BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 29
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will take measures to accelerate digital transformation in Kazakhstan, Trend reports citing the UNDP.
Thus, UNDP and the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan signed a Statement of Intent to cooperate in the areas of digitalization, public service delivery and innovation.
The measures within the statement of intent are expected to improve the quality of digital public service delivery, universal access of Kazakh citizens to internet and, as a result, accelerate the digital transformation of the public sector.
UNDP provides support in attracting leading international experts in digitalization and plans to allocate a financial grant in the amount of $200,000 for the Re-engineering and Digital Transformation Center.
The cooperation is expected to accelerate digital transformation in Kazakhstan in accordance with the national development priorities and the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda-2030.
In particular, the parties will work to improve access of citizens and businesses to digital public services, implement digital solutions in the area of social protection, develop business packages for investors to provide fast internet connectivity in remote villages, and train IT personnel of central state bodies to support the digital transformation in the public sector.
In response to COVID-19, UNDP in Kazakhstan contributed to the enhancement of digital skills of 1,000 civil servants required for remote work.
UNDP also provided expert assistance in developing a package of specific proposals and recommendations for digitizing HR business processes in the public sector.
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