Problems in the field of veterinary medicine and personnel training were discussed by members of the Senate Committee on Agrarian Affairs, Nature Management and Rural Development during a meeting with the senior officials of the Ministry of Agriculture. In point of fact, the case touched on the quality of veterinary physicians’ training, their low salaries and the material and technical equipping of veterinary stations.
Investment preferences will be received by entrepreneurs who will build facilities in priority tourist areas. These are special zones that have special development potential and are included in the list of objects of the republican level of the tourist map. The innovation is spelled out in the Law “On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Tourism Activities” adopted today by the senators.
The Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament Maulen Ashimbayev met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Kazakhstan Tatsuhiko Kasai.
Senators discussed the bill “On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on Cooperation in the field of Migration”. As part of this Agreement, the parties intend to strengthen bilateral cooperation on migration.
The bill “On Making Amendments and Additions to Some Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Tourism Activity” was discussed today in the Senate.
Today, the Senate discussed the course of the formation of an inclusive public environment in the country. A meeting dedicated to the protection of the rights of people with special needs was held under the chairmanship of Speaker of the House Maulen Ashimbayev. It was attended by senators, Minister of Labor and Social Protection Serik Shapkenov, as well as representatives of a number of organizations involved with the problems of this category of people.
A meeting of the Senate Bureau was held under the chairmanship of Speaker Maulen Ashimbayev where the deputies discussed the agenda of the forthcoming session of the Senate that will take place on 8 April 2021.
Kazakhstan should establish and approve a legal framework for border policy. This opinion was expressed today at the round-table meeting by Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed. The meeting titled “Border Policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Current State and Prospects of the Normative Legal Regulation” was held today in the Senate. It was attended by representatives of law enforcement, central government and local executive bodies.
Kazakh jewelry exports to the territory of the EAEU will now become easier. Today, senators adopted the Law to cancel the additional hallmark for items made of precious metals and gemstones. In other words, jewelry with a Kazakhstani hallmark can now be sold in all countries of the economic union without re-testing.
Parliamentary hearings were held in the Senate today on the “Promotion of national values in the era