Working trip of the Vice Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the East Kazakhstan region

On January 9, 2020 Vice Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerlan Aukenov, during his working trip to the East Kazakhstan region, held a number of meetings with local residents and meetings with government officials, during which he explained new mechanisms for providing targeted social assistance (TSA ) and talked about the advantages of introducing a portal of social services for people with disabilities.

E. Aukenov visited the employment center of the Ulansky district, where he got acquainted with the process of receiving documents from citizens applying for the appointment of TSA and the readiness of local executive bodies to provide children from low-income families with guaranteed social packages.

In Ust-Kamenogorsk, E. Aukenov held a round table with the participation of representatives of state bodies, public associations of the region's disabled and people with disabilities. The Vice Minister informed the participants of the event about the issues raised by people with disabilities and the measures taken to resolve them. According to E. Aukenov, in order to address the issues identified by the disabled, amendments will be made to the current legislation in terms of the provision of services of individual assistants, the mechanism and conditions for undergoing medical and social examination and the establishment of disability, the provision of sanatorium treatment and the provision of technical means of rehabilitation, etc.

The vice minister also met with the staff of the Department for the Coordination of Employment and Social Programs of the East Kazakhstan region and held a selector seminar-meeting with the cities and districts of the region in the regional akimat on the appointment of TSA of a new format and providing children from low-income families with guaranteed social packages. E. Aukenov also described in detail how it is necessary to build the work of precinct commissions when conducting a survey of the financial situation of families applying for the appointment of targeted social assistance.