About 500 professional standards will be developed in Kazakhstan by the end of 2019.

Minister of labor and social protection of the population of Kazakhstan Berdibek Saparbayev held the first meeting of the Project group on the development of industry qualifications framework (IQF) and professional standards in priority sectors. The event via video conference was attended by representatives of subgroups of the ministries of digital development, defense and aerospace industry, industry and infrastructure development, culture and sports, energy, agriculture and the national economy.   

Project team was established to further develop the national qualifications framework to develop and approve 38 industry qualifications frameworks and 480 professional standards by the end of 2019.

Speaking at the meeting, the first Vice-Minister of labor and social protection of the population Yerzhan Zhilkibayev said that the Ministry completed the preparatory activities and created all conditions for close cooperation and coordinated work of industry subgroups to perform the tasks.

A separate tab on the activities of the Project team is opened on the website of the Ministry, which contains all the regulatory legal and methodological information on the procedure for the development of IQF and professional standards. On a permanent basis, there will be placed the best practices.

Summing up, B. Saparbayev instructed to keep the issue of deadlines under special control and hold meetings of the group on a monthly basis.