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ACSH’s partnership scope continues to expand

04.02.2021INFOTIMES Leave a Comment

The Astana Civil Service Hub continues to utilize approaches to partnerships modalities. Hamad Bin Khalifa University, a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, which is located in capital city Doha, and the Astana Civil Service Hub intend… > > >

Public Institutions’ Capacities for Resilient Recovery Discussed at the International Symposium

07.12.2020INFOTIMES Leave a Comment

Participants from 70 countries have exchanged views on challenges and lessons learned on how to promote effective institutions and sustainable recovery from Covid-19 pandemic. The Symposium was held in online format and dedicated to the issues of effective, inclusive and… > > >

Interesting places in Kazakhstan: The Rakhmanov springs in the East of the country

14.11.2020INFOTIMES Leave a Comment

The uniqueness of the nature of East Kazakhstan is that here you can see almost all types of landscape: deserts, canyons, steppes, forests, Alpine meadows and mountains, whose height is 4,500 meters above sea level. All the diversity of flora… > > >

Is it easy for high-rank government officials to work in the conditions of fast spreading of information and ICT?

31.10.2020INFOTIMES Leave a Comment

The main question in this essay is “Is it easier for Presidents, Prime Ministers and other high-rank officials of governments to work in the conditions of fast spreading of information and Information-Communication Technologies (ICT)?”. And I will try to answer… > > >

UN: Demand to Accelerate Public Sector Digital Transformation has spiked

27.10.2020INFOTIMES Leave a Comment

Leaders of the authorized bodies of the countries of the region, together with international experts from Israel and Estonia and leading UN specialists, presented innovative solutions in e-government development. The international online conference brought together more than 100 representatives of… > > >

Key Factors for Overcoming the Crisis: Effective Governance and Trust

20.10.2020INFOTIMES Leave a Comment

Over 250 representatives of government agencies, international organizations, including the OECD, and universities from 20 countries of Europe, Asia and America participated in the panel session of the Astana Civil Service Hub on “Governance and Trust in a New Reality”,… > > >

UNDP supports the Ministry of Internal Affairs in implementing the Police Modernisation Road Map

10.10.2020INFOTIMES Leave a Comment

UNDP Resident Representative Yakup Beris held a meeting with Kazakh Minister of Internal Affairs Yerlan Turgumbayev. The parties discussed the priority areas of police modernisation, including strengthening the public trust, enhancing quality of public service delivery, and scaling up community-based… > > >

Webinar “Emerging from COVID-19: Key Mindsets for a Resilient Public Sector”

30.09.2020INFOTIMES Leave a Comment

What qualities are needed for civil servants to ensure the sustainability of the public sector and how to change mindsets of the civil servants? These questions were the main subject of discussion at an online webinar organized by the Astana… > > >