As part of our efforts for the development of capacities in water management sector of Kazakhstan, the project initiated a series of online seminars aimed at providing the audience with additional methods and tools for sustainable management of urban water resources in the country. The first event in the new Online Seminar Series started with a lecture on “Resource saving – stormwater management in urban areas”. The talk was given by Dr. Lothar Fuchs, CEO of project partner the Institute for Technical and Scientific hydrology Ltd. (ihtw). The course focused on considerations about how to save valuable water resources through the transition from grey to green infrastructure and included an overview and discussion on the main components of both approaches, exemplified by examples of successful implementation.