The potential of maslikhats in matters of openness and communication will be increased and strengthened

Today, on February 24, the Republican Conference of deputies of Maslikhats was held in an online format.

The conference is the final event of the project "Strengthening the role and potential of maslikhats", implemented with the support of the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan through the joint efforts of the Fund for the Development of Parliamentarism in Kazakhstan, the OSCE Programmer Office in Nur-Sultan, the Internews representative office in Kazakhstan, USAID, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Academy of Public Administration under the President.

The conference was attended by the Minister of Information and Social Development Askar Umarov.

In his speech, the Minister noted that citizens and the media should have unhindered access to the sessions of maslikhats, including in an online format. At the same time, all decisions of maslikhats should be publicly available.

"The next step is the development of an assessment methodology and the formation of a rating of the openness of maslikhats", A. Umarov said.

During the conference, experts discussed international experience and the results of research on the openness of maslikhats.

The package of final recommendations included: 100% filling of official websites; announcing all sessions and informing about the results; conducting online broadcasts of all sessions; active use of the public hearings tool; more information about the work of standing committees; posting contact information about deputies; opening official pages in social networks and etc.