A regular meeting of the Commission on Access to Information was held

On September 17, a regular meeting of the Commission on Access to Information was held in Nur-Sultan under the chairmanship of the Minister of Information and Social Development Aida Balayeva.
The meeting, which was held in a remote format, was attended by representatives of central state and local executive bodies, the quasi-public sector, non-governmental and other organizations.
During the meeting, information was heard on measures to promote and develop the portals of the "Open Government".
The issue of personal data protection was also considered.
The Chairman of the Information Security Committee of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Abdikalikov R.K. reported on the measures taken and problematic issues on the protection and access to personal data. and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Sarsenov S.S.
Following the results of the reports, the minister made a proposal to discuss this issue with experts at a permanent round table.
During the meeting, the results of the analysis of the data contained in the information systems of state bodies carried out by JSC NIKH Zerde were also discussed.
As the analysis showed, a number of government agencies do not provide timely updating of open data sets on the Open Data portal (data.egov.kz).
Also at the meeting, the results of the revision of the sectoral legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan for its compliance with the requirements, standards and principles in the field of access to information were discussed.
In the report of the Chairman of the Board of NJSC KIOR “Rukhani zhagyru”, Yesin D.N. proposals on the prospects for improving the current legislation in the areas of health care, ecology, land relations, education, social protection of the population, finance, as well as mechanisms of the "Hearing State" are presented.
In turn, the minister stressed that the results of the study indicate the need to improve legislation in the field of access to information.
As a result of the meeting, the Commission developed a number of recommendations to government bodies and organizations of the quasi-public sector in terms of strengthening work with the portals of the "Open Government".