Local Government
1
Large Cities
0
Capital Cities
0
Regional or State Governments
0
National Government
0
Other Institutions
0
Local Government
1
Large Cities
0
Capital Cities
0
Regional or State Governments
0
National Government
0
Other Institutions
0
Community
Capital
Nur-Sultan
Population
18 276 500
Language
Kazakh(official)/Russian(co official)
Currency
Tenge
Indexes
Democracy
144
Authoritarian
Democracy
Democracy
144
Authoritarian
Democracy
Corruption Perception
124/180
Corruption Perception
Corruption Perception
124/180
Corruption Perception
Human Development
58
Very High
Human Development
Human Development
58
Very High
Human Development
World Happiness
60/156
World Happiness
World Happiness
60/156
World Happiness
Legislation Regarding the Regulation of Participatory Budgeting Experiences
Participatory budgeting in Kazakhstan is coordinated by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan who introduced the necessary revisions to the Order of the Ministry of Finance No.470 “On approval of the rules for the development of draft local budgets” dated October 31, 2014 to ensure the methodological framework for implementation of the participatory budgeting. Participatory budgeting contributes to ensuring implementation of the following priority national level documents:
1. paragraph 4 of Article 4 of the Budget Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan regarding the disclosure of the principle of transparency to ensure the mandatory openness of the budget process to society and the media;
2. paragraph 46 of the Action Plan for the implementation of the Presidential election program “Well-being for all!” Continuity. Fairness. Progress”;
3. proposals received during the nationwide action “i” approved by Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan No.27 dated June 19, 2019.
Outstanding Innovation
“Participatory budgeting” was firstly introduced in Kazakhstan in 2019. This year was devoted to the study of the PB concept, discussion of proposed PB design customized to the context and administrative and budgeting structure of Kazakhstan and development of methodological framework for implementing PB in the country. During this period government bodies conducted several seminars and round tables on the openness of the budget process and discussion of participatory budgeting and other new for Kazakhstan concepts used in other countries; public discussions were held on the allocation of funds for the local budgets in the cities of Nur-Sultan and Almaty; an automated electronic budgeting map was developed for the city of Nur-Sultan, and pilot PB experiences has been launched. It was decided to start implementation of PB from selected districts of two largest cities with population of over 1 million inhabitants each Nur-Sultan and Almaty.
Principal Tendencies Detected
In 2019 “Participatory Budget” is being implemented in Saryarka district of the Nur-Sultan city. The budget of 100 mln KZT (approx. 260 K USD) was allocated for the projects of up to 15 mln KZT (39 K USD) each. As of now 14 projects aimed at territorial improvement in 8 city yards were selected by the citizens for further financing and implementation.
In 2020 Almaty city will start implementation of PB with the total budget of 4 billion KZT (500 mln KZT (1.3 mln USD) per each of 8 city districts).
Kazakhstan government plans to further increase the amounts allocated to participatory budgeting and to scale-up the successful experiences to all 14 regions of the country. By the end of the year the results of pilot PBs will be reviewed and analysed and serve as a basis while disseminating PB to other regions and municipalities of Kazakhstan.
