All services in the social and labor sphere will be transferred to electronic format in 2020

By the end of 2020, it is planned to transfer 100% of services in the social and labor sphere to electronic format. About this during the reporting meeting with population held in online mode in the Central communications Service under the President of Kazakhstan, Minister of labor and social protection of population of Kazakhstan Birzhan Nurymbetov.

In his speech, Birzhan Nurymbetov noted that the Ministry of labor and social protection of the population (hereinafter-mtszn) is one of the leading state bodies in terms of digitalization. Only in 2019, the transfer of social and labor services to an electronic format allowed saving 2.2 billion tenge.

To date, the mtszn is implementing a number of important projects. The most significant of them is the "Social family map", which covers 100% of the population of Kazakhstan, i.e. 7 million families. The social map shows what life situation each family is in, the algorithm of work to get out of an emergency or crisis situation.

"After the formation of social maps, 101 thousand families were identified who were in emergency and crisis situations. Measures have been taken to employ 12.7 thousand people, attach 68.8 thousand citizens to polyclinics, 72.9 thousand children to kindergartens and schools. 1451 families have been removed from the crisis and emergency situation," Birzhan Nurymbetov informed.

Another important project is the "Social ID of a citizen of Kazakhstan". This project is aimed at increasing transparency and ease of receiving social benefits. The social ID provides for the payment of TSA, preferential travel on public transport, and free school meals for children from large and low-income families.

"The pilot of this project has been implemented in 9 regions of the Republic. 102 thousand ID cards were issued and 88 thousand transactions were made. In the future, we plan to scale this project to all regions of the Republic, " the head of the mtszn said.

In the field of employment and employment, the projects "Electronic labor exchange" (hereinafter – EBT) and "Electronic labor contracts"are being implemented.

To date, EBT is 214 thousand employers, million job seekers, and almost 1.5 thousand hours of free classes completed through the online education platform Coursera.

"Thanks to the EBT, more than 1.2 million people were able to find work, of which 868 thousand people were employed for permanent jobs, and 341 thousand people were employed for temporary work," the Minister said.

35 thousand organizations are connected to the project" Electronic labor contracts". 1.4 million electronic contracts have already been registered, which contributes to the protection of workers ' labor rights.

"In terms of automation of public services, I want to note that at the beginning of 2019, the share of electronic services was 42%, and by the end of 2019, it increased to 83%. The growth was achieved thanks to the placement of 6 public services on the Egov portal and the transfer of 10 services to a proactive format. By the end of 2020, we plan to increase the share of electronic services to 100%, " Birzhan Nurymbetov summed up.