Public councils - consultative, advisory, supervisory bodies formed by ministries, bodies directly subordinated and accountable to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as bodies of local state administration on the issues of their competence, except for the state bodies specified in part two of this paragraph, together with non-profit organizations and citizens.

The purpose of the activity of public councils is to express the opinion of civil society on socially important issues.

The tasks of public councils are:

1) representation of the interests of civil society and taking into account the opinion of the public when discussing and making decisions at the republican and local levels;

2) development of interaction of central and local executive bodies and local self-government bodies with civil society;

3) organization of public control and transparency of central and local executive bodies and local self-government bodies.

Chairman of the Public Council:

1) organizes the activities of the Public Council;

2) presides at meetings;

3) sign documents on behalf of the Public Council;

4) coordinates the implementation of the decisions of the Public Council;

5) participates in the meetings of the republican state body, local state administration body with the right of advisory vote;

6) during his absence, delegates the performance of the duties of chairman to one of the members of the Presidium of the Public Council.

Secretary of the Public Council:

1) ensures the solution of organizational issues of preparation and holding the meetings of the Public Council;

2) organizes and conducts business in the Public Council, as well as controls the terms of execution of decisions of the Public Council.

The first meeting of the Public Council is opened by the head of the working group.

At this meeting, the Chairman, the Secretary and the entire Presidium of the Public Council are elected by open vote.

The Chairman of the Public Council is elected from among its members - well-known public figures who are not in public service.

The main form of work of public councils is their meetings. A meeting of the Public Council is considered to be competent with the participation of not less than two thirds of the total number of its members.

Where necessary, representatives of state bodies, mass media, scientific, trade union and other organizations, as well as experts and other specialists may be invited to the meeting of the Public Council by its decision.

Meetings of the Public Council shall be public.

The conditions and procedure for holding the meetings of the Public Council, as well as the procedure for decision-making shall be determined by the Regulations on the Public Council.

Other issues of holding meetings shall be determined by the decision of the Public Council.

When carrying out their activities, Public Councils interact with each other on terms of equality and partnership.

Within the limits of their powers, members of public councils with the right of advisory vote may participate in the activities of other public councils, and at the local level, in addition, the chairman of the Public Council of the district, the city of regional importance has the right to be a member of the Public Council of the region, the city of national importance, the capital.

Organizational support of the activity of the Public Council is carried out by the corresponding state body with the participation of which the Public Council is formed.