Is the director of “Tebigy Kuwwat”, an enterprise of the public association “Nature Preserving Society of Turkmenistan”, representative of Aarhus Centre in Ashgabat. Has an experience in the state, civil, private, and international sectors. He has been working in the Civic sphere for about 15 years. Has extensive experience in coordinating national and regional projects in Turkmenistan in many areas, including ecology, culture, improving the lives of people with disabilities, socially vulnerable group of the population, youth, gender equality, volunteering, and media service. He is the author of innovative projects: Urgency of recycling of mercury-containing waste in Turkmenistan; Training of sign language interpreters with the subsequent creation of a 24-hour dispatch service in Turkmenistan for people with hearing impairments; Development of Ecological tourism in the aspect of preserving the natural and cultural environment in the mountain system of the Koytendag State Nature Reserve, etc.

At the same time he is the chairman of the PA “Guitarists Society”, a member of the board of the PA ” Nature Preserving Society of Turkmenistan”, the founder of the InAshgabat website, and the coordinator in Turkmenistan of the: Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR), “Innovation for Change” Program/I4C Central Asian Hub and from February 2025 member of the Board of Governors (BoG) of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC). B.Atayev is the winner of the Central Asia competition “Amazing People Prize” – 2020 for the best civic initiative “InAshgabat website – a platform for civil society.”

Head of the Aarhus Centre of Turkmenistan at the “Tebigy Kuwwat” Public Association Enterprise, legal adviser to the “Tebigy Kuwwat”. Doctor of Law. Main field of activity is state, administrative, international and environmental laws. He has more than 30 years of academic and more than 10 years of teaching experience. Under his authorship more than 15 monographs and brochures, as well as 150 scientific articles in these branches of law have been published. Y. Kepbanov has extensive experience in international, regional and national projects in the field of ecology, climate change and sustainable development. He is actively involved in the drafting of environmental laws; thus, more than 15 laws and a large number of by-laws have been drafted with his participation. Mr. Kepbanov is a member of the editorial board of the journal “Ecological Culture and Environmental Protection”, a member of the Nature Preserving Society of Turkmenistan and the Regional Environmental Expert Network “Green Central Asia” (GREEN CA). For 10 years he worked in the country’s diplomatic service, holding senior positions. He has governmental awards.

Ph.D. works at the Aarhus Center in Ashgabat as a public relations consultant and is an expert on renewable energy sources.

For more than 5 years he headed the Department of Wind and Solar Complexes at the Institute of Solar Energy of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan. He worked for 5 years as the chief engineer of the Scientific and Industrial Corporation “GYUN” of the Ministry of Energy and Industry of Turkmenistan, for 3 years as the Administrator of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, as the head of the laboratory of concentrating systems at the Scientific and Production Association “GYUN” of the Academy of Sciences for 13 years. Participated in the EU pilot project Tacis FDTUR9603 as a business manager in 1998-2000, Business manager of the IDB project “Feasibility study of silicon extraction from the sands of the Karakum desert. – Institute of Solar Energy of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, 2010-2011, in 2007 Expert in the work of the Summer School on Renewable Energy Sources under the auspices of UNESCO for students, masters and graduate students from the Central Asian region, Expert in the programs: Training teachers of English for special education goals of Tacis Tempus SCM (TTESP) in 2006-2010, EU-TACIS “Strengthening public participation and supporting civil society in the implementation of the Aarhus Convention” (EuropeAid/122449/C/SER/MULTI (“National Resource and Information Center for the Aarhus Conventions” ) 2008 – 2009 ; ARGO-P4I-2018-108, project “Promotion of the 2nd Central Asian Climate Change Conference” 2019, project “Clean Energy Center for the ECO Region (CECECO)” 2019-2020, OSCE project “Strengthening national and regional capacity and cooperation on strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in Central Asia, including as a response to climate change”, 2020.

Specialist in the field of finance, information and innovative technologies.

Use of software and hardware, geographic information systems (GIS), monitoring the condition of water bodies. Collection, processing and use of information on water resources received from satellites. Computer programs for the design of hydraulic engineering and water protection structures, GPS global positioning systems. Using software to calculate the estimated cost of work in the design and construction of water supply facilities. Remote sensing of land for various purposes, including monitoring of vegetation cover, water bodies, the condition of forests, meadows and pastures, salt and wind erosion, as well as erosion of anthropogenic origin. Development of analogue and digital information processing systems based on microelectronics. For a number of years, he has participated as a manager and expert in the implementation of UNDP, OSCE, Tempus SMGR, UK Tempus, CAREC projects: Assessment and management of risks associated with climate change in Turkmenistan; Development of innovative systems for ensuring the quality of education in Turkmenistan based on the standards of the Bologna system (Turkmenistan, Germany, Portugal, Scotland); Development of a full-scale UNDP-GEF project promoting the growth of agricultural production and other economic activities in local communities, taking into account the current and projected consequences of climate change in Turkmenistan; Studying climate change in agricultural communities in drought-prone areas in Turkmenistan; Community-based climate risk assessment and participatory mapping in different climate zones; Efficient use of energy and renewable energy sources for sustainable management of water resources in Turkmenistan; Development of a National Sand and Dust Storm Management Plan; Conservation and sustainable management of high value land resources and ecosystems in the Aral Sea basin.

Consultant/Advisor on water and land resources and Scientific Secretary of the enterprise of public associations “Tebigi Kuvvat”

G. Ovezmuradov – Water engineer, graduated from the drainage department of the Turkmen Agricultural University with a degree in “Hydraulic Engineer”, has an academic degree in the specialty “Reclamation and Irrigated Agriculture”. Has more than twenty years of experience in water management and agricultural organizations in the public and non-governmental sectors at various levels of responsibility. He has held various positions related to production, control, design, training and science in the field of water and land conservation, agricultural production. These activities have allowed him to gain experience and knowledge on how to better address water scarcity, increase land productivity and conserve natural resources for the Agricultural Sector, local communities and the environment. He has served and is a member of various commissions, foundations, working groups and legislative networks , production and technical, economic, scientific and educational issues in the field of agriculture, water and land resources, and the environment. G. Ovezmuradov successfully participated in the organization and implementation of a number of programs and projects, gaining experience in joint work with water management, agricultural and environmental structures at the national and regional levels, including a number of international and foreign agencies and institutions.

Project manager of “Tebigy Kuwwat” of the enterprise of the public association “Nature Preserving Society of Turkmenistan”, administrator of the website “Aarhus Centre in Ashgabat”

Graduated from the Tver State Agricultural Academy with a degree in agricultural industry manager. In addition to the civil sector, he has experience in the private sector. He is a member of the Regional Environmental Expert Network “Green Central Asia” (GREEN CA).

Ph.D. in Policy and Planning Science, is a Researcher at the Aarhus Centre of Turkmenistan near PAE “Tebigy Kuwwat”.

His interdisciplinary areas of research includes value chains, renewables, scientometrics, and business. Within research at the Aarhus Centre of Turkmenistan and the PAE “Tebigy Kuwwat”, Berdymyrat has focused on comparative studies of sustainable development in Central Asia. He published papers in the field of supply chain management, operations research, and educational technology. Berdymyrat has academic experience in industrial engineering and management sciences. He is a Guest Lecturer at

Transport and Telecommunication Institute in Riga and previously taught at the Turkmen Agricultural University. Berdymyrat also has industrial experience working in the manufacturing and logistics sectors.