Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev received Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bagdat Musin
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev heard a report on the activities of the Ministry following the results of 2021, the prospects for the development of digitalization and the IT sphere, as well as on the implementation of the instructions voiced by the President aimed at improving the quality of work in the telecommunications industry.
The Minister reported to the President that as part of the introduction of human-centric services, 18 of the most popular documents were digitized, which were used 32 million times in 2021, which is 8 times more than in 2020. One of the measures to popularize government digital services is to bring them to popular external platforms with mandatory compliance with personal data protection measures.
The Head of State was also informed that over the previous year more than 70 million online services were provided, including 20 million through the eGov Mobile application.
In 2021, an information system for receiving appeals "e-Otinish" was introduced in 51 thousand organizations, which simplifies the interaction of citizens with state and administrative bodies. At the moment, more than 1 million requests have been registered in the system.
In addition, Bagdat Musin reported on the implementation of the order of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to eliminate the "digital inequality" and strengthen control measures regarding the quality and coverage of the Internet. In 2021, the quality of the Internet will be improved in 628 settlements, in 2022 140 more villages will be covered. The President was informed about the successful testing of 5G technology by mobile operators in Nur-Sultan, Almaty and Shymkent. In 2022, a commercial launch is planned in cities of republican significance.
The Minister also presented plans for further development of the telecommunications market. In particular, work will be carried out on the demonopolization of the Kazakhtelecom JSC group of companies, the adoption of a number of legislative initiatives aimed at improving the competitive environment is planned.
Bagdat Musin reported on a number of strategic projects within the framework of digitalization of Kazakhstan in the fields of energy, subsoil use, health, social protection and monitoring of water and land resources using Earth remote sensing satellites.
Special attention was paid to the development of the IT industry. It was reported on the activities of the Astana Hub technopark, including the relocation of foreign IT companies to Kazakhstan.
The President instructed to develop concrete measures to support the domestic IT sector, as well as to assist foreign IT companies that have achieved success in the international market.
During the meeting, the Minister also proposed to create a platform for digitalization based on the resources of JSC "NIT", domestic IT companies with the involvement of experts with experience in the implementation of such projects.