The national report "Youth of Kazakhstan-2021: 30th anniversary of Independence" was presented to the expert community

On the eve of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Youth Research Center with the support of the Committee for Youth and Family Affairs of the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan presented the National Report "Youth of Kazakhstan–2021: 30th Anniversary of Independence" for the expert community.

Vice-Minister of Information and Social Development Askar Umarov noted that "youth support is one of the strategic directions of the state policy of our country, therefore it was important in the National Report of 2021 to analyze the dynamics and trends in the development of youth policy over 30 years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan: achievements, successes and topical issues of youth. Based on the results of the analysis, recommendations were developed for the state and civil sector on further systematic and integrated development of the youth sphere."

Director of the Youth Center Ayan Sakoshev focused on key changes and current trends in the youth environment, informed in detail about the most important social parameters of youth development such as demography, health, education and science, and also presented the image of a young Kazakhstani, a portrait of the Independence generation and the views of young people on Independence.

Current statistical and analytical data of government agencies, international organizations, and research institutes were used in the preparation of the report.

The results of sociological research conducted by the Youth Research Center in 2021 became the basic basis for the analysis of the social well-being of Kazakhstani youth.

A team of authors who participated in the development of the National Report "Youth of Kazakhstan-2021: 30th anniversary of Independence" told about economic behavior, civic and political participation, values of youth.

Dana Ashimkhanova, Deputy Director of the Institute of Applied Ethnopolitical Studies, noted that today the specificity of Kazakh youth lies in a kind of symbiosis of value orientations, namely in the intersection and layering of traditional and modern views. At the same time, Kazakhstan's youth is characterized by such global trends as high mobility, digitalization, digitalization.

Professor of S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University Aslan Azerbayev indicated that stable work for most of the youth is a condition of confidence and the opportunity to develop. Among young people, the concept of success implies rapid career advancement and acceptable incomes.

Deputies of the Majilis of the Parliament of the country Yulia Kuchinskaya and Elnur Beisenbayev, as well as the head of the Center "Rukhani Zhangyru" Zhanar Bukanova expressed their expert assessment on the National report.

In general, domestic and international experts noted the importance and necessity of conducting in-depth studies of the processes taking place in the youth environment, constant monitoring of the social well-being of young people and expressed confidence that the National Report "Youth of Kazakhstan" is a key scientific document that contains a comprehensive analysis of the situation of Kazakh youth in the main spheres of their life.

The event was held in online and offline format in compliance with sanitary and epidemiological standards.