Kazakhstan To Host International Conference On Digital Inclusion & Transformation
Date
6/19/2024 7:30:43 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, June 19. The lower house of
the Kazakh parliament has ratified the agreement between the
government of Kazakhstan and the UN on organizing the Asia-Pacific
Ministerial conference on Digital Inclusion and Transformation in
Astana, Trend
reports via a source in the lower house.
According to the source, the agreement aims to implement the
tasks set by the President of Kazakhstan for the government to
attract 500 billion tenge ($1.09 billion) worth of investments to
the country by 2025 and to increase IT product exports by $1
billion in 2026.
At the conference, Kazakhstan will present its own digital
solutions, such as SmartBridge, SDU (smart data government),
eOtinish (e-payment), and others, to a wide range of international
specialists from more than 60 member states of the Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
Furthermore, the conference will facilitate the establishment of
the UN Center for Digital Solutions for Sustainable Development in
Central Asia.
The decision to create such a center in Almaty was supported at
the 79th session of the UN ESCAP.
The center will promote effective regional digital development,
provide local specialists with direct access to UN best practices,
coordinate efforts in implementing key initiatives and projects in
digitalization, and effectively address crisis situations such as
pandemics, natural disasters, and others.
According to UN rankings, Kazakhstan is one of the leaders in
the Asia-Pacific region in the field of digital government
solutions.
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