On March 18, 2021, the first meeting of representatives of universities from 9 countries was held within the of the project »Promoting Teacher Education for Climate Change Education through Collaboration between Asian Centres of Excellence on Education for Sustainable Development».

The Okayama University ESD Promotion Centre (Japan) organized this project, with the assistance of UNESCO Chair in Research and Education for Sustainable Development. Abai KazNPU received an invitation for the participation from the director of the the Okayama University ESD Promotion Centre (Japan), Professor Hiroki Fuji. This project is coordinated by the Department of International Cooperation of the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University. The project will be finished in March 2024 and as a result of this research, the «Asian Framework of Teacher Education Programmes for Climate Change Education» will be developed and disseminate through the collaboration between centres of excellence on ESD in nine Asian countries: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines and Thailand. During the first meeting, the issues of conducting the first stages of the project were discussed, the methods of conducting the research were agreed, and the number of respondents from each country was determined.