Kazakhstan through the Eyes of Foreign Media is an international annual grand contest organized by the Government of Kazakhstan through the Kazakh Foreign Ministry to promote positive, objective, and creative depictions of Kazakhstan by foreign authors, experts, writers and journalists in various media houses since 2014.
Overview The competition encourages works from both traditional and digital platforms, including social media, focusing on Culture, Economy, History,CICA, KazAid, IT and Digital Transformation, AI, Cryptocurrency and Tourism.
It is established to encourage foreign authors, experts, writers, journalists, bloggers, and content creators to produce accurate, interesting, and insightful materials about Kazakhstan.
Format and theme Entries can include articles, videos, podcasts, and social media content published on foreign platforms.
The contest accepts submissions on various topics, such as Economy, International Relations, Culture, Traditions, History, Tourism, CICA, KazAid, IT and Digital Transformation, AI, Cryptocurrency and Modern Society.
Jury A panel of experts, including representatives from the Kazakh Foreign Ministry, Chief Editors' Club, and other Kazakh government bodies, evaluates the entries.
Winners of 2014 +S.NoNameCountry Topic1.Neil MarksGuyanaSociety2.Sibylle GreindlBelgiumEconomy3.Norshazlina Nor’azmanMalaysiaTrade4.Hussain AhmadQatarEconomy5.Svetlana OstrovskayaUkraineCulture
Winners of 2015 +S.NoNameCountryTopic1.Alo KhodjaevUzbekistanEconomy2.Bartosz MendykPolandHistory3.Evelin ArmellaArgentinaTravel4.Ahmed Abdu TarabekEgyptSociety5.Marwan ZubaidiIndonesiaTourism
Winners of 2016 +S.NoNameCountryTopic1.Marina NabatnikovavRussiaTrade2.Pauline GavrilovFranceEnergy3.Douglas BurtonUnited StatesEducation4.Mohammad GhazalJordanPeace5.Kürşad ZorluTurkeyInternational Relations
Winners of 2017 +S.NoNameCountryTopic1.Parvana SultanovaAzerbaijan2.Ilaria CapitanioItaly3.Joel LeeSouth Korea4.Udi ShahamIsrael5.Thomas TaylorCanada
Winners of 2018 +S.NoNameCountryTopic1.Gilly PickupUnited KingdomHistory2.Sasha LipovtsevUnited StatesTourism3.Inderveer SinghIndiaHistory4.Ayman Abdelhafez al-ZabanJordanEconomy5.Editorial team of UzaUzbekistanInternational Relations
Winners of 2021 +S.NoNameCountryTopic1.Nikolajus ZukovasLithuaniaPolitics2.Vladimir BacisinSloveniaModern Society3.Tony RuprechtCanadaKazakhstan4.Inga Cernei-KelnerCanadaKazakhstan5.Tsolmon Bat-ErdeneMongoliaTourism
Winners of 2022 +S.NoNameCountryTopic1.Tristan HughesUnited KingdomHistory2.Gulbaat RtskhiladzeGeorgiaInternational Relations3.Donovan MackenzieCanadaPolitics4.Sanjay KumarSouth KoreaCICA5.Driss LacoubiMoroccoInternational Relations6.Emrah KayaTurkeyModern Society7.Khalid AlmutairiKuwaitTourism
Winners of 2023 S.NoNameCountryTopic1.Jose PuglisiSpainInternational Relations2.Askar YakubovUzbekistanInternational Relations3.Xuan Nguyen Phan HuongVietnamHistory4.Gosaye Feyissa NateyiEthiopia5.Filippo TentiItalyTourism6.Ravichandran RajamanickamMalaysiaPeace and Security7.Nargiz MammadovaAzerbaijanCICA8.Canada Eurasia Chamber of CommerceCanadaEducation
Winners of 2024 S.NoNameCountryTopic1.Milton AtanazioBrazil2.Daniela BriccaItaly3.Elena KosolapovaAzerbaijanInternational Relations4.Katsuhiro AsagiriJapan5.Fatma MegahedEgyptSCO6.Yolanda GarciaSpainTourism7.Alexander GasyukRussiaCICA8.Ermek AktanovKyrgyzstanSports
Winners of 2025 +S.NoNameCountryTopic1.Muhammad Ali PashaPakistanIT and Digitalization 2.Derya Soysal BelgiumEconomy (Cryptocurrency)3.Akpanbetova ArukhanUzbekistan Culture, History, and Traditions4.Matt FitzgeraldUnited StatesSports5.Marina MkrtchyanArmeniaTourism
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