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Figure 8.3

Regional features of youth crime over 9 months of 2016

Figure 8.4

The number of young people aged 15-29 who are registered with mental and behavioral disorders due to

use of psychoactive substances, by regions, 2015

SOURCE: COMMITTEE ON LEGAL STATISTICS AND SPECIAL RECORDS OF THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL OFFICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

SOURCE: MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

Region

Committed by minors

Repeated

offenses

Committed in a state of alcoholic

and narcotic excitation

Akmola region

1560

1060

Aktobe region

1833

1095

Almaty region

266

3567

1397

Atyrau region

1173

315

West-Kazakhstan region

109

1671

1219

Zhambyl region

150

789

651

Karaganda region

216

1949

648

Kostanay region

154

3697

1581

Kyzylorda region

888

414

Mangystau region

414

378

South Kazakhstan region

314

1644

869

Pavlodar region

106

2421

987

North Kazakhstan region

2393

956

East Kazakhstan region

243

6591

1781

Astana

132

664

370

Almaty

155

2083

551

Region

Age

Psychoactive substances

15-17 18-19

20-24

25-29

Total

15-17

18-19

20-24

25-29

Total

Akmola region

221

785

1133

134

685

900

Aktobe region

114

496

1166

1845

105

299

767

1223

Almaty region

350

480

278

341

Atyrau region

115

315

464

156

184

WKR

149

339

547

237

314

Zhambyl region

240

542

845

291

377

Karaganda region

354

1285

1698

241

991

1260

Kostanay region

351

777

1235

151

447

648

Kyzylorda region

121

419

552

104

363

479

Mangystau region

226

240

505

SKO

527

1196

1801

385

963

1396

Pavlodar region

753

1665

2517

193

763

999

NKR

162

417

648

308

422

EKR

262

243

1553

3008

5066

105

178

1243

2484

4010

Astana city

413

1049

1597

161

706

945

Almaty city

226

845

2110

3226

208

713

1895

2847

The Republic of

Kazakhstan

999

893

6604

15663

24159

682

469

3881

11391

16423

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related to extremism and terrorism, also involve young
people: 60% - terrorism, and 71%- arrangement, man-
agement over terrorist group and participation in its ac-
tivities, 90.9% - financing of extremism or terrorist activity.

Many sociological studies show that the problem of

youth crime is a result of the family institution dysfunc-
tion. Thus the cross-cultural study of American psycholo-
gists and sociologists confirmed the hypothesis that «the
fall of the family institution is directly related to a serious
threat to the well-being of children and youth». Survey
results obtained in the four countries of the European
Union confirms that the young people who came from
wealthy families, lead a healthier lifestyle. [2]

According to the Committee on Statistics, in regions

where the proportion of disadvantaged families is low,
the proportion of divorces is also low. In the SKO the
share of dysfunctional families - 0.1%, the proportion of
divorces is 11% (the ratio of marriages to divorces is 9:1),
in Kyzylorda, Mangystau, Atyrau, Zhambyl regions the
proportion of divorces is not more than 18.5%, which is
significantly lower than the average share (26.5%). The
opposite pattern is in regions with a high proportion of
dysfunctional families: in Kostanay (47.9%), Karaganda

(35.7%), Pavlodar (41%), NKO (40.2%) regions, the pro-

portion of divorces is relatively high, the ratio of marriages
to divorce is 2:1, 3:1. it is not surprising that these data
are correlated with the data on minors and dysfunctional
families, who are registered in law bodies (Fig.8.6).

One of the main family problems causes is family al-

coholism.

There is no official statistics on the extent of family

alcoholism in Kazakhstan, but experts use the data, which
show a picture of «social disease» prevalence among the
population, based on the information on the number of
registered people with a «alcoholism» diagnosis.

According to the results of factor analysis, we can

identify the main features of family problems: alcohol
addicted (drug addicted) parents, material and everyday
problems, family conflicts, indifferent attitude of parents
to the affairs and problems of the child, the parents spend

little time with the child, violence towards the child, bro-
ken families (basically, the absence of the father), anti-so-

cial, criminal adolescent and family environment. When
tracking changes in the situation on the given indicators,
it is possible to identify trends in teenage and youth de-
viation.

