At the request of the Kazakhstan Government, Mr. Alexei Tikhomirov was on a mission to Kazakhstan from 17 to 26 May to provide training for government officials on e-government trends and strategy. The Government of Kazakhstan has expressed its intention to jointly organize a Global Forum on E-Governance in Almaty in May 2014. Mr. Tikhomirov also negotiated with high level officials of the Government of Kazakhstan about the possibility to set up an e-government programme for Central Asia countries especially those post-conflict countries.