On October 27, 2017, at 15:00, the regional Kazakh drama theater hosted a forum of WKO youth to support the transition to the Latin alphabet under the motto "Transition to the Latin alphabet – the way to the future" initiated by the regional Department for language development.
The forum was attended by a well-known political scientist and professional mediator, scientist Koshim Dosmakhanbet Kalmakhanovich, literary critic, children's writer, master of arts Toktarbay Eldos Nusipovich and candidate of historical Sciences Zhaksygaliev Zhanabek Zhanabayevich, correspondent of the newspaper "Priuralie", blogger Galina Samoilova.
During the forum, the youth of the West Kazakhstan region noted the importance of the new version of the Latin alphabet approved by the Head of state,and adopted an appeal for support.