Over 800 representatives of the non-governmental sector have received certificates from the NGO Academy

Today, the results of the work of the Academy of Non-Governmental Organizations were summed up in Nur-Sultan and Almaty under the chairmanship of the Vice-Minister of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bolat Tlepov,. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Center for Support of Civil Initiatives, ALMAU School of Politics and Law, Astana International University, Kazakhstan Mediation Center, PF "SmartCharity", NGO "Center for Analysis and Strategy "Beles". Representatives of the non-governmental sector from other regions were able to participate in the event online.

Opening the event, the Vice Minister noted the importance of implementing a project aimed at improving the skills of specialists in the non-governmental sector.

"Every year NGOs are increasing their importance in the life of our society. Already today, according to experts, more than 20 thousand people work in this field and provide their services to the population. Therefore, it is very important that representatives improve their professional qualifications and provide quality services, develop their field of activity.

A needs study was conducted within the framework of the project. The scientific research helped to determine in which areas public figures lack knowledge and experience. An educational training program for NGOs has also been developed.

In addition, an important component of the project was the development of digital training courses, including mobile training. A mobile application will be launched soon, in which all educational modules will be placed," B. Tlepov said.

According to the project manager Irina Vigovskaya, this season more than 1,000 people have been trained at the NGO Academy. In her opinion, the Academy in the long term will help to increase the potential of the civil sector, strengthen the mechanism of self-organization of entrepreneurship and citizens, restore public confidence in the economic policy of the state, and will also improve the efficiency of the management of financial, human, material and non-material resources of NGOs.

In addition, within the framework of the project, a mobile application with an adapted training course will be launched in Kazakhstan. At the moment it is working in test mode.

"Based on the results of the study, experts have developed a catalog of topics for training. Thus, in the general education component, 8 educational modules were provided, including 5 trainings. Among the topics of training are marketing and PR, fundraising, project management, information technology, social engineering and much more," she noted.

A separate line was the training at the School of Social Entrepreneurship "Oreli Urpak", organized in three streams in Kazakh and Russian. Here, 167 NGO representatives received new knowledge on social marketing, financial literacy, effective management, etc.

"Today, the idea of social entrepreneurship occupies one of the leading places in the politics of many advanced countries. Social business becomes a tool for changing the concept and vision of social policy in the country, contributes to the development of social mobility, integration, increased employment and poverty reduction, activation of the population, innovative development of society. The support of such a project makes it possible to involve the population in the development of the economy, the creation of new jobs, the solution of those social problems where it is necessary to solve the issue pointwise," Serik Irsaliyev, the project partner, President of Astana International University, said in his speech.

The third direction was the "Training for Trainers" program, aimed at training qualified trainers and developing their own training courses. 42 participants were trained here. After intensive training, novice trainers started working accompanied by mentors and are already conducting their own author trainings.

At the end of the event, B. Tlepov presented the project participants with certificates of completion of training at the NGO Academy. Certificates were received by 811 representatives of the non-governmental sector of all regions of the republic.

Recall that the NGO Academy project, implemented by PO "Center for Civil Initiative", was launched in March 2021 with the support of the "Center for Support of Civil Initiatives" in order to create conditions for the development of the non-governmental sector. The customer is the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan.