According to the regional Department of justice, 1,012 non-governmental organizations are registered in the region. Active NGOs work in the field of social protection of the population, education and physical culture, youth policy and child protection, gender issues, environmental protection, promotion of a healthy lifestyle and protection of the rights of citizens engaged in other socially significant areas. The database contains 390 NGOs in the region.
According to the sectoral principle, the state social order is implemented by 5 regional departments (health, employment and social programs, internal policy, youth policy and religious Affairs), 17 district and 3 city departments of internal policy.
Since 2017, the consulting center of NGOs in Almaty region has been operating. The main task of the Consulting center is to further strengthen and increase the capacity of NGOs, effective interaction between NGOs and government agencies.
In order to support civil initiatives in solving social and socially significant problems, the Consulting center annually holds a "Fair of social ideas and projects" for a total amount of 10,000,000 tenge.
The region has more than 40 dialogue platforms in the form of councils and forums.
The most important are the Civic forum and Councils for interaction with non-governmental organizations under the akimats.