STATE PROGRAMME

"DIGITAL KAZAKHSTAN"SUMMARY

THE PROGRAMME

5 DIRECTIONS 17 INITIATIVES 120 ACTIVITIES

Creation

of innovative

ecosystem

Implementation of

Digital Silk Way

Development of

human capital

Diversification of

economic sectors

Transition to digital

state

Digitalization of industry and electrical power industry

Digitalization of transport and logistics

Digitalization of agriculture

Development of e-commerce

Development of financial technologies and non-cash payments

State for citizens

State for business

Digitalization of internal activities of governmental agencies

Smart Cities

Expanding the coverage of communication network and ICT infrastructure

Provision of information security in the ICT field

Increasing digital literacy at the secondary, technical and

vocational, higher education levels

Support for innovative development platforms

Development of technology entrepreneurship,

startup culture and R&D

Attracting venture financing

Building demand for innovation

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Improving the digital literacy of the population (training,

retraining)

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DIGITALIZATIONOF ECONOMY

SECTORS

• Introduction of 4.0 industry technologies in the industrial sector:

productivity growth by industry by an average of 50% by 2022 *

o "Digital deposit" in the oil and gas industry: implementation on

14 fields of KazMunayGas in 2019-2020

o "Digital Mine" in the metallurgy industry: Scaling Kazatomprom

Projects in 2019-2020

• Development of electronic commerce and transition to a cashless

economy: By 2022, an increase in the share of (1) e-commerce in total

retail sales from 1.1% to 2.6%; (2) cashless payments from 10% to 35%.

• Intelligent transport system: increase in the transit traffic by 10% and

the volume of freight traffic by 14%.

• Digitalization of agro-Industrial complex: growth in food exports in

2022 by 65% (by 2017)

• Digitalization of electric power complex: reduction of shutdowns to

25%, improvement of network efficiency by 10%

• Performance level is comparable to

top 30 countries

• Competitive export production

• Significant increase in the

capitalization of Kazakh companies

IMPLEMENTATION

TARGET VISION 2025

DIRECTION 1:DIVERSIFICATION OF ECONOMIC SECTORS

4* - compared to 2016, in 2022 the increase in productivity of mining industry will be 39%, manufacturing industry - 50%, transport and logistics - 21%, agriculture - 45%

DIRECTION 2:TRANSITION TO DIGITAL STATE

STATEFOR CITIZENS

• Realization of the "paper-free" principle:

Increase in the share of public services in electronic form

through the introduction of "Digital by default" principle,

integration of databases and updating of data from 35%

to 80% by 2022, to 90% in 2025.

• Public services are provided

primarily in electronic format

• Paper documents in internal

activities of the state bodies is

minimized

• Proactive services to the

population

STATE FOR BUSINESS

DIGITALIZATION OF STATE BODIES

ACTIVITIES

SMART CITIES

• Create an infrastructure to implement the "single window" principlefor business: 100% automation of state support measures, IT services on concessional terms, e-interaction with

investors, on export-import operations and marking and traceability of goods.

• Optimizing and increasing the efficiency of internal

processes: introduction of document turnover cloud technology, integration of stae bodies' systems, introduction of technology in the law enforcement system and social and labour relations

• Implementing Smart City Projects: Implementation of projects in 5 major cities of RK, further replication in other regional centres

IMPLEMENTATION

TARGET VISION 2025

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DIRECTION 3:IMPLEMENTATION OF DIGITAL SILK ROAD

IMPLEMENTATION

EXPANDING THE COVERAGE OF

COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND ICT INFRASTRUCTURE

ENHANCING CYBERSECURITY

• Provision of BIA in rural areas: provision of access to

83% of the population by 2022

• Development of the new generation of mobile

infrastructure (4G)*: network coverage of more than

80% of the population of the RK by 2022

• Modernization of the satellite system: replacement of

the KazSat-2 spacecraft

• Establishment of a single focal point:

Implementation by the end of 2020

• Establishment of three cybersecurity laboratories: Implementation by the end of 2020

• Quality 4G coverage (5G in

future) for communication

• Ubiquitous and high-speed

Internet access

• Developed cyber security

system

TARGET VISION 2025

• Pilot 5G implementation

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DIRECTION 4:DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN CAPITAL

IMPLEMENTATION

SECONDARY EDUCATION

TARGET VISION 2025

• Population has key universal

competences1 and high level of

digital literacy

• Educational system meets the needs of the digital economy

1. Universal Competence: critical thinking, teamwork, and interacting with others, quickly adapting to changes, making decisions, organizing activities, working with vast amounts of data, and more

• Introduction of basic programming education

(2-4 grades) 40,6% of schools by 2022

• Update the content of the "Computer science subject through the updating of the

programming languages (Java, C, Python, Rust and others) 100% of schools by 2022

• Introduction of entrepreneurship and business (including technical entrepreneurship) in

secondary education (10-11 grades).

