At the initiative of Director Marat Syrlybayev and Vice-Rector Aigul Zhakupova of Ualikhanov University in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan, AIUTA, together with François Vellas and Janka Chladecka, board member and director of the U3A at the University of Economics in Bratislava, took part in the creation of a hub for Universities of the Third Age across Central Asia. With AIUTA’s support, this initiative will connect Universities of the Third Age along the Silk Road, from Europe all the way to East Asia. The first international seminar was thus held in Almaty, featuring the presentation of the archaeological section of the Silk Road in northern Afghanistan by Professor Zhenis Zhomart Zhenisovich at Abai University in Almaty on September 19, 2025.