Abstract
Cooperative research programs aimed at reducing biological threats have increased scientific capabilities and capacities in Kazakhstan. The German Federal Foreign Office's German Biosecurity Programme, the United Kingdom's International Biological Security Programme and the United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Biological Threat Reduction Program provide funding for partner countries, like Kazakhstan. The mutual goals of the programs are to reduce biological threats and enhance global health security. Our investigation examined these cooperative research programs, summarizing major impacts they have made, as well as common successes and challenges. By mapping various projects across the three programs, research networks are highlighted which demonstrate best communication practices to share results and reinforce conclusions. Our team performed a survey to collect results from Kazakhstani partner scientists on their experiences that help gain insights into enhancing day-to-day approaches to conducting cooperative scientific research. This analysis will serve as a basis for a capability maturity model as used in industry, and in addition builds synergy for future collaborations that will be essential for quality and sustainment.
Highlights
Countries from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan have partnered in various threat reduction, biosecurity, and related programs that engage its scientists in relevant biological research and infectious disease surveillance
In a compendium, we summarized some aspects of recent cooperative biological research in Kazakhstan, noting its infectious disease surveillance activity, history of scientific achievement, economy, and national research bibliometrics [1]
We examine the overall impact on scientific capability of three cooperative infectious disease research programs partnering with Kazakhstan (KZ): Germany’s Federal Foreign Office’s German Biosecurity Programme (GBP), the United Kingdom’s (UK) International Biological Security Programme (IBSP), and the United States (US) Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Biological Threat Reduction Program (DTRA BTRP) (Figure 1)
Summary
Building Scientific Capability and Reducing Biological Threats: The Effect of Three Cooperative Bio-Research Programs in Kazakhstan. The mutual goals of the programs are to reduce biological threats and enhance global health security. Our team performed a survey to collect results from Kazakhstani partner scientists on their experiences that help gain insights into enhancing day-to-day approaches to conducting cooperative scientific research. This analysis will serve as a basis for a capability maturity model as used in industry, and in addition builds synergy for future collaborations that will be essential for quality and sustainment.
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