Kazakhstan’s 2,400 subordinate agencies to join Unified Personnel Service information system this year

The government of Kazakhstan has officially confirmed the construction site for the country’s first nuclear power plant (NPP), Kazinform News Agency reports.

According to the decree, the facility will be located in the Zhambyl district of the Almaty region.

Zhambyl district, located in southwestern Kazakhstan, has a population of 137,129 and its administrative center in Uzynagash.

Earlier, Kazinform reported that four companies, including CNNC (China), ICHNP (South Korea), Rosatom (Russia), and EDF (France), have been shortlisted as potential technology suppliers for the construction of Kazakhstan’s nuclear power plant.

Kazakhstan held a nationwide referendum on the NPP project on October 6 last year. The majority of voters, totaling 71.12% (5,561,937 people), supported the construction, while 26.13% (2,045,271 people) opposed it. Voter turnout reached 63.66%, with a total of 7,820,204 participants.

 

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan received on Tuesday Adylbek Kasymaliev, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers - Head of the Presidential Administration of Kyrgyzstan at the Akorda presidential palace, Kazinform News Agency has learnt from the press service of Akorda.

The meeting focused on deepening strategic partnership between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in an all-round way.

Congratulating Kasymaliev on his appointment as Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Tokayev highlighted that his first official visit to Astana is of particular importance to boost further ties of friendship and alliance between the fraternal nations.

The Kazakh leader highlighted the dynamic Kazakh-Kyrgyz cooperation, noting that the official visit of Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov to Kazakhstan last year served as a new impetus to bilateral relations.

One of the key tasks facing both governments is to ensure full implementation of all high-level agreements, especially boost trade turnover, speed up the launch of the Industrial trade and logistics complex on Kazakh-Kyrgyz border as well as create favorable conditions for transit and transport communication.

In turn, Adylbek Kasymaliev thanked the Kazakh leader for the hospitality the Kyrgyz delegation received on the Kazakh soil and conveyed the best wishes from Kyrgyz President Zhaparov.

The high-level agreements contribute to greater cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in political, trade and economic, water and energy, cultural and humanitarian and other spheres, said Kasymaliev.

Special attention was placed to the realization of joint investment projects and water and energy cooperation.

As earlier reported, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are set to build a new border checkpoint.

 

The press service of Akorda has announced in its statement, Kazinform News Agency reports.

By order of the Head of State, Arman Kyrykbayev has been appointed as the Assistant to the Kazakh President for domestic policy and communications, as he was released from his previous position, reads the statement.

In 2024, Arman Kyrykbayev assumed the position of a head of the communication department of the Presidential Administration.

Earlier it was reported that the Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev had issued a decree appointing Ruslan Zheldibay as the Press-Secretary and Advisor to the President.

 

By a decree issued by the Government of Kazakhstan on February 21, 2025, Ramil Kamalov has been appointed as the Vice Minister for Emergency Situations, Kazinform News Agency reports.

He previously headed the Fire Safety Committee within the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Born in 1976 in the Akmola region, Ramil Kamalov holds a higher education in a specialized field.

He has been involved in civil defense since September 1993, starting his career as a state fire supervision inspector and working his way up to head the Fire Safety Committee. Kamalov has also led the Department of Emergency Situations in the North Kazakhstan region.

 

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov and the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers - Head of the Administration of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Adylbek Kassymaliyev visited the Kazakhstan Garysh Sapary National Space Centre and the office of the Digital Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The achievements of Kazakhstani specialists in the space industry and the development of digital solutions were presented, primeminister.kz reports.

On the territory of the National Space Centre the Kazakhstani side presented the developments of domestic scientists in the field of remote sensing of the Earth and space monitoring. The possibilities of using these technologies to manage natural resources, control the state of agricultural crops, respond to emergencies and detect unauthorised landfills were demonstrated.

The Digital Office of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan presented to the Kyrgyz delegation initiatives aimed at improving the efficiency of public services and the introduction of advanced digital solutions. For example, the project Social Wallet allows receiving targeted state support for certain categories of citizens in a proactive format. Information on the level of social well-being of the population is accumulated in the Digital Family Map information system. Analyses are carried out at the regional level, which makes it possible to formulate specific recommendations for each region. To date, more than 6 million Kazakh families have been digitised in the system, and their well-being is analysed on the basis of more than 100 indicators.

Experience was exchanged on the use of artificial intelligence to increase the transparency of public administration. Unified platform for receiving, processing and analysing appeals from citizens and businesses eOtinish, notary information system eNotary, as well as the National Artificial Intelligence Platform, which allows developers and government agencies to integrate AI solutions into key areas, were presented.

The experience of implementing innovative initiatives that help automate processes and improve the efficiency of public administration was noted. Currently, the number of users of the eGov mobile application reaches 10 million. About 1,000 services are available to citizens through the service, and 72 million services have been provided.

 

By governmental order, Azamat Amrin has been appointed to the post of the First Vice Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan, Kazinform reports.

Born in 1973 in North Kazakhstan region, Amrin graduated from the Akmola Agricultural Institute, Kozybayev North Kazakhstan State University.

Until 2008, Amrin took up different positions in the Tax Committee in North Kazakhstan region.

From 2008 to 2011, he acted as the governor of Shal akyn district, North Kazakhstan region.

In 2013, he served as the deputy director, director of the Tax and Customs Policy Department of the Kazakh National Economy Ministry.

In 2020, Amrin was appointed as the Vice Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan.

Earlier it was reported that Berik Uali had been named the governor of Abai region.

 

The Head of State, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, received chairman of the Supreme Audit Chamber of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov, Kazinform News Agency learnt from the Akorda press service.

Smailov reported on the results of the Supreme Audit Chamber’s activities in 2024 and plans for the current period. He said 27 audits were conducted at 214 facilities up to 11 trillion tenge, and violations worth 862 billion tenge were revealed. As a result, 135 billion tenge were recovered to the budget that is fivefold more compared to the amount reimbursed in 2023.

He also drew attention to system weaknesses in pricing at construction sites, project finance, the processing industry, and agriculture subsidizing.

The Supreme Audit Chamber sent recommendations to the Government and concerned state bodies to eliminate violations.

He announced over 40 audits will be carried out this year. Utilization of budgets of the cities of Astana and Almaty as well as North Kazakhstan, Kostanay and Zhambyl regions, Samruk Kazyna Fund, Kazatomprom National Company, KEGOC, National Bank and Emergencies Ministry will be audited in 2025 in line with the President’s task. Besides, audits will be conducted in the science, defence, sports, social welfare and forestry sectors this year.

Earlier the Kazakh President received Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan Berik Assylov.

 

Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov held a working meeting on the implementation of the instructions of the Head of State on issues of ensuring the safety of citizens involved in hazardous production, primeminister.kz reports.

The Ministers for Emergency Situations Chingis Arinov, Industry and Construction Kanat Sharlapayev reported on the ongoing work in the field of labour safety and new approaches. Ministers of Labour and Social Protection of Population, as well as of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry also took part in the meeting.

Under the Industrial Safety Concept, regulations will be revised to take into account the digitalisation of facilities, requirements for industrial safety facilities will be strengthened, science will be developed and relevant centres will be established, and the human resources and legal status of the state labour inspector will be improved.

Certain industrial safety requirements are already being revised. For example, the draft law on civil protection toughens requirements for emergency rescue services, strengthens regulations on industrial control, and provides for new obligations of owners of hazardous production facilities to update and modernise equipment.

In addition, it is planned to launch E-KPB information system, which will allow to create passports of industrial safety facilities, to automate the accounting of accidents and other processes.

Prime Minister paid special attention to the mechanism of control in the field of industrial safety. The Ministry for Emergency Situations together with the Ministry of Industry and Ministry of Labour and Social Protection has been instructed on the results of the audit to make proposals to strengthen the responsibility of owners and managers of industrial facilities for ensuring safe working conditions.

The Ministry of Industry together with the Ministries of Emergency Situations, Ecology and Natural Resources should analyse and control the mining plans of subsoil users for timely financing of industrial safety measures.

The Ministries of Industry and Emergency Situations need to develop standards for early decontamination of mines to reduce risks associated with gas emissions.

The Ministry of Gigital Development together with domestic IT specialists is tasked to develop new solutions to ensure industrial safety.