Abayev attended the North Kazakhstan Akim’s reporting meeting with the public

Minister of Information and Communications attended the North Kazakhstan Akim Yerik Sultanov’s reporting meeting with the public.

At the event, Minister told the region citizens in detail about five basic priorities in economy development specified by Head of State in his Message named “The Third Modernization of Kazakhstan: the Global Competitiveness”.

 Currently, Ministry of Information and Communications is actively working at fulfilling the President’s instructions. The Draft National “Digital Kazakhstan” Program is to be submitted to Government in May this year. Furthermore, the share of public services rendered via the Public Corporation is to be enlarged to 85% by the year-end.

Also, Minister informed the public about the plans for 2017 within which the Ministry commenced implementing the project for covering about one thousand three hundred villages with fiber-optic lines. Over 2 million people are living in those villages. This step will allow providing rural population with the broadband Internet access.

As part of the trip to NKR, Minister examined the construction of houses under the “Nurly Zhol” Program. In 2016, over 164 thousand square meters of housing were commissioned, which is by 17% more than in 2015.

He also visited Kirov Plant where he looked at the operations of the shop manufacturing 3D printers and OTAU-TV receivers.