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ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN (November 28, 2022) – Today students of the Kazakh-German University (KGU) in Almaty learnt about the interactions between water, energy, food and environment security through the Nexus Simulation Game as part of training sessions organized by the European Union funded project “Nexus Dialogue in Central Asia” together with the USAID Water and Vulnerable Environment Activity. The training was attended by students from Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. 

The Nexus Simulation Game represents a facilitated process of playing five different scenarios for developing the territories upstream and downstream while addressing water needs of population, industry and agriculture and taking into account climate change challenges. It is a good training tool for policy makers to practice how different water management policies could facilitate sustainable development in harmony with the environment. 
It is envisioned that the Nexus Simulation will be incorporated into the curricula to complement the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes at the KGU. To this end, the organizers handed over a set of the training materials to the educational establishment.