Participatory Budget: A new project starts in East Kazakhstan region

That was announced by the First Deputy Akim of the region Almaskhan Smatlayev at the online meeting on outcomes of the survey “Open Local Budget Index”.

It should be noted that for three years East Kazakhstan has been a leader in open local budgets. The results of the survey of the National Budget Network of Kazakhstan were published on the KazKenes.

According to Almaskhan Smatlayev, the systematic work is underway in the region to increase the transparency of the budget process. The civil budget is regularly posted in the media, as well as on the websites of local authorized agencies, in a form accessible to the public. Additionally, draft decisions of maslikhats, together with explanatory notes and comparative tables are posted for public discussion on the Internet Portal of Open Data when approving and updating the budget at least 21 days before the maslikhat session.

- Draft budget programs are posted on the Open Budget Portal, before they are approved so that people enable to make changes to the budget spending process. Information on the results of the state audit and financial control is posted on a systematic basis”, A. Smatlayev said.

The project “Interactive Map of Open Budgets” is being implemented to increase the level of trust in state authorities and create an effective dialogue platform. Akimat of the region invites the population to actively participate in this project. All state institutions of the region and their subordinate organizations are registered on the basis of the Map. For today, 3470 budgets to the amount of KZT732.2 billion have been posted on the Interactive Open Budget Map platform of East Kazakhstan region.

- Cities of the region started to introduce “Participatory Budgets” in order to engage the population in the decision-making process and the distribution of local budget funds. The project is already being implemented in districts, settlements and villages”, the First Deputy Akim of East Kazakhstan region said.