GGGI has applied multiple approaches to the Strategy for Kazakhstan’s Green Economy, including analyzing green growth potential across sectors and the macro-economic impact of the carbon charge. Based on the findings, GGGI gathered strategic policy directions for green growth including; greening existing assets, promoting new growth engines through industry restructuring, and building solid policy foundations for sustainable growth.
GGGI contributed to the Kazakhstan National Sustainable Energy Plan and introduced the Voluntary Agreement. This established the Energy Efficiency Institute, supporting the development of secondary legislation on energy efficiency, and providing guidelines on performing energy audits in industrial sectors. GGGI also assisted the development of a renewable energy action plan, identifying the proper renewable energy mix to meet Kazakhstan’s renewable energy targets by 2020 and examined policy options to meet the country’s rural off-grid energy demand.
GGGI’s work for the Water Supply and Waste Water Management Development Program is composed of 1) assessing; Kazakhstan’s water sector, financially and operationally; existing structure of stakeholder roles; regulatory and institutional framework 2) case studies on international water sector reform applying private sector participation 3) suggesting institutional and legislative reforms necessary to pursue commercialization and financial sustainability through PPP schemes.