It is obvious that the prevention of various forms of

teenage and youth deviation requires primarily identi-

fication of the modern youth socialization peculiarities;

social and psychological mechanisms, methods and insti-
tutions of young people socialization at different stages
of maturation. At the same time this kind of study should
identify the «bottlenecks» of the socialization process,
where the disorders in the social development of children
and adolescents are the most likely to appear.

8. 2

YOUTH SUICIDE

The socio-economic transformations in Kazakhstan

affected all spheres of social life. Along with the positive
changes, stimulating the development of many areas of
human life, the society experiences increased negative
trends such as income inequality, the sharp decline in
demand for spiritual values, the strengthening of social
and psychological maladjustment and disorientation, un-
employment, difficult criminal situation, the growth of
family deformation processes. All this is painfully effects
the socio-psychological health of Kazakhstanis.

According to statistics of the Committee on Legal

Statistics and Special Records of the Prosecutor General
Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the total rate of sui-
cides committed in 2015 compared to the previous year
increased by 26.3%. If there were 2,957 suicide cases reg-
istered in 2014, then in 2015 this figure increased to 3,735
cases. To date, the highest suicide rate is observed in East
Kazakhstan (595), Almaty (368), Kostanay (365) regions.

The figures indicate that the problem of suicide is rel-

evant and requires an active intervention by the state for
resolution

Among the young people of Kazakhstan at the age of

15-29 years for the first 9 months of 2016 2,091 suicides

attempts and 764 suicides were committed. Regionally,
the East Kazakhstan (310), South Kazakhstan (182) and

Astana (281) youth commit relatively more suicide at-

tempts than young people in other regions of the country.

It should be noted that young men (891) are less likely

to commit suicide attempts than young women (1200).

However, statistics analysis by age shows a tendency

of more suicide attempts by male aged 25-29 and women
aged 18-24 years (Fig.8.10).

During the first 9 months of 2016 the highest number

of suicides committed are in East Kazakhstan (397), Al-
maty (397) and South-Kazakhstan (293) regions (Fig. 8.11).

In comparison with trends in suicide attempts, sta-

Figure 8.5

Number of people who are registered with

a diagnosis of «alcoholism» ( «D» register) by the

end of 2015 (only among the areas with the highest

rate of disadvantaged families)

Region

Number

East Kazakhstan region

31 741

Pavlodar region

18 660

Karaganda region

21 083

Kostanay region

11 910

Akmola region

14 471

SOURCE: MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE

REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

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Figure 8.7

Information about dysfunctional families registered in the police department for 6 months of 2015-2016

SOURCE: MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

Region

Number of dysfunctional families

Total registered in the police department

+- in %

2015

2016

Astana city

281

283

0,7

Akmola region

1497

1589

6,1

Aktobe region

487

503

3,3

Almaty city

915

917

0,2

Almaty region

982

1064

8,4

Atyrau region

227

234

3,1

East Kazakhstan region

1135

937

-17,4

Zhambyl region

720

696

-3,3

West-Kazakhstan region

218

234

7,3

Karaganda region

1986

1874

-5,6

Kostanay region

1186

1439

21,3

Kyzylorda region

186

-29,5

Mangystau region

234

229

-2,1

Pavlodar region

727

646

-41,1

North Kazakhstan region

684

367

-46,5

South Kazakhstan region

1064

1223

14,9

Baikonur Ministry of Internal Affairs

0,0

The Republic of Kazakhstan

12608

12422

-1,45

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Figure 8.8

Information on the number of suicide attempts by age for 9 months of 2016

Region/

Male

emale

Total

15-17

years

18-24

years

25-29

years

15-17

years

18-24

years

25-29

years

15-29

The Republic of Kazakhstan

397

454

198

584

418

2091

Akmola region

129

Aktobe region

118

Almaty region

Atyrau region

112

WKR

Zhambyl region

Karaganda region

103

112

Kostanay region

106

Kyzylorda region

Mangystau region

SKO

182

Pavlodar region

NKR

EKR

105

116

121

310

Astana city

100

282

Almaty city

174

Total

891

1200

SOURCE: COMMITTEE ON LEGAL STATISTICS AND SPECIAL RECORDS OF THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL OFFICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

tistics on the number of suicides committed by gender
reveals a different picture. If young women are more
likely to commit suicide attempts, then men dominate in
the number of suicides committed with a figure 3 times
higher.

