Akim of Almaty B. Sagintayev outlined urgent tasks for the new Maslikhat
Employment, support for SMEs, improving the quality of life and improving the environment and social infrastructure. Such tasks will have to be solved by the city together with the deputies of the renewed Maslikhat of the VII convocation in the next 5 years.
Speaking at the first session of the maslikhat of the city of the VII convocation, the Akim of Almaty, Bakhytzhan Sagintayev, outlined a number of urgent tasks, on the solution of which the deputies of the Maslikhat, together with the Akimat of the megapolis, will have to focus.
Job creation is one of the priorities. On behalf of the Akim of Almaty, a "Road Map" is being developed to reduce unemployment in the city. The main goal is to reduce the unemployment rate to 5.1% over the next five years. At the same time, increase the average salary to 320 thousand tenge and create over 240 thousand jobs.
In order to develop the outskirts and improve the quality of life within the framework of the Comprehensive Plan "New Almaty", this year the budget provides for more than 85 billion tenge. In general, 200 billion tenge is planned to be allocated from all sources for the year.
Work is underway to fully illuminate the city, with an emphasis on areas where there has never been lighting. In 2020 alone, lighting was carried out on more than 1.4 thousand streets, this work will be completed this year, it is necessary to illuminate more than 600 streets. By 2023, it is necessary to provide 99.3% of the city's residents with high-quality drinking water; this year - 100% - with gas and street lighting.
Within the framework of state and regional programs to support SMEs, at least 30 billion tenge will be allocated annually in the form of loans. In 5 years, it is planned to increase the share of SMEs in the city's GRP from 40% to 45%.
An active social policy with a focus on youth will continue. More than 3 thousand NEET youth representatives will undergo professional training in five years. Within the framework of Zhasyl El, 5 thousand young people will be provided with temporary jobs. 38 dormitories will be built in 25 universities for 16 thousand places, 2 dormitories in colleges for 600 places. Under the rental housing program, working youth will receive more than 5,000 apartments.
In the current year, 39.9 billion tenge has been allocated for social protection of the population. As part of the development of social infrastructure, this year it is necessary to complete the construction of 8 schools for 12,600 places, 17 new buildings (extensions) for 8388 places, 4 state kindergartens for 640 places. The construction of 5 facilities is envisaged in the healthcare sector.
In the field of ecology, it is planned to complete the modernization of HEC-2 in five years, to increase the share of processing and disposal of solid household waste from 11% to 24%, to increase the area of green spaces in the city from 14 million sq. m up to 16.8 million sq. m.