The Ministry of trade and integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan took part in the meeting of the Commission on access to information

Representatives of Central state and local Executive bodies, quasi-public sector, non-governmental organizations and other organizations took part in the meeting, which was held in a remote format.

During the meeting, issues of ensuring access to information for persons with disabilities were discussed.
According to the Ministry of labor and social protection of the population (mtszn), the websites of state bodies and quasi-state organizations are not sufficiently adapted for people with special needs.

To solve this problem, according to the mtszn, it is necessary, first, to bring the national standards of web accessibility for persons with special needs in line with the international standard Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1, and secondly, to test web resources by these persons.

In turn, Minister Aida Balayeva noted that systematic work on the part of the authorized body and close interagency cooperation could eliminate a number of issues.

Representatives of the quasi – public sector-Passenger transportation JSC and Kazpost JSC-also reported on the measures taken and planned to ensure access to information for persons with disabilities.
According to information of JSC "Passenger traffic", to create barrier-free access for persons with disabilities to service stations and develop an action plan, which provides for the laying of tactile paths, installing signs using Braille and purchase tactile-audio diagrams.

Kazpost JSC, in turn, plans to adapt Post resources during 2021.kz and Kazpost.kz for people with disabilities, and by the end of this year to launch the functions of voice and video reception of requests from customers in a chatbot in Telegram.

The issue of transparency of budget information was considered next.

The report of the Vice-Minister of Finance R. S. Yensebayev presents the measures taken to ensure the openness of the budget, including the implementation of API services for transmitting reports from the IAIS "e-Ministry of Finance", the normative consolidation of the procedure for implementing the "people's participation budget" , etc.