Since the beginning of 2023,
Kazakh citizens have been provided with more than 5,000 state grants and 4,700
preferential microloans to support their entrepreneurial initiatives. Kazakh
Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population Svetlana Zhakupova
reported on employment in the country at the government meeting. According to
her, 734,000 citizens have been employed for nine months, with half of them
being young people under the age of 35. Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov
reiterated the task set by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to employ
about one million people by the year-end.
“In the remaining 2.5 months, all
planned indicators should be achieved. Each region is implementing its own
employment plans. They take into account the specifics of the labor market and,
accordingly, differentiate state support measures. The local authorities should
involve young people more actively in labor activities,” said Smailov.
To date, specialists are in
demand in sectors, including energy, oil and gas industry, food industry, agriculture,
transport and logistics, as well as the IT sphere, as noted at the government meeting.
Alikhan Smailov instructed the relevant ministry to take this into account in
the future when forming a list of state grants noting that it is necessary to solve
employment issues not only as part of state support but also through public-private
partnership projects and private investors.
