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NOGAYEV AND KULIBAYEV MET WITH BUSINESSMEN

Chairman of the Presidium of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Atameken" Timur Kulibayev and Akim of Atyrau region Nurlan Nogayev held an extended meeting with the participation of local businessmen.

During the meeting, various issues of the development of the regional economy were considered. Including training, an increase in Kazakhstani content in large oil and gas projects.

The meeting was held in celebration of the 120th anniversary of the domestic oil industry.

«Indeed, the holiday is very good. You all know, for me Atyrau is my hometown. Here my father worked, headed the region for five years. Since the year 1997, I myself have been inextricably linked with the region, with the oil and gas industry, with other sectors of the economy. And, of course, it is a great honor for me to participate in the celebration of the 120th anniversary of oil here in Atyrau. Now let’s go to the meeting agenda», - Timur Kulibayev said.

The Director of the Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Atyrau Region Abdolla Idresov spoke about the development of regional business. Including he focused on problematic issues.

«Screening and subsequent certification of manufacturing enterprises showed that there are 1,128 enterprises in the manufacturing sector in the region. The workload of machine-building enterprises is 20%. The share in procurement is 5%. As a result, enterprises do not grow, their product line does not expand, their turnovers and competencies do not grow», - Idresov said.

One of the reasons is the difficulty of access to participation of entrepreneurs in state and quasi-purchases, as well as the lack of compliance of local manufacturers with pre-qualification in large companies with foreign participation. Due to the low workload, the share of engineering in the manufacturing industry is 6% (584 billion tenge), and the share in processing is only 0.5% (for 2018 34.9 billion tenge). The regional branch of the Chamber of Entrepreneurs believes that the pre-qualification selection of extractive companies with foreign participation has not become an instrument of "local enterprise growth". It is necessary to create a competence center with training for local companies in the region.

Timur Kulibayev expressed his opinion as well.

«Government agencies and the quasi-sector purchase homogeneous products. And, unfortunately, such statistics that even despite the law on public procurement, they bypass it. 75% of public procurement comes from a single source. We observe an excess of prices in contrast to the tender procedures, when there are various suppliers, it reaches 30%. We agreed with the anti-corruption agency that, where we see purchases that occur beyond the acceptable price limits, respond. This system will automatically issue such information. This will be a signal for the anti-corruption department to pay attention. I think this will increase transparency. And I am convinced that this will allow our domestic producers to participate in long-term contracts. Thanks to such contracts, it is possible to modernize production and create competitive products. It is clear that they require quality from our subsoil users and product prices. And this can be achieved, including through long-term contracts. On this we together with you will work the regional chamber at our level. You have a lot of work here. State purchases of the budget in the region over 200 billion tenge. Subsoil users also have large volumes of purchases. Therefore, we have a very large amount of work here”, - T. Kulibayev noted.

Akim of the region Nurlan Nogayev thanked the participants for a detailed discussion of important issues in the development of regional entrepreneurship. He also drew attention to the issues of interaction between authorities and business.

«Taking this opportunity, I wanted to draw attention to one question. The head of state announced the support of business entities. And while Kassym-Jomart Kemelovich clearly indicated that the authorities are paying attention to the decency and cleanliness of entrepreneurs. We also have problems in the region. Business should grow, but not at the expense of people's health and life. And they should not bother surrounding people. In our country, one entrepreneur received land with the intention of creating a parking lot, and organized a summer cafe. Residents of nearby houses complained that until 4-5 in the morning they could not fall asleep due to noise. This is a certain discomfort. And when my colleagues went to find out, the entrepreneur wrote to the Agency for Civil Service Affairs, after which they made a decision on disciplinary action. The question is for what? As the local executive body responsible for stability, public silence, we must be responsible for this. As a result, there was a discredit of civil servants. Therefore, I ask businessmen to be understanding and not to submit information only in the form that is beneficial to them. Every businessman wants to make a profit, but public safety is important. This must be taken into account», - Nurlan Nogayev emphasized.


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