Public receptions for entrepreneurs are held in Almaty

On February 20, 2019, Public receptions for entrepreneurs, organized on the initiative of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and with the support of the Nur Otan Party, opened their doors in Almaty.

The Director of the Department for Entrepreneurship Development of the Ministry of National Economy Aslanbek Dzhakupov and the Deputy Chairman of the Almaty branch of the Nur Otan party Arman Khalbekov made a welcoming speech.

In May 2018, the Head of State publicly signed the Law on the improvement of business regulation, during which the implementation of a set of large-scale measures to create a favorable business climate was continued.

Since 2019, a new institute of “preventive control” has been introduced, the number of unreasonable inspections has been reduced, which gave a serious impetus to young entrepreneurs.

Now the purpose of the control is not to punish the entrepreneur, but to help and advise in order to avoid violations of the requirements of the law.

Aslanbek Dzhakupov noted that this kind of event was held for the first time to identify systemic problems of entrepreneurs associated with various administrative barriers.

Representatives of state bodies, the Almaty branch of the Nur Otan party, the regional Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Almaty, the Association of Entrepreneurs, NPP Atameken, as well as representatives of the business community participated in public receptions.

On the first day of the public reception, more than 50 representatives of small and medium-sized businesses in Almaty were able to ask their questions.

Aituar Koshmambetov, Deputy Director for Legal Affairs of the Regional Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Almaty, NPP Atameken, on behalf of many small and medium-sized businesses, raised the issue of imposing parking bans on a number of city streets by Akimat, which led to restricted access to business objects for entrepreneurs. The relevance of this issue was supported by Timur Zharkenov, a representative of the Union of Independent Autobusiness of Kazakhstan.

The Association of Insurers of Kazakhstan expressed concern about limiting participation in the rule-making activities of the state. As a result, a decision was made to abolish such a restriction and the need to amend the current legislation.

Several business entities raised questions regarding the forced seizure of land plots and changes in their intended purpose. The solution of such issues, as Aslanbek Dzhakupov noted, requires careful and comprehensive study, which, of course, will take some time. However, this issue is taken under the control of the Ministry with the subsequent informing of entrepreneurs.

A separate block was made by entrepreneurs with claims to the actions of the organs of architecture and state revenues while fixing the placement of objects of outdoor (visual) advertising with the subsequent calculation of taxes.

During the discussion, a number of “burning issues” in the sphere of advertising activity were identified, which ultimately leads to business costs. In this regard, at the initiative of the participants and subjects of the advertising market, the issue of placing outdoor (visual) advertising will be further discussed on the second day of the Public Reception.

Work Public reception will last until February 22, 2019