The Second Al Jazeera Week to Take Place in 2026

The Al Jazeera Week project will be held again next year. This was announced following a meeting between the management of the Television and Radio Complex of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Al Jazeera Media Network.

Recently, negotiations took place in Doha between the Director of the Television and Radio Complex of the President of Kazakhstan and a member of the Board of Trustees of Maqsut Narikbayev University, Raushan Kazhibayeva, and the Director General of Al Jazeera Media Network, Sheikh Nasser bin Faisal Al Thani. The discussions focused on deepening cooperation and expanding Al Jazeera’s presence in the region. During a separate meeting between Raushan Kazhibayeva and the Director of the Al Jazeera Media Institute, Iman Al Amri, plans to hold the second Al Jazeera Week in 2026 were officially confirmed. In addition, it was proposed to provide Kazakhstani students and media professionals with access to the media institute’s extensive library of original professional literature, which brings together Al Jazeera’s decades-long journalistic expertise.

It should be noted that in 2024, the Television and Radio Complex of the President of Kazakhstan and Al Jazeera Media Network organised the first-ever Al Jazeera Week in Central Asia at MNU. Students and journalists were offered more than 100 hours of theoretical and practical training delivered by representatives of one of the world’s largest and most authoritative international media networks. As part of the event, a memorandum of cooperation was also signed between MNU and Al Jazeera Media Institute.

Meanwhile, in an interview with Tengrinews.kz, Raushan Kazhibayeva spoke about the future plans and projects of the Television and Radio Complex of the President, the development of international cooperation, and the current state of the domestic media market. She emphasised that in recent years the TRC has built an extensive portfolio of joint projects with Al Jazeera and the China Media Group, including training programmes for students and journalists, professional exchanges, and other initiatives. It is worth recalling that in 2023, the International School of Journalism was established at MNU in partnership with the Television and Radio Complex of the President of Kazakhstan.

The full version of the interview with the head of the Television and Radio Complex of the President of Kazakhstan is available via the link.