Adolescents commit suicides significantly more often

than children, and very few of them reach their goal. The
frequency of completed suicides by teenagers does not
exceed 1% of all suicidal acts. Suicidal behavior in this
age group often has a demonstrative character, including

- squeezing. Often, only 10% of adolescents have a gen-

uine desire to commit suicide (suicide attempt), in 90%

- this is a cry for help. The role of mental disorders such

as depression increases among teenagers. The signs of
depression include sense of boredom and fatigue, fixing
attention on the details, a tendency to rebellion and dis-
obedience, alcohol and drug abuse.

When studying the ways of suicide committing, we

can notice that the vast majority of minors apply for hang-
ing. In 2015 in Kazakhstan there were 181 such cases out
of 201 or 90%. Regional analysis shows the prevalence of
this way of suicide acts in South Kazakhstan (42), Almaty
(21) East Kazakhstan (19) regions (Fig. 8.14).

According to the Committee on Legal Statistics and

Special Records of the Prosecutor General Office of the
Republic of Kazakhstan, in most cases, factors that pre-
cede suicides among minors are not installed. The known

causes of suicide among adolescents include conflicting
relationships with their parents and relatives, as well as
psychological factors (feeling of loneliness, rejection, etc.)
(Fig.8.15).

Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Re-

public of Kazakhstan approved the Roadmap for suicide
prevention and mental health promotion for 2014-2018,
but it has no mechanism to prevent suicide. At the be-
ginning of 2016 the Ministry of Education and Science of
Kazakhstan and Public Fund «Uless 2020» developed an
alternative program for the prevention of teenage sui-
cide. The new suicides prevention program for the age
group up to 20 years will be aimed at the development
of positive thinking at young people. It is proposed on
an example of successful adults improve value systems
in children. The extent of these measures effectiveness is
an open question.

Based on the above, it is possible to represent a gen-

eral pattern of suicide. According to most scholars, sui-
cidal behavior is the result of social and psychological
maladjustment of personality, occurring either as a result
of negative circumstances, or due to subjective interpre-
tation of life problems by individual as unresolvable (i.e.,
suicide - a reaction to the repeat of a person from the
society and the inability to solve their problems) . Here
the work to prevent further suicide attempts is relevant.

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Figure 8.15 Factors preceding suicides among

minors (under 18 years)

Loneliness

Conflicting relationships with family

not defined

Adverse housing conditions

Conflict with parents

Other

SOURCE: COMMITTEE ON LEGAL STATISTICS AND SPECIAL RECORDS

OF THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL OFFICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF

KAZAKHSTAN

Akmola

Aktobe

Almaty

Atyrau

W-Kazakhstan

Zhambyl

Karaganda

Kostanay

Kyzylorda

Mangystau

S-Kazakhstan

Pavlodar

N-Kazakhstan

E-Kazakhstan

Astana

Almaty

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Figure 8.11

Information on the number of

committed suicides in the Republic of Kazakhstan

SOURCE: COMMITTEE ON LEGAL STATISTICS AND SPECIAL

RECORDS OF THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL OFFICE OF THE REPUBLIC

OF KAZAKHSTAN

Region/RK

Registered

suicides

2014

2015

9 months

of 2016

The Republic of

Kazakhstan

2 957

3 735

3112

Akmola region

162

306

205

Aktobe region

118

109

103

Almaty region

298

368

335

Atyrau region

WKR

114

169

143

Zhambyl region

103

125

Karaganda region

178

333

266

Kostanay region

368

365

273

Kyzylorda region

169

141

136

Mangystau region

106

SKO

158

245

293

Pavlodar region

238

241

176

NKR

227

268

173

EKR

561

595

397

Astana city

106

Almaty city

217

208

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Analysis of crimes committed by young people shows

a decline in the youth crime rate over 9 months of 2016 by
5.4% compared to the same period of 2015. Among the
crimes committed by young people the property-type
crimes are dominant. Thus, out of 39,611 crimes commit-
ted by youth over 9 months of 2016, the venal and violent
type crimes account more than 70% (26,083), these are
theft (16,515), robbery (3,095), fraud (2,435) and robbery
with violence (474). Nevertheless, statistical analysis of
youth crime allow to conclude about the reduce the total
number of crimes committed by youth in the period from

2010 to 2015.

