Today during the Government session the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev gave a number of specific instructions on the finalization of the draft program "Digital Kazakhstan" in accordance with the remarks of the Head of State.

For initiatives financed from the republican budget, Bakytzhan Sagintayev instructed to calculate the effect and return on investment, including on the activities of the Alatau PIT and the International IT Technopark. The MIC together with the Ministries of National Economy and Finance, other interested state bodies and akimats is entrusted to present the social and economic effect of the "Digital Kazakhstan" program and its impact on GDP growth in two weeks.

The Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan was instructed to make concrete proposals in two weeks to revise the existing system of education and transition to continuing education. Also, the Ministries of Education and Science, Information and Communications, Investments and Development were instructed in two weeks to make proposals for the creation and development of competence centers on the basis of research institutes and higher education institutions, innovative clusters such as Alatau PIT, Nazarbayev University, International IT Technopark which is being created.

In addition, the MIC, MID and MES RK are instructed to make proposals for changes in legislation to stimulate the use of new technologies, develop innovative solutions, develop a start-up environment and organize foresight in the digital economy.

In order for all citizens to understand the digitalization processes, the Ministry of Information and Communications, in conjunction with state agencies, is tasked to develop an appropriate PR strategy.

In addition, the Ministry of Information and Communications was instructed to formulate a standard concept of "smart cities" by the type of Astana, Almaty, Shymkent and Aktobe, applicable for all regional centers.

The Ministry of Information and Communications was instructed to submit relevant proposals on joint work in the field of digitalization with Russia and Belarus until October 1.

Bakytzhan Sagintayev instructed to work out all the issues of "Digital Kazakhstan" and submit it to the Government for consideration by the end of November this year. Coordination for this work is entrusted to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Askar Zhumagaliyev.

It should be reminded that the Republican meeting on issues of digitalization of the economy was held on September 13 with the participation of the Head of State, at which the project of the program "Digital Kazakhstan" was presented. During the meeting Nursultan Nazarbayev made a number of comments and instructed the Government of Kazakhstan to make appropriate additions to the draft program.