The NCP is a collegial advisory body that makes decisions on the considered appeals on violations of the provisions of the Guidelines of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development for Multinational Enterprises (hereinafter - the OECD Guidelines), including on issues of information disclosure, human rights, labor and industrial relations, anti-bribery, bribery and extortion, environmental protection, consumer interests, science and technology, competition and taxation. 

The purpose of the NCP is to implement the OECD Guidelines by raising awareness of the OECD Guidelines, to consider and decide on appeals from individuals and/or legal entities on violations of the provisions of the OECD Guidelines.

In its activities, the NCP is guided by the Constitution, laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the OECD Guidelines and the OECD Declaration.

In order to ensure effective organization of the NCP's work, a Secretariat is being established.

The Secretariat functions are performed by the Economic Research Institute Joint Stock Company.

The main objectives of the NCP are:

1) raising public and business community awareness of the OECD Guidelines (through mass media, seminars, round tables);  

2) handling inquiries and complaints from complainants arising from alleged non-compliance of businesses with the OECD Guidelines;

3) cooperation and interaction with the national contact points of OECD member countries when considering complaints of non-compliance with the OECD Guidelines (if necessary).

In order to implement the assigned tasks, the NCP:

1) performs objective, comprehensive and timely consideration of appeals on violation of the OECD Guidelines;

2) interacts with all interested parties (business community, trade unions and other representatives of civil society, authorized state bodies) when considering appeals on violation of the OECD Guidelines and taking an objective decision on them;

3) makes decisions on the results of consideration of appeals on violation of the provisions of the OECD Guidelines;

4) ensures availability of up-to-date materials on NCP activities on the NCP's Internet resource;  

5) prepares and publishes annual reports on NCP activities;

6) annually develops the NCP Work Plan.