Promotion of civil servants on the principle of meritocracy

One of the main measures of the election program of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Well-being for all! Continuity. Justice. Progress” and the proposals received during the nationwide “Birge” (eng: together) campaign are to ensure transparency and efficiency of the personnel growth system in the public administration system based on the principle of meritocracy, career advancement of the best employees. According to the results of 2019, 196 public servants were appointed to higher positions in Shymkent, 110 of which are in the territorial divisions of central government bodies, 86 in local executive bodies. This was said during the briefing by Ali Komekbaev, the head of the Department of Agency in Shymkent. According to him, in the local executive bodies of the city, the share of public servants appointed to higher posts on the basis of meritocracy amounted to 62%. Compared with the results of 2018, this indicator increased by 30%.