A seminar was held by the Office of the Akim of Kostanay region and the Department of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Civil Service Affairs in Kostanay region in order to enhance the competencies of ethics commissioners and personnel management specialists.

The seminar was attended by: Baglay Bauyrzhan, Director of the Kostanay Branch of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, MA in International Relations, invited speakers, experts, ethics officers of the Ministry of Economic Development, territorial divisions of the Central State Educational Institution and specialists of personnel management services.

E.A. Salykbayev, Head of the Department of the ARCDGS for Kostanay region, outlined the goals and objectives of the Ethics Commissioners for the implementation of strategic objectives and conceptual documents, the ethicization of public service, the prevention of discrimination and violations of official equality in public service.

On the issue of "Prevention of discrimination in public service. The social and gender aspect" was addressed by S. Bekturganov, Chairman of the Public Council of Kostanay region, member of the National Kurultai, veteran of the civil service, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences.

On the issue of "Effective communication with the public and conflict management. Mediation tools" was delivered by G.A. Kapenova, Advisor to the Akim of Kostanay region on family, demographic and gender policy, civil society activist, NGO and public relations expert.

T.V. Zueva, Head of the Center for Inclusive Education and Psychological Support of the A.Baitursynov KRU, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences (PhD), lecturer at the branch of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, spoke on the topic "Client-oriented communications of civil servants."

On the issue of "Prevention of offenses through public control", Baylin A.M., head of the NGO "ADAL DOS PREVENTION", participant in the project "Interdepartmental Working Group", spoke.

Baglay Bauyrzhan, Director of the Kostanay branch of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, expressed his position on the implementation of values in public service, open dialogue, the formation of an expert environment, the development of analytical skills and competencies of civil servants.

The participants were familiarized with information about admission and completion of public service in Kostanay region.

The modern selection model is designed to make the civil service more transparent and open to professionals from different fields. For example, the office of the Akim of the region held 142 contests for vacant positions in the office of the akim of the region and regional administrations in 3 quarters of this year. The number of participants is 521 people. There were no age, nationality, or gender restrictions during the above-mentioned contests. Most of the participants were aged 40 to 50 years (187 participants), 23 to 29 years old (114 participants), 30 to 35 years old (99 participants), 35 to 40 years old (56 participants), aged 50 and above (39 participants), under 23 years old (20 participants). There are 260 female participants and 261 men. This information clearly demonstrates the equality of participants in competitions for vacant positions. There are significantly more women working in local executive bodies of the region (63%) than men (37%).

The share of women in the leadership of local executive bodies of the region is 17%, including 7 out of 20 heads of regional administrations (35%).

Throughout their work in the civil service, employees have the right to equal opportunities for professional development, retraining and professional growth, and equal opportunities for career growth based on professional qualities are respected, in accordance with the principle of meritocracy. 

Following the results of the seminar, a dialogue took place in the format of a round table on the topic: "The role of Ethics commissioners in preventing discrimination and violations of professional equality in the civil service."

During the round table, the participants exchanged views and made suggestions. The students were provided with the draft Law "On the Civil Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan", methodological recommendations on the organization of work in public institutions for the prevention of offenses, the implementation of conceptual documents and the organization of legal studies.

K.Syundikov, Ethics Commissioner of Kostanay region.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/kostanay/press/news/details/1100375?lang=kk