The draft Program for the development of social entrepreneurship in the Republic of Kazakhstan was presented to the civil society

On October 29, 2020, the MIOR of the Republic of Kazakhstan presented a draft of the Pilot Program for the Development of Social Entrepreneurship in the Country during an online conference to develop recommendations for the further development of social entrepreneurship.

The online conference was attended by over 100 representatives from the non-governmental sector, government agencies and the expert community.

The presentation was carried out directly by the developers themselves - experts - social entrepreneur, founder of the social workshop "GreenTal" Emin Askerov, business coach, entrepreneur MederAmatov, also the deputy chairman of the Committee for Civil Society Affairs Gulbara Sultanova made an opening speech.

The speakers voiced the main goals, tasks of developing the Pilot Program, obstacles and ways of developing social entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan.

So, according to experts, most of the social entrepreneurs are developing in the field of social work, social protection, helping people in difficult life situations. During the discussion, the experts proposed to initiate other broad areas with the involvement of young people.

As the participants in the discussion themselves argue, the representation of real social entrepreneurs is extremely small today, the conceptual apparatus of social entrepreneurship is greatly distorted.

Also, the issue of information coverage of social entrepreneurship was not left aside, almost half of all those who came into contact with social entrepreneurship (49.8%) believe that this topic is insufficiently covered.

During the online broadcast, the participants themselves received a number of questions and suggestions to enhance the development of social business in our homeland.

The participants expressed gratitude for the initiatives of the Ministry of Education and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the development of this industry and believe that the adoption of this kind of document will certainly show a social effect in the future.

Let us remind you that the draft Pilot Program was developed within the framework of the study “Study of the potential for the development of social entrepreneurship and the development of fundamental methods of its development” by the Ministry of Education and Research