Aset Irgaliyev met with the British Ambassador

Today, the Chairman of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan Aset Irgaliyev met with the Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Kazakhstan Kathy Leach, where the parties discussed further steps to implement the EGED program "Effective Governance for Economic Development".

Aset Irgaliyev familiarized the representatives of the UK with the work of the Agency, spoke about the reforms being carried out in the country, stressing that in the new paradigm of the country's development, economic reforms go "hand in hand" with political transformations. An important role is also assigned to ensuring the real rule of law.

The Head of the Agency said that on behalf of the Head of State, the ASPR has started updating the Strategy-2050, taking into account global trends, as well as the formation of a Strategic plan for the development of the country until 2029.

In addition, active work is being carried out on the development of new Budget and Tax Codes, noting that they will be aimed at stimulating and supporting business, high-quality economic growth and its diversification.

In turn, Ambassador Kathy Leach noted that the main goal of the Program is to increase the efficiency, accountability and transparency of economic policy in Central Asian countries.

According to Zhandos Shaimardanov, Head of the National Statistics Bureau of ASPR RK, as part of the reform of national statistics, the Bureau is working on institutional changes, increasing the capacity to use alternative data sources and building effective links with other government agencies.

At the same time, as the head of the Bureau noted, Kazakhstan plans to assist in improving literacy in the use of data, both among civil servants and among ordinary citizens, for this purpose a training course "Data Literacy" has been developed and is already operating, designed to promote more competent use of data in decision-making at various levels.

At the end of the event, the parties expressed their readiness for cooperation in the field of statistics and exchange of experience.

 

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"Effective Governance for Economic Development" (EGED) is a program of the British Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) implemented by the World Bank in 2020-2025 in the countries of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan). In March of this year, Kazakhstan joined this program.

For mutual cooperation under this program, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth Affairs and Development of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.