Astana hosted the large-scale MBA Impact Forum 2026, bringing together business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, experts, and members of the MBA alumni community. The forum was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of GSB AlmaU, the Graduate School of Business at AlmaU, which was the first institution in Kazakhstan to launch an MBA program and lay the foundation for business education in the country.The central theme of the forum focused on growth strategies in an era of profound uncertainty, values-based leadership, and the impact of business education on the real economy of the region.“The most important thing that MBA and DBA programs provide is not diplomas or lecture notes. What truly matters is the community of knowledge — people who trust one another, speak the same language, and share their experience. It is more than networking: alongside connections comes shared knowledge that everyone can draw upon,” said Assylbek Kozhakhmetov in his opening remarks.Opening the forum, Timur Buldybayev, Rector of Almaty Management University (AlmaU), noted that in today’s world academic success can no longer be measured by the number of diplomas awarded. The true strength of a business school lies in the measurable impact its graduates create in the real economy.“At AlmaU, we measure our success by the footprint — the impact — our graduates leave on the real economy. We firmly believe that knowledge which cannot be applied in practice and transformed into concrete managerial decisions is not education; it is merely decoration. We have chosen to be a laboratory of living business,” he emphasized.Global Futurism and Human Values in the Age of AIThe international keynote speakers agreed that technological breakthroughs — including mass automation and artificial intelligence — represent far more than new software solutions. They signify a complete transformation of the logic of human labor, where the scarcest resource is becoming humanity itself.According to Tariq Qureishy, CEO of Future Readiness Forum:“The more technological and AI-driven the world becomes, the more human we need to be. Everything that can be transferred to AI will be transferred, because it will be a million times faster and a million times cheaper. But everything that cannot be digitized — love, compassion, trust, and wisdom — will become a million times more valuable.”Experts noted that while advances in AI offer unprecedented opportunities, the uncontrolled commercial deployment of neural networks may also lead to a severe human capital crisis and transform technology into a potential threat.AI futurist Pavel Luksha described the phenomenon as a “leapfrogging effect”:“The arrival of artificial intelligence creates a leapfrogging effect, allowing countries and organizations to skip several stages of development and enter a new technological paradigm without going through every intermediate step. In other words, it enables them to bypass investments in parts of outdated infrastructure and move directly to where they need to be.” The discussion also explored how emerging technologies are reshaping the rules of the game in Kazakhstan’s market, why AI may temporarily displace entry-level professionals, and how digitalization and biometric technologies are helping build consumer trust in e-commerce.Dana Tokmurzina, CEO of Fortune Partners, shared practical business cases and noted that her company has already stopped hiring junior-level specialists.“Yes, in some ways we may be shooting ourselves in the foot because young professionals may struggle to find jobs in their field due to AI adoption. However, this is no longer the responsibility of business. If the Ministry of Education and university leaders encourage AI and prepare these graduates, then they must ensure that the specialists entering the market are valuable and employable for companies like ours,” she said.Victoria Torgunakova, Member of the Supervisory Board of Freedom Ticketon, spoke about AI implementation within the company:“To combat ticket resellers and enhance security at large-scale events, we are introducing biometric technologies. In the near future, Ticketon will be integrated with access control systems and venue turnstiles, allowing visitors who have given consent to enter using facial recognition instead of presenting a ticket. This will make the entry process seamless and significantly faster.”Mukhit Yeleuov, Partner at ADL Disputes and a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School, argued that no one today possesses a fully objective understanding of reality.“We perceive the world through our own experiences, knowledge, emotions, personal traits, and cognitive limitations. Behavioral science demonstrates that people do not always act rationally, and our decisions are strongly influenced by context and heuristics,” he noted.Another significant milestone of the forum was the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between AlmaU Graduate School of Business and BIArt School of Creative Industries. The event concluded with the presentation of a new lifelong membership model for continuous learning and the distribution of exclusive anniversary merchandise to all participants. Guests then continued networking and informal discussions at AlmaU FEST.

 Completed works:* Ash accumulates in the streets* Solid household waste is packed in bags and transported to the landfill by special equipment (Kamaz* Roadsides are being put in orderCleanliness starts from the threshold. Let's contribute to the beautification and cleanliness of our yard together! Protecting the environment without throwing garbage on the street is the task of every resident.Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mangystau-munaily-bayandy/press/news/details/1229521?lang=ru

Question: Are retired former government employees required to submit a declaration of income and property (Form 270.00)?Answer: Due to the cancellation of the fourth stage of universal declaration and the entry into force of the new Tax Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the rules for submitting declarations for former civil servants have changed. Now there is no direct dependence: if you have submitted the 250.00 entry form, this does not mean that you are required to submit the 270.00 form on a permanent basis.The obligation to file a declaration for pensioners depends on the period. You are required to report for the calendar year in which you actually worked in the civil service. According to Article 415 of the new Tax Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (in the 2017 Tax Code, the procedure was regulated by Article 635), the tax reporting period for submitting a declaration is the calendar year preceding the year of its filing. The deadline for completion is no later than September 15 of the year following the reporting year (Article 418 of the new Tax Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan).After you complete your civil service and retire, you no longer need to submit the 270.00 form every year.In the future (according to Article 417 of the new Tax Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan), the obligation to submit form 270.00 will arise only if during the reporting year (as of December 31) you have acquired the following assets or income:- real estate, transport or a share in the authorized capital of companies registered outside the Republic of Kazakhstan;- money in accounts with foreign banks (outside the Republic of Kazakhstan) for an amount exceeding 1,000 MCI;- large purchases (real estate, transport, securities, investment gold) totaling over 20,000 MCI;- self-taxable income (for example, income from renting property, value gains from selling real estate, etc.).If these grounds did not arise in the reporting year, no declaration is required.Department of Explanatory Work and Contact CenterState Duma of the Pavlodar regionSource : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/kgd-pavlodar/press/news/details/1229459?lang=ru

As part of career guidance, high school students from the Mangystau region visited the Department of State Revenue for the Mangystau region.The students got acquainted with the main activities of the department: taxation, customs control, collection of payments and countering tax violations. The staff of the department spoke in detail about modern digital technologies, which are actively used in work today.The students examined the workplaces with interest, asked questions about the requirements for specialists and career opportunities in the civil service. Many noted that the event helped them better understand how important and interesting the profession in the field of public finance is.Such meetings help high school students to consciously choose their future profession and see real opportunities to work for the benefit of their region.Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/kgd-mangistau/press/news/details/1229471?lang=ru

Representatives of the Department of State Revenue for the Mangystau region, together with other government agencies in the structure of the Ministry of Finance, held a meeting with students of the Caspian State University of Technology and Engineering named after Sh. Yesenova.During the event, experts spoke about the department's activities, the main areas of work of tax and customs authorities, the digitalization of public services, as well as career opportunities and internships in government revenue agencies.Special attention was paid to the issues of tax administration, the fight against the shadow economy and the role of young professionals in the development of the financial system of the region.Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/kgd-mangistau/press/news/details/1229482?lang=ru