AIU ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DELIVERS PRESENTATION AT CIS HEADQUARTERS

Sayalbek Makhambetovich Gizzatov, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Arts and Humanities of Astana International University and Candidate of Historical Sciences, participated in the 2nd International Scientific and Practical Conference “Museum Initiatives in the CIS,” held in the Republic of Belarus on 20–22 October 2026.

During the plenary session held at the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Minsk, the AIU representative delivered a presentation entitled “International Cooperation among Museum Institutions in the CIS Countries: Current State and Development Prospects.”

The presentation examined the current state and principal areas of international cooperation among museum institutions in the CIS countries. Sayalbek Gizzatov analysed the most significant forms of collaboration, including the organisation of joint exhibition projects, research expeditions, restoration programmes, exchanges of museum collections, the digitisation of cultural heritage, and the development of professional networks. Based on an analysis of completed international projects, the scholar identified promising areas for further cooperation.

The conference was organised by the National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve “Nesvizh” with the support of the CIS Executive Committee, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus, and the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS Member States.

The event brought together more than 50 scholars, museum professionals, and university lecturers from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.