Sep 26, 2025
In order to stimulate the sustainable
growth of the innovation-oriented economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan,
attract investments in high-tech industries and form a regional center for
business and innovation activity of international importance based on the
accumulated potential of the Almaty agglomeration, DECREE:
1. To assign the city of Alatau a
special status of a city of advanced development (hereinafter referred to as
the special status).
2. To determine the main direction and
content of the special status:
1. formation of a special institutional
environment that ensures accelerated socio-economic development of the city of
Alatau through investments in growing and new business sectors and the
introduction of innovations in various fields of activity;
2. providing a high-quality of new level
of institutional framework for attracting and protecting any private investment
in the development of the city of Alatau;
3. the application of leading
international approaches and practices in the management of the city of Alatau,
including in the context of the functioning of the special economic zone.
3. To establish the Council for the
development of the Alatau city (hereinafter referred to as the Council) in
accordance with the annex to this Decree.
4. To define the following powers of the
Council:
1. coordination and approval of
documents on attracting investments, developing business activity and
innovation in the Alatau city, as well as other documents related to its
special status;
2. making decisions on attracting
investments, developing business activity and innovation in the Alatau city, as
well as other issues related to its special status, which are mandatory for
central and local government agencies;
3. resolution of other issues arising
from this Decree and the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Link to the decree: О некоторых вопросах развития города
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