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Kazakhstan has begun implementing a plan for the Year of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, aimed at modernizing public administration, expanding AI education, strengthening cybersecurity and accelerating the country’s transition to a new digital economy in 2026.

The action plan, approved by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov, includes eight priority blocks and ten key initiatives. The official launch is scheduled for March at the Alem.Ai building, reported the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry on Feb. 23.

At the forum Kazakhstan delegation took part in the exhibit for participating countries to demonstrate their achievements in the information society. Managers of Zerde National Information and Communication Group and National Information Technology company shared their experience in developing and launching the e-government.

The Astana-Health 2014 exhibition brings together over 15 countries to exhibit and discuss medical and healthcare investment opportunities around the world. With an emphasis on the investment climate of Kazakhstan and attraction of the Kazakhstani business leaders toward investing and implementation of healthcare projects, GPT was happy to present and demo our network and technology. Dr. Jeffrey Kesler attended this event and discussed how GPT technology and network capabilities encompasses not only the development of medicine in rural and underserved parts of the world, but also its connection to pharmaceuticals, education, and high resolution digital images that can be utilized for patient visits.

Good Governance Matters is the strapline of Nazarbayev University’s Graduate School of Public Policy. But what does “good governance” mean for the citizens of Kazakhstan? If Kazakhstan is to join the top 30 developed countries in the world as set out in the President’s 2050 Strategy, then having high quality public services will be key to achieving this. There are important signs that good things are happening in Kazakhstan in this regard.333472-2

Consider, for example, the recently released global education report card entitled Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), the longest running, large scale international assessment of mathematics and science education in the world conducted amongst fourth and eighth grade children in 57 countries. These countries include developed nations such as Australia, Canada, England, France and the USA. The results are hugely encouraging, in that Kazakhstan school children ranked 12th in year four math and eighth in science. Compare this with Australia, where children of the same age ranked 28th and 25th, respectively.

The World Bank Group has just published the latest governance indicators including how well Kazakhstan is performing. The picture over a 10-year period is a mixed bag. It shows that Kazakhstan has made significant improvements in government effectiveness which measures the quality of public services and improved capacity of the civil service. It also shows a marginal improvement in the control of corruption although progress is very limited given the time period involved. Finally, the latest figures show that voice and accountability, which measures freedom of expression, freedom of association, and a free media has become marginally worse over the decade.

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Amid accelerating digital disruption and AI innovation, governments worldwide are fast, tracking the shift from legacy e-government systems to integrated, data-driven governance, a strategic imperative in today’s intelligent era. Yet this transition is not without challenges.

Kazakhstan is accelerating its shift toward an AI-powered digital economy, with most public services online and a fast-growing startup ecosystem.

In this interview, Zhaslan Madiyev outlines how artificial intelligence, smart cities and digital infrastructure are shaping the country’s next growth phase, while partnerships with the United Arab Emirates strengthen Kazakhstan’s ambition to emerge as a leading Eurasian tech hub.

Askar Zhumagaliyev, Kazakh Minister of Transport and Communications, told Nazarbayev that the UN ranked the country 38th in terms of developing e-government and said the goal is to have all socially important public services available online, hopefully by the end of 2013, caspionet.kz reported.

Kazakh First Deputy Prime Minister Bakytzshan Sagintaev made the remarks at the joint 49th meeting of the Council of heads of Regional Commonwealth in the field of Communications.

The participants considered world indicators of development of information and communication technologies and e-government.

Blocking personal data on egov.kz, the e-government website,will soon be available to Kazakh citizens, reported Government for Citizens State Corporation head Abylaikhan Ospanov at a Central Communications Service press conference.

“In order to exclude the risk of unauthorised personal data transfer, we have developed a project according to which citizens will have full control over access to their data,” he said.

The Kazakh Ministry of Education and Science will be systematically introducing four areas of digital technology in educational institutions, Minister Yerlan Sagadiyev said at the April 10 government meeting.

Paper documents and information will be completely accessible and mobile to ensure students, teachers, parents and principals can get the necessary information on their smartphones. The availability will allow students to monitor their grades, learn about homework, read textbooks and use all digital resources.

"The information technologies' development has a profound impact on society," Massimov said. "Our government wants to promote the country's positive development through the use of information and communication technologies (ICT)."

“The information technologies’ development has a profound impact on society,” Massimov said. “Our government wants to promote the country’s positive development through the use of information and communication technologies (ICT).”

“President Nursultan Nazarbayev has set a task - to rank among the 50 most developed states in the world. Development of the electronic Kazakhstan is one of the key segments of our progressive advance. I think we are on the right way and today’s conference is the part of this process,” the PM said.

At a session of the collegium the head of the Kazakh Government voiced support to suggestion of the Agency on formation of an interdepartmental commission in order to heighten coordination of the actions and enhance cooperation between the public bodies of the republic.

Jan. 15 at the Government meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev, the development of e-government and the provision of public services were considered.

In the Address to the People of Kazakhstan “Growing Welfare of Kazakh Citizens: Increase in Incomes and Quality of Life,” the Head of State commissioned to switch 90% of all public services to electronic format by 2020.