In November, the position paper of German research and funding organizations with recommendations for future cooperation between Germany and Central Asia in science, research and education was finalized. It is based on a workshop “Future Workshop Central Asia” held on March 21, 2023 in Bonn and the initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The document, the short version of which was presented by the writing team at a interdepartmental meeting initiated by the BMBF on December 6, 2023, is available here.