The proportion of juvenile offenders in Kazakh-

stan is 6% of the total youth crimes. The proportion of

14-16-year-old minors out of total persons committed

the crimes is 2.7% (over 9 months of 2016).

According to statistics, a total weight of male juvenile

offenders account for about 85%, the girls - about 9%. In
recent years, the range and the number of crimes com-
mitted by minor and teenager girls is expanding.

According to statistics of the General Prosecutor Of-

fice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, there were 3.112 sui-
cides committed over 9 months.

Among young people aged 15-29 there were 2,091

registered suicide attampts and 764 suicides.

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CONCLUSION

Thus, on the basis of a detailed analysis of the socio-

logical research data, data of official government statistics,
information and analytical materials of the ministries and
departments, youth public associations of the Republic

of Kazakhstan, major organizations and national compa-
nies, content analysis of the media and information from

Internet resources the topical issues in the field of youth
policy have been studied.

As a result of the analysis of the youth situation in the

fields of education and science, employment and entre-

preneurship, law, health and leisure, religious situation,
participation in social and political processes, we can
conclude as follows:

As a result of the analysis of the youth situation in the

fields of education and science, employment and entre-

preneurship, law, health and leisure, religious situation,
participation in social and political processes, we can
conclude as follows:

1. The proportion of youth in the general structure of

the population is 23.2%. The most representative group
by quantity in the structure of youth is 24-28 years old
young people. 2015 is characterized by declining fertili-
ty, since the young people of the early 1990s enters the
reproductive age, when there was a sharp decline in the
birth rate. The proportion of rural young people is below
the percentage of the urban population.

2. Summing up the development of the state youth

policy of Kazakhstan in 2015, we can say about positive
trends. In particular, the Law adopted on February 9, 2015

«On state youth policy» included the legal consolidation

of youth organizations’ status as non-governmental
organizations (Art. 28, p.1), that of the youth resource
centers as the legal entities carrying out information and
methodical, consulting support and support of youth ini-
tiatives, monitoring and analysis of the situation among
young people, the main activities of social services for
youth; introduced new concepts, such as national and
regional forums.

3. The benchmark in the field of youth policy is the ex-

perience of the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD) countries, which includes the

35 most politically and economically developed states,

including most of the EU member-countries. For the suc-
cessful being of young people that integrated approach
is important, the implementation of which is possible by
taking into account multi-level nature of youth policy:
the international, regional and national. It is advisable to
bring together the efforts in relation to youth groups at
the level of states. The active development of youth policy
in the country is due to constant attention and versatile
activities to support the younger generation of support
from the part of the state’s head - President of Kazakhstan
Nursultan Nazarbayev.

4. Youth Health is a priority value at the state lev-

el. And above all, the state seeks to safeguard young
people from socially - significant diseases, such as tu-
berculosis, AIDS, drug addiction, sexually transmitted
infections and others. This group diseases represent
a significant threat to human health, causing enor-
mous damage to society associated with the loss of
time and steady working capacity, the enormous costs
of preventive measures, treatment and rehabilitation,
premature mortality and crime. Young people are the
most vulnerable population group which is quickly
drawn into the epidemic process.

The incidence level of malignant tumors (oncopathol-

ogy) among young people aged 14-28 years for 2015 has
increased twice compared with the previous year. The first
half of 2016 has indicated the dynamics in the number of
the tuberculosis cases reduction among urban and rural
youth aged 21-28 years. Compared with previous year,
there is a general increasing trend in the number of AIDS
cases in all regions except Kostanay region.

The number of young people aged 15-29 who are

registered with mental and behavioral disorders due to
alcohol consumption compared to previous years has
decreased significantly.

The statistical analysis showed that in most regions,

there is a decrease in the number of young people en-
gaged in sports.