• Holding of republican competitions and technical competitions for all schoolchildren.

• Digitalization of educational process through access to online school curricula, taking

into account the development of distance learning for ungraded and individual schools

• Training of a basic and professional digital skills to the population:

1) conduct of training for 100 thousand professional staff

2) Conducting training for the population

3) Training for representatives of SMB

VOCATIONAL,HIGHER,

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

CONTINUING EDUCATION

* Data Science, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Genomics,

robotics, nanoelectronics and nanomechanics, etc.

• Mainstreaming training programmes per labour market requirements in line with best

world practice: integration of ICTs into all disciplines, 80% by 2022, with a major focus on

humanitarian:

• Introduction of the training of specialists in new professions in the university's

specialization *

• Development of distance education through the establishment of a national platform for

open education

• Opening of ICT chairs at universities at the production base

• Increase in the number of government grants for ICT specializations

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DIRECTION 5:CREATING AN INNOVATIVE ECOSYSTEM

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

• Creation of Astana hub international technology park of IT startups: Support of at least 1000 startup companies by

technoparks, incubators of Kazakhstan by 2022

• Presence of more technology

companies established in Kazakhstan

• Private professional venture capital

market developed in

• "Success stories" of Kazakh startups

on the international scene

ENCOURAGING OF TECH. ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND

R&D

PROVISIONOF ACCESS TO VENTURE

FINANCING

DEVELOPMENT OF STARTUP CULTURE

• Creation of a value proposition to attract international tech. entrepreneurs (startup-visa, living conditions, payment of relocation, financing)

• Opening of R&D centres of international ICT companies

• Adaptation of the legal framework for the financing of startup companies: fully adapted by the end of 2019.

• Attracting venture funds to RK: Attracting $200 million of private investment in kazakh venture projects

• Support for the innovation activities of large companies and state bodies: Selection of 298 innovative projects initiated by large companies for implementation at the Astana Hub by 2022

IMPLEMENTATION

TARGET VISION 2025

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CORPORATE AND STATE INITIATIVES (COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION)

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NASDAQ AND SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE (SSE)

SEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF PROBLEMS

PLATFORMS FORIT STARTUPS,

DOMESTICIT COMPANIES

KAZAKH CORPORATIONS

STARTUPS AND IT COMPANIES THAT HAVE

READY SOLUTIONS

ACCELERATOR

STAGE 1

ACCELERATOR

STAGE 2

SCALING

EXIT/EXPORT IPO

AIFC

3 000-5 000 STARTUP PROJECTS

100STARTUP PROJECTS

>10 STARTUP PROJECTS

STATE PROJECT ORDERS TOWARDS DIGITALIZATION OF KAZAKHSTAN

PROJECTS FROM CORPORATE COMPANIES

ACTING PRIVATEIT COMPANIES

STARTUPS WITH INNOVATIVE IDEAS

PRIVATE CONTRACTORS

KEY MEMBERS OF THE PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT

Functions in project management

• Development of project targets,

initiatives, KPIs and detailed implementation plans

• Implementation of digitalization projects

• Forming and provision of reports on project implementation results to DCO

• Monitor progress and project results

• Making proposals for changes to the plans

• Coordination and monitoring of the Programme project portfolio

• Methodological support to participants

• Change management

• Quality control of work performed

• Assistance in inter-institutional cooperation

• Forming program reporting

• Industry expertise: Fin. Sector, ACC, TEK/MMC, transport, education, health, tourism,

E-Government, social protection

• Process management at all stages of the project management

• Coordination of inter-agency issues

• Monitoring and control of Programme performance

• Monitoring progress and implementation of target indicators

Deputy

Prime Minister

(CDO of Government)

State Commission on

digitalization

Digitalization Central

Office

SB Digitalization offices,

LEB and national

companies

• Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of measures taken by state bodies and other organizations in the digitalizing the

economy of Kazakhstan, as well as reviewing the records of state bodies and their officials

• Meetings of the Commission on a quarterly basis

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