Almaty, November 27, 2020 – The U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan and Chevron reaffirmed their commitment to supporting STEAM education in Kazakhstan by signing a Memorandum of Understanding.
As part of her visit to Kazakhstan, Assistant Secretary of State Marie Royce joined Marc Payne, the Deputy Managing Director of Chevron’s Eurasia Business Unit, in signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that launches the “Makerspace Expands!” project at the American Space in Almaty.
Access to activities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) varies throughout Kazakhstan. In 2015, to address this imbalance, and to meet the huge interest in STEAM fields, the U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan first established Makerspaces at American Spaces in Almaty and Nur-Sultan in partnership with Chevron. Equipped with 3D printers, software, robotics,…