The NGO database is an information database formed in order to ensure the transparency of the activities of non-governmental organizations and to inform the public about them, as well as for use as part of placing a state social order, providing grants and awarding prizes.
The authorized body that is responsible for the formation of the NGO Database is the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Committee for Civil Society Affairs of the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan conducts work directly.
In accordance with paragraph 5 of Article 41 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On Non-profit Organizations», non-profit organizations created in the form of a private institution, public association, non-profit joint-stock company, public, corporate and private foundations, associations of legal entities in the form of an association (union), and also branches and representative offices (separate subdivisions) of foreign and international non-profit organizations operating in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, annually until March 31, submit to the authorized body in the field of interaction with non-governmental organizations information about their activities, including about their founders (participants), the composition of property, sources of formation and directions of spending money, in the manner determined by the authorized body in the field of interaction with non-governmental organizations.
The requirements provided for in part one of this paragraph do not apply to non-commercial joint stock companies, the founder or shareholder of which is the state, to subsidiaries, dependent and other legal entities that are affiliated with them in accordance with the legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to public associations created in the form political parties, religious associations and trade unions, as well as non-profit organizations provided for in Article 17 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On Non-Commercial Organizations».
Information to the NGO Database must be submitted annually by March 31 of the year following the reporting period.
Information is provided in the form in accordance with the appendix to the Rules for providing information about their activities to NGOs (order of the Minister of Culture and Sports dated February 19, 2016 No. 51) in Kazakh and Russian.
Information is submitted:
- until March 31, via mail or on paper and electronic media (CD-disks or USB flash drives in Word format);
or
- through the Internet portal of the NGO Database (http://infonpo.gov.kz).
To provide information in electronic form, there is a web portal of the NGO Database - http://infonpo.gov.kz. For authorization / registration on the web portal, you need to obtain an electronic digital signature for a legal entity (EDS or certificate). An application for an EDS can be submitted at the nearest branch of the Public Service Center (PSC).
Upon entering the Internet portal of the NGO Database http://infonpo.gov.kz, NGOs will be able to familiarize themselves with the User's Guide, which provides a step-by-step algorithm for working with the portal.
When submitting to the authorized body information about the activities of non-governmental organizations through the mail or on purpose, non-governmental organizations send information about their activities with a cover letter to the address: Nur-Sultan, Esil district, Mangilik El avenue, 8, entrance 14, index 010000, Committee for Civil Society Affairs of the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
According to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On Non-profit Organizations», information on activities is provided to the authorized body annually.
The branches and representative offices of Kazakhstani non-governmental organizations themselves do not provide information about their activities. Information about the activities of branches and representative offices of Kazakhstani non-governmental organizations is provided by the «parent organization».
According to the Rules for the provision of information about their activities by non-governmental organizations and the formation of a Database about them, non-governmental organizations registered in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and having their own structural divisions (branches and representative offices) in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan must provide information about branches or representative offices.
If the «parent organization» does not provide information about all branches, incl. information about projects implemented and being implemented by branches or representative offices in the current year, then the information will be considered incomplete and will not be entered into the NGO database.
The list of NGOs that submitted information to the NGO Database is posted on the website infonpo.gov.kz (https://infonpo.gov.kz/web/ guest/otkrytyj-reestr). To view the list of NGOs that provided information for the reporting year 2019, select 2019 in the «report period» filter above the register. This list will be updated as information becomes available.
In accordance with Article 489-1 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On Administrative Offenses»
Being in the NGO Database will provide an opportunity for organizations to get acquainted with successful NGO projects, exchange experience, establish cooperation and partnership.
In addition, registration in the NGO Database is a prerequisite for participation in the competition for the implementation of social programs and (or) social projects within the framework of the state social order and state grants, as well as for receiving awards for NGOs.
In accordance with the Rules for the implementation of public procurement, approved by order of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 11, 2015 No. 648, potential suppliers, information about which is not contained in the «Database of non-governmental organizations», are not allowed to participate in public procurement of services provided for by the state social order.
According to paragraph 3 of Article 6-1 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On State Social Contracts, Grants and Prizes for Non-Governmental Organizations in the Republic of Kazakhstan», grants are provided on the basis of competitive selection to non-governmental organizations included in the Database of non-governmental organizations, with the exception of non-governmental organizations located in the liquidation process, recognized insolvent (bankrupt), the property of which is seized and (or) the economic activity of which is suspended.
According to paragraph 5 of the Rules for awarding prizes for non-governmental organizations, approved by Order of the Minister of Religious and Civil Society of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 52 dated May 25, 2018, prizes are awarded to non-governmental organizations that have provided information to the Database of Non-Governmental Organizations, in accordance with the procedure for providing information about their activities of non-governmental organizations and the formation of a Database about them.
According to paragraph 7-1 of the Rules for the provision of information about their activities by non-governmental organizations and the formation of a Database about them, information about their activities in the Database of non-governmental organizations is not provided by non-governmental organizations that have suspended the submission of tax reports in accordance with Article 213 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 25, 2017 «On taxes and other compulsory payments to the budget (Tax Code)» before the beginning of the reporting period and not resumed activities during the reporting period, as well as being at the stage of liquidation or reorganization.