Despite the positive trends in the sphere of youth lei-

sure, which is expressed in the growth of opportunities
for self-realization and leisure activities types diversity, in
general, youth socio-cultural situation is characterized
by a loss of creative development priorities and self-de-
velopment in general and displacement of emphasis on
entertainment.

5. Over the past ten years in Kazakhstan, the share of

students educated in secondary schools in the state lan-
guage increased by 7.4%. Access to education in the Re-
public of Kazakhstan is guaranteed for all the population
stratum, including children with disabilities. The network
of educational institutions for orphans and children left
without parental care is declining every year. During 2015
two shelters for minors, 4 orphanages, 1 school, 2 chil-
dren’s homes were closed and 12 family-type children’s
homes were opened in Kazakhstan.

Mean UNT score in the last 5 years has been steadily

increasing: from 70.9 points in 2012 to 81.2 points in 2016.

Number of additional education institutions increased

from 680 in 2013 to 860 in 2015.

The number of technical and vocational education in-

stitutions in Kazakhstan in comparison with the previous
years increase by 12 units or 1.5%.

Distribution of university students by tuition language

shows that 62.7% are taught in the state language, 34.2%

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- in Russian, 3% - in English, the rest - in Chinese, German,

Arabic.

According to the authoritative international rating of

the universities under the QS World University Ranking
system, in 2015-2016 academic year, eight Kazakhstani
universities joined the list of 800 world’s best universities.

In recent years, there is an increase of the young peo-

ple influx in science. The volume of research funding in-
creases.

Analysis of Kazakhstani scientific organizations activity

showed that a priority direction of research and develop-
ment activities is the research in the field of Engineering
and Technology, the share of which in total internal costs
for research and development activities amounted to

42.7%.

There is a significant increase in publication activity

of Kazakhstani scientists in international top-rated pub-

lications.

During the years of existence the «Bolashak» interna-

tional scholarship was awarded to 11,126 Kazakhstanis to
study in the top 200 universities of 33 countries

The educational process of national universities, fo-

cused on specialists training for the country’s industri-
alization, was integrated with a new doctoral students
training program - Split PhD.

6. The youth unemployment rate in the country

amounted to 4.2%, which is lower than the same period
in 2015 by 0.3%. In the quantitative value of the num-
ber of unemployed youth in the second quarter of 2016
amounted to 95.6 thousand people. The employment
and housing issues are paramount for the country’s youth.

It is obvious that Kazakhstan’s youth differs with its ra-
tional attitude to the policy implemented in the country,
primarily interested in the programs and policies that di-
rectly affect their interests

7. Young people are extremely underrepresented in

government. The share of young people as part of the
civil servants is 11.5%. At the same time, out of 10,548
young employees in the government, only 2 people are
represented in the «A» sector. Since 2013 to 2016 the
proportion of young people among civil servants was
reduced more than twice, from 21,946 people - up to

10,546 people.

Young people are actively involved in the implemen-

tation of projects «Zhassyl Yel», «With diploma - to the
village», «Mangilik yel zhastary - industriyagha», «Youth
personnel reserve» aimed at employment growth, social-
ization, professional growth, participation in social and
economic development of the country .

An important factor in the protest potential of young

people is the level of life satisfaction. Most of the young
people surveyed indicated satisfaction with their lives.
Based on the results of sociological research, we can con-

clude that the protest potential of young people is not
a threat of the political system destabilization. However,
it actualized the issue of the youth’s protest behavior cul-
ture formation, the further development of legal mecha-
nisms for the expression of their interests. This will prevent
the protests, which can take destructive forms, and their
resolution - accompanied by shocks for the society.

The main reason for young people’s dissatisfaction is

social and economic challenges such as the rise in prices
for food, fuel, medicines (12.9%), redundancy or termina-
tion of employment (12.2%), delay in payment of wages,
pensions and scholarships (9.7%), increase in tariffs for
public utility services (7.5%), etc.

The number of religious people among the youth, es-

pecially Kazakhs, is growing. 79.6% of young people sur-
veyed have religious beliefs. Over 50% of young people
surveyed feel that religious radicalism and extremism are
major threats to national security.

