An expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held

An expanded meeting of the board of the Ministry of Information and Public Development was held today, outlining the results of the past year and plans for the current year were discussed.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, representatives of non-governmental and religious organizations, ethno-cultural associations and the media. Minister Askar Umarov spoke about the key results for 2021 and the tasks of the department for 2022.

"In 2021, a huge layer of work was carried out in the field of information and social development, which gave the necessary impetus to all supervised areas of the ministry's activities. At the same time, the Head of State and the Government have set the most important tasks to reformat the work in the supervised areas of the Ministry in the new conditions that we have to implement this year," Askar Umarov said.

In his report, the Minister stressed that in 2022, the work in all areas of the Ministry will be aimed at improving the mechanisms for the development of the sphere of information and interaction with civil society. Thus, he emphasized that only following the results of the X Civil Forum of Kazakhstan, which was held in 2021, more than 1,000 proposals and recommendations were received from representatives of NGOs, the media, business and the civil sector as a whole.

According to the Minister, all constructive proposals received from the public will be heeded and are being studied in detail by the Ministry and other interested state bodies.

Vice-Minister Alexander Danilov spoke about new approaches to the implementation of the state youth policy. He spoke about the proposed measures for socialization, vocational guidance, and employment of rural and socially vulnerable youth. In addition, Galymzhan Kusmangali made reports on the activities of the RSI "Kogamdyk kelisim" with the ongoing work in the field of development of interethnic relations.

Also among the main speakers were representatives of civil society: President of the Civil Alliance of Kazakhstan Banu Nurgazieva, President of the Internet Association of Kazakhstan Shavkat Sabirov. They focused on topical issues in the fields of information and social development and voiced their specific proposals.