The role of the public is increasing

The role of the public is increasing

A regional civil forum was held in Uralsk with the participation of the akim of the West Kazakhstan region, which was attended by the President of the civil Alliance of Kazakhstan and heads of WKO NGOs. The forum took place in several areas: the role of civil society in the development of territories and formation of a comfortable urban environment, restart the instruments of financing of NGOs the role of NGOs in the formation and implementation of social policies, public monitoring of the quality of public services and public control over the activities of Executive bodies of RK.

Opening the forum, WKO akim Gali Iskaliev noted the increasing role of the public in solving social issues.

– Most of the funds of local Executive bodies are directed to the implementation of social support measures for people with disabilities. These are services of individual assistants, rehabilitation, invataxi, adaptation courses, and more. In this direction, it is worth noting the cooperation of NGOs with state bodies, such public associations as "Baiterek", "Arba", "Demeu", "society of the deaf" and others are actively working in this direction. Another issue actively addressed by the civil society Institute is strengthening control over the quality of services provided to the population. A special monitoring group created in the region, which includes heads of a number of NGOs, public figures, well-known bloggers, deputies of the Maslikhat and others, plays an important role in this direction. This group actively participates in the implementation of public and social control, monitors the processes of improvement, construction of roads, social facilities and infrastructure. In this direction actively works project office "Akiii - Amaldi Alay". There are also 14 public councils in the region, two-thirds of them are representatives of NGOs, mass media, state bodies and other structures, " Gali Iskaliev said.

President of civil alliances of Kazakhstan Banu Nurgazieva noted the activity of civil associations in the West Kazakhstan region.

- First of all, civil society should develop, and only citizens with an active life position can develop civil society. The civil society in the West Kazakhstan region made many interesting suggestions on what else needs to be changed. In his Message, the President of our Republic noted the significant role of non-governmental organizations and civil society in the country's political course. The head of state gave specific instructions to state bodies to use the potential of non-governmental organizations. Public figures have already become professionals in the field they are engaged in, and this accumulated experience can be used for good. Each state body, regardless of what level – rural, regional or Ministry should fully use the experience and knowledge of public experts in a particular field. In West Kazakhstan region, very active young people, leaders of youth public associations talking about the development of historical and cultural heritage, with such love tell about Kazakhstan, I want to say there are all conditions for tourism development. Our young people raise such serious questions. The most important wealth is human capital and it must be developed. The civil forum of Kazakhstan is ahead and many dialogue platforms will be provided there. all the issues raised at the forum will be considered.

President of the civil Alliance of WKO Svetlana Tenisheva noted in her speech that the forum is very important for all non-governmental organizations and active citizens of the West Kazakhstan region.

- The civil sector of the West Kazakhstan region today is a stable system of civil associations that actively participate in solving urgent problems of society. Including through the implementation of social projects. Currently, there are 655 public associations in the region, of which more than 100 are active, and more than 30 NGOs are members of the civil Alliance of the WKO. The region also has 6 branches of political parties, 54 ethno-cultural centers, and 15 trade Union organizations. The number of regional and state bodies that implement state and social orders has increased. To date, funding for the implementation and solution of topical social issues of the company is already provided by 6 departments and 32 state bodies. Industry placements make it possible to effectively and purposefully use the potential of NGOs to solve acute problems in this industry. The number of NGOs implementing socially significant projects is growing from year to year.in 2020, 154 NGOs, including 59 rural ones, took part in the implementation of social orders. The civil Alliance of WKO participates in and implements the project of the center for support of civil initiatives, organization and development of the civil center for support of non-governmental organizations on the principle of one window, with the support of the Ministry of information and public development of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Training seminars, NGO schools have been held to teach how to write projects for NGOs, both in cities and villages, and Advisory and legal assistance is provided. 15 heads of West Kazakhstan public organizations joined the Republican civil Alliance.

At the end of her speech Svetlana Tenisheva noted the work of volunteers during the pandemic and the work of the Internet platform volunteer07.kz where more than 10 thousand volunteers are registered, who work in 15 areas and more than 18 thousand events.

Yevgenia Maksimova
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