The first meeting of the work group on the revision of media legislation has taken place

The first meeting of the work group on the revision of laws regulating the activities of mass media has taken place at  KAZGUU University . The organizer of the event, which was held in online and offline formats, is the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 

The members of the work group are representatives of NGOs, mass media, advertising agencies and experts in the field of mass media. 

Minister of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askar Umarov talked about the main approaches to the revision of media legislation in his speech. 

"There are problematic issues in the media industry in terms of improving the legal status of journalists, legal regulation of new types of communications, some aspects of advertising, as well as other issues that require attention," said the Minister. 

On the basis of the received proposals, the Ministry announced the proposed directions, which were discussed by the members of the working group and experts. During the meeting, participants paid attention to the issues of introducing the legal form of new media and mass communications, revising the registration of mass media, raising the status of journalists, setting the statute of limitations, revising the terms of consideration of requests and others. 

At the same time, the members of the work group proposed to strengthen the activities of press services, revise the list of mandatory TV channels and other issues. 

As a result of the meeting, a number of key directions  that require joint discussion and consideration within the framework of the draft law were developed. 

Moreover, taking into account the large number of proposals, it was decided to divide the work group into subgroups for detailed discussion.