10th Civil Forum to take place in Kazakhstan

The 10th anniversary civil forum will take place in Kazakhstan from November 22 to 26. It will become one of the key events ahead of the 30th anniversary of the country’s Independence. The participants will raise issues on the development of democratic processes, the implementation of the UN sustainable development goals in Kazakhstan, as well as main tasks of society, the government and business. According to the organizers, more than 30 discussion platforms and panel sessions will be organized within the forum. During the week, there will be meetings of ministers with representatives of civil society and mayors with the NGOs spokespeople in the regions. A ceremony of awarding the “NGO prize” and “Tandau” prize will be held on the sidelines of the forum.

“The program is very intense. It has already been published in detail on the website. After this conference, the website will be functioning on three languages – Kazakh, Russian and English. The main idea of the largest event in the field of cooperation between the government and the non-governmental sector is the global look at the civil society of Kazakhstan. We want to analyze the history of the present and forecast the future taking into account relevant issues of the development of civil society. The informative program of the 10th civil forum will enable all participants to talk about systematic issues and solutions of joint cooperation government agencies and NGOs,” said Banu Nurgaziyeva, President of Kazakhstan’s Civil Alliance.

Translation by Saniya Sakenova

Editing by Saule Mukhamejanova