Kazakhstan and Estonia intend to cooperate in the field of digital technologies

Tallinn, April 20, 2022 - Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Estonia Nurlan Seitimov held a meeting with representatives of the Kazakh delegation and Estonian government institutions. The delegation included representatives of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, «NIS» JSC and IT companies.

During the visit, the Kazakh side got acquainted with Estonia's experience in creating a digital space in the public services sector - electronic systems for medicine, taxation, customs administration, education, transport logistics, as well as the formation of technology hubs. Kazakh participants noted the usefulness of such meetings. “Estonian practice is a symbiosis of local creative solutions and Western advanced technologies. All this is quite applicable in Kazakhstan in this regard we have gained useful experience. Kazakhstani IT solutions are up to the mark and have great potential for export to European countries,” said Madi Zhakypov, General Director of the Kazakhstani company Deep Analytics.”

The Estonian side drew attention to the importance of such events for updating information exchange between countries and contacts in the future. Piret Hirv, a representative of the Technopol business incubator, noted that “the established contacts may develop into some joint projects in the future.”

The visit was also marked by the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the Kazakh IT company "Mediana Services Limited" and the Estonian "IN Deal OÜ". The agreement was the result of the previous visit of the Kazakh delegation in November 2021 as part of the study of the digital experience of Estonia, which was organized by the Embassies of the two countries together with the Astana Diplomatic Club.