“We need to raise the bar of efficiency” - A. Balayeva on the work of the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan

The Ministry of Information and Social Development has summed up the results of last year and discussed plans for the current

An expanded meeting of the board of the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan was held today with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yeraly Tugzhanov. The collegium was held in an online format with the connection of video conference calls, as well as in compliance with all sanitary standards, taking into account the epidemiological situation.
The meeting was attended by deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, employees of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, representatives of political parties, non-governmental and religious organizations, ethnocultural associations and the media.
Yeraly Tugzhanov noted that it is important, within the framework of the republican action plan for the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan's Independence, to ensure that the planned events are carried out at a high level.
At the collegium of the department, speakers talked about a number of important projects in the field of information and social development. Thus, Vice-Minister Bolat Tlepov made reports on the activities of the Ministry - on the work done in the field of civil society; Vice Minister Kemelbek Oyshybaev - on information work and development of the media industry; Vice-Minister Askhat Oralov - on the results in the field of youth and family policy; as well as the chairman of the Committee on Religious Affairs Yerzhan Nukezhanov.
In addition, representatives of civil society acted as the main speakers: President of the Civil Alliance of Kazakhstan Banu Nurgazieva, General Director of Atameken Business Kanat Sakhariyanov. They talked about topical issues of the development of civil society during a pandemic, the information industry, the sphere of youth and family policy, etc.
Minister Aida Balayeva highlighted the main results for 2020 and the tasks of the Ministry for 2021 in her speech.
According to her, in 2020, the Ministry managed to implement all the tasks set, adjusted for the coronavirus pandemic.
According to A. Balayeva, one of the key factors in the stabilization of public sentiment was the prompt refutation of fake information and constant informing of the population about the dynamics and scale of development of CVI on the websites stopfake.kz and coronavirus2020.kz.
“Last year, the Ministry embarked on a course for professional development and retraining of journalists, as well as the development of industry journalism. Now these intentions are already being implemented, ”she said.
Separately, the minister dwelled on the work done on the new rules for the provision of state information orders, the development of a new law on the media and an increase in the share of domestic information content on TV channels. As a reminder, in 2020, foreign content was cut by 30%.
“The department oversees several key areas in the life of society at once, and therefore the importance of our mission can hardly be overestimated. However, I believe that this year we need to raise the bar and, as a result, - efficiency, ”the minister emphasized.
A. Balayeva also said that the days of the Ministry in the regions will begin next week, which will be organized both online and offline. As part of these events, it is planned to familiarize the population of all regions with the work of the Ministry. The Minister of Information and Social Development emphasized: "Our most important tasks are to ensure the information security of the state and information and ideological work."
Following the results of the board, Deputy Prime Minister Yeraly Tugzhanov gave a number of instructions to the leadership of the Ministry.