8. Crime issues are important for any country. In gen-

eral, for the first 9 months of 2016 there is a rise in the
level of youth crime, comparing with the same period of

2015. Among the crimes committed by young people the

property-type crimes are dominant. The proportion of
juvenile offenders in Kazakhstan is 6% of the total youth
crimes However for the period 2010-2015 there is a ten-
dency reducing crime among young people. According
to statistics from the General Prosecutor’s Office of the
Republic of Kazakhstan over 9 months of 2016 young
people of Kazakhstan at the age of 15-29 years commit-
ted 2,091 suicides attempts and 764 suicides. The figures
indicate that the problem of suicide is extremely urgent
and requires the active intervention of the state in its de-
cision.

As a result of the analysis of the youth situation in the

fields of education and science, employment and entre-

preneurship, law, health and leisure, religious situation,
participation in social and political processes, we can con-
clude that today, despite a number of problems in these
areas, there are positive changes compared with the pre-
vious periods, as evidenced not only by state institutions
data, but also data of international organizations and the
comparative figures from the international ratings.

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RECOMMENDATIONS

Based on the findings the following recommenda-

tions were formulated:

The central state bodies shall:

Develop a set of measures to create conditions and

incentives for youth to address their own problems and
to determine the mechanism for young people and
youth organizations participation in the self-represen-
tation and lobbying their interests in government, es-
pecially at the local level and giving them the right of
legislative initiative.

- Consider the possibility to establish alternative so-

cial structures to address youth problems, which will be
able to work in cooperation with the government agen-
cies. According to the foreign experience, such structures
are voluntary youth organizations. According to the for-
eign experience, such structures are voluntary youth or-
ganizations.

- In the formation and implementation of effective

youth policy the focus should be transferred to the level
of local government. Young people should be considered
as a target group in the formation of local self-govern-
ment policy, which needs special support of local exec-
utive authorities. Also, to develop projects that promote
the active involvement of young people in the design and
implementation of youth policy at the local level.

- It is necessary to create conditions for youth organi-

zations (financial, organizational, etc.), to regulate their
activity without application the administrative methods,

but by switching their attention to social projects, search
for solutions to social youth problems.

- It is necessary to develop a complex of measures to

design political and legal culture of youth, building a di-
alogue between young people and public authorities, to
identify problems of youth radicalization, to implement
socialization of youth programs, to develop the legiti-
mate structures and young people interests expression
mechanisms.

Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan

on public service and anti-corruption shall:

- To continue working on youth representation in-

creasing in the civil service bodies.

Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of

Kazakhstan shall:

- Continue to improve the business environment, cre-

ating conditions for the development of youth entrepre-
neurship;

- Develop and implement a system for young people

social inclusion in entrepreneurial activities at the regional
and local levels.

Ministry of Religious

Affairs and civil society shall:

- Continue efforts to strengthen the status of youth or-

ganizations. Raise a question on the establishment of the
National Council of Youth and children’s organizations, to
grant them state support.

- Continue to address the work with the target groups

of young people;

- Work out a mechanism to stimulate young people’s

involvement in community life and the development of
essential skills, particularly among vulnerable groups of
young people, especially NEET category young people;

- Promote the operation of advisory and consultative

bodies - youth councils at all levels local administrations;

- Strengthen, together with the Youth resource centers,

the promotion of these youth structures that are crucial
in the implementation of youth policy. There is a need
in extensive information support about the activities of
these structures by state and non-state (through grants,
public procurement) channels.

- Improve religious literacy of the population, especially

the youth, through the involvement and the revitalization
of the spiritual mentors, the use of Internet technologies,
the media in terms of adequate religious situation cov-
erage in the country;

In order to improve and stabilize the situation with

the spread of extremism and religious terrorism in the
country it is proposed to implement preventive, proac-
tive measures and mandatory formalized procedures:
the introduction of mandatory, not optional classes on
the religions history, both in schools and in professional
and technical education institutions, higher education
institutions; organize the work of advocacy groups from
among the youth volunteers; to use of different formats of
interesting to young people: public, guest lectures, pub-
lic service announcements on television, an increase of
religious and secular literacy through quality teaching of
religious disciplines. (Jointly with the Ministry of Educa-
tion and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan).

Ministry of Health and Social Development
of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall:

- Continue systematic work to promote healthy life-

styles among young people of all ages using various
forms and means of propaganda;

- Strengthen targeted programs to promote youth em-

ployment, expand the coverage of these youth programs;

- Apply and enhance the experience of the Foundation

of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - mo-
bile medical clinics for early detection, diagnosis of cancer
in the remote regions of Kazakhstan;

- Pay attention to the fact that youth health centers

play an important role in prevention and treatment of
socially significant diseases of young people.

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Ministry of Culture and Sports
of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall:

- Work out the mechanism for issuing grants, loans

to non-governmental organizations, business to create
cultural and leisure centers (sports, cultural, etc.), subject
to their availability for the majority of youth in socially-ori-
ented projects;

-Organize Work to counter the spread of extremism

and terrorism through religious assimilation of the Kazakh
national values;

- Organize work to inform young people about the

educational, cultural and moral potential of the religion
institute in the modern world;

- Strengthen the operation of media, in particular,

the active use of social advertising, disclosing potential
threats lurking in the spread of terrorist and extremist
views; the activities of traditional and non-traditional
religious movements; the work of government agen-
cies to combat the spread of religious extremism and
terrorism.

Ministry of Education and Science
of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall:

- Create conceptual and legal framework for the na-

tional multilevel continuous education model, with the
inclusion of non-formal education, adult education (over
a lifetime);

- Organize explanatory works conducted by the public

authorities and non-governmental sector for pupils, stu-
dents and parents to introduce polylinguism reform and
transition to a 12-year school education ;

- To continue working on the organization of technical

and vocational education, to promote networking with
enterprises, to promote the youth internship (national
companies, private large and medium-sized enterprises)
Carry out professional work in the technical and voca-
tional training schools, improve the image of technical
specialties;

- Monitor the demand for professions and graduates

in the context of universities and specializations;

- Continue to promote the funding of academic mobili-

ty programs and to attract foreign researchers, to increase
training of domestic teachers in foreign universities;

- Continue implementation of the inclusive education

principles through the development of mechanisms to
increase the quota for students with special needs; ex-
pansion of the material base in the higher educational
institutions for this category of students; policy and edu-
cational programs change in the universities to meet the
needs of students with special needs;

- Continue working on at universities reform: improve-

ment of the quality management system, monitoring of
data on employment in universities, regular monitoring
of the labor market, taking into account the positive ex-
perience of foreign countries;

- To continue strengthening the leading position of

universities in Kazakhstan education, the expansion of
the Kazakhstan universities presence in the educational
world system; to support and develop the integration of
Kazakhstan higher education into the world educational
system; as well as to enhance the mobility of students,
teachers and researchers.

Local executive bodies shall:

- Strengthen the efficiency of the Council on youth

policy at all levels, increase youth representation therein,
respecting the representation of different categories of
young people, to organize targeted efforts to address
the critical issues of young people (housing, employment
issues, support for young families, and others.);

- Introduce new forms of work with different groups of

young people, taking into account the demands and the
needs of young people;

- Conduct training seminars for teachers of school,

vocational and technical education institutions, institu-
tions of higher education to develop the organizing and
conducting methodology for explanatory conversations
with young people on issues of religious extremism and
terrorism and the problems of youth involvement into
destructive religious organizations;

- Initiate measures to ensure accessibility of physical

culture and sports for youth in sports facilities and struc-
tures;

- Assist the development of national sports in rural

areas, to develop mass sports among the young

National companies
and large industrial enterprises shall:

- Improve the effectiveness of the committees/youth

councils in enterprises to address young workers’ issues;

Youth organizations shall:

- Carry out systematic work to address the specific

problems of different youth groups;

- Continue taking measures aimed at organization of

leisure for different youth groups, including the activities
promoting a healthy lifestyle, sports competitions, hobby
groups (music, dance, literature, language, and so on.) to
integrate young people into society, provide psycholog-
ical and social support to those who need it. Implemen-
tation of measures to promote family life, strengthen the
institution of the family and traditional marriage;

- Conduct dialogue platforms, discussion clubs on var-

ious issues in schools, vocational and technical education
and higher education institutions.

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