For over eighteen years, the SPPM has developed an extensive network of partners with international organizations and academic institutions. The school provides educational programs, research, and consulting in four fields, public policy and governance, public management, NGO studies, and global governance. One of their main programs relates to the Belt and Road Initiative. Furthermore, the school is on the verge of becoming a world-class think thank cluster in China, researching development and planning, science and technology policy, among others.

School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University

IIAS is a global humanities and social sciences research initiative that encourages dialogue and links expertise around present-day Asian realities. Among its diverse research projects, IIAS has developed an interdisciplinary research project aimed at the study of the Belt and Road initiative and its impact on countries and regions outside of China; and an Energy program aimed to understand how Chinese multilateral institutions and corporations around Asia, Africa, and Europe have responded to such initiative and relates to one another.

International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)

As part of this global initiative, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Kazakhstan was launched on June 8, 2022, at Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy. It mobilizes expertise and resources from academia, civil society, the private sector, and government to promote sustainable development by fostering collaboration, research, and practical solutions at local, national, and global levels. SDSN Kazakhstan currently comprises 25 member organisations across Kazakhstan.

Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) at Nazarbayev University Designation