A meeting of the Republican Mediation Council of the People`s Assembly of Kazakhstan was held

Today, a meeting of the Republican Mediation Council of the People`s Assembly of Kazakhstan was held in the Nur-Sultan Friendship House.

The meeting discussed the implementation of the instructions of the President, given on October 21, 2021 at an expanded meeting of the Council of the People`s Assembly of Kazakhstan, regarding the development of ethnomediation.

The event was attended by Deputy Chairman - Head of the Secretariat of the People`s Assembly of Kazakhstan Marat Azilkhanov, deputies of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, representatives of public authorities, public organizations, public structures of the PAK, Mediation centers, professional and non-professional mediators of the PAK, heads of regional mediation offices, the media and others.

Deputy Chairman of the PAK Marat Azilkhanov opened the meeting with an introductory speech. He noted that since 2010, the People`s Assembly of Kazakhstan has been consistently working to develop and popularize the institute of mediation as a social and legal instrument for resolving disputes and conflicts. The activity of the mediation institute is one of the important markers of the modernization of public consciousness, reflecting the willingness of citizens to compromise in the course of resolving disputes and conflict situations.

Marat Azilkhanov stressed that mediators are doing a lot of work on resolving disputes and conflicts, advising citizens.

"The President of the country stressed that the format of professional negotiators is the most effective for ethnomediation in our conditions, and the Assembly should become a key body in this direction," the Deputy Chairman of the PAK noted.

During the event, approaches to the formation of a training system for ethnomediators-negotiators, features of the development of an appropriate curriculum, requirements for ethnomediators, as well as prospects for further development of the institute of public mediation within the framework of the People`s Assembly of Kazakhstan were discussed in detail.

Working discussions took place and their results were discussed. It will allow to systematically and consistently implement the tasks set.

Today, about 2,000 public mediators operate in the country under the auspices of the PAK, and more than 100 professional mediators cooperate with the PAK. 17 mediation offices have been opened in the regions and there are more than 300 mediation sites (reconciliation offices in courts, branches of the Nur-Otan party). Much attention is paid to the training and advanced training of non-professional mediators. Since the beginning of the year, more than 5 thousand mediators and willing representatives of ethno-cultural associations have been trained free of charge at various courses and seminars.

Mediators carry out a lot of work on resolving disputes and conflicts, advising citizens. So, since 2016, they have received about 130,000 applications, of which 39% are resolved at the consultation stage, and mediation agreements have been concluded for 61%. This work covers over 310 thousand people.