On October 16, 2020, the Otandastar Foundation organized a regular online meeting "Forum Kandastar" with the participation of ethnic Kazakhs living in Europe.

The speakers of the event were the chief manager of the department of support for compatriots from the Otandastar Foundation Anas Bakkozhaev Anas, the head of the department for work with the Kazakh diaspora of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Karibai Mukhtar and the representative of NC Kazakh Invest JSC Saken Olzhabaev. About 40 of our compatriots took part in the online meeting.

The event, held on the Zoom platform, was attended by Kazakh students studying in Europe. One of them, Alisher Tursyn, who is studying in Switzerland under the Bolashak program, offered to acquaint Kazakh youth studying abroad with a favorable investment situation in the country and other countries.

In turn, the chief manager of the Compatriots Support Department Anas Akhatovich noted that the Compatriots Fund maintains contact with all operators working in the field of business support in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and is ready to become a liaison for organizing business support mechanisms for compatriots wishing to come to our country and do business.

Summing up the results of the event, the representative of the World Association of Kazakhs Karlygash Bekbashayeva invited to take part in the "Small Kurultai of Kazakhs", which will be held for the first time on October 21, 2020 in an online format.