«Kazakhstan Agency for International Development «KazAID» has been established by the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 15thDecember 2020.
According to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On Official Development Assistance», adopted on 10 December 2014, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstanisa designated authority in the field of ODA.
The challenges of global development, national capacities and the available resources were considered in determining the geographical priorities of Kazakhstan’s development assistance policy. In this regard, the Republic of Kazakhstan made the decision to provide development assistance to the CentralAsian countries and Afghanistan.
In order to maximize synergies in the activity of Kazakhstan as part of the global efforts in development, Kazakhstan´s official development assistance can be oriented towards the region of the Caucasus, Africa, Latin America, small island developing states, least developed countries, land-locked countries and other regions.
Kazakhstan has developed international cooperation in the field of ODA with key donors and international development institutions.In particular, cooperation is being established with UNDP, US Agency for International Development (USAID), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation (SlovakAid) and the Czech Agency for International Development (CzDA).
Given the importance of Kazakhstan’s participation in the global dialogue and coordination in the field of ODA, establishment and development of the cooperation with the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is one of the priority directions on the way to establish a national ODA system. In this regard, in July 2015 Kazakhstan was awarded the official status «Invitee»of theDACOECD.
Kazakhstan has provided more than 542 million US-Dollars for the purposes related to the official development assistance throughout the last 20 years.