5th session

While addressing the online session of the National Council of Public Trust, President Tokayev stressed that Kazakhstan continues to implement consistently the modernization strategy of the country despite current challenging circumstances.

The Head of State said that the top priorities are to improve quality of life of all people, strengthen human potential as well as build just society and effective state. He reminded that at the previous session of the National Council he had announced that the year of the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence would be marked by ambitious economic and political reforms, further development of education and healthcare, digitalization, protection of human rights and solution of economic problems.

“The government needs to take special control over the interaction of three profile ministries - education and science, health, labor and social protection of the population. It is required to ensure high-quality implementation of the Roadmap for 2021-2023, ”Tokayev said.
 
According to the Head of State:

1. The Ministry of Education and Science should carry out more focused work in terms of realizing the rights of special children to education.
2. The Ministry of Internal Affairs should restore the staff of the special forces to protect women and children from violence.
3. It is necessary to introduce indicators for assessing the observance of human rights

The day before the Head of State held meetings with Rakhim Oshakbayev and Kanat Sakhariyanov, members of the National Council of Public Trust.

Director of “Talap” Centre for Applied Research Rakhim Oshakbayev told the President about the activities of his Centre, as well as shared some proposals for the development of domestic “think tanks”.

In addition, President Tokayev was presented with proposals aimed at improving approaches to attracting investment through cooperation with global companies, and implementing the monetary policy.

The issues of strengthening the competitiveness of Kazakhstan’s mass media, as well as the development of legislation regulating the information policy field were discussed during the conversation with Director General of the Atameken Business TV channel Kanat Sakhariyanov. Stressing that the state will continue to support domestic media, the President noted the need to improve the content quality and strengthen the competitiveness of Kazakh-language media.