Check our new film on our successful activities! There is more to watch in our video gallery and on YouTube:
Find more information in our publications in several languages.
The first scientific article of Hilfswerk!
We are happy to announce that we published our first scientific article at the Osh State University, Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
It outlines our activities over the last 15 years within the projects AgroDev, HECAFS and CANDY I-V.
HACCP Videos for HECAFS
In our publications you find five new videos on HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) related to the HECAFS project. They are available in Russian and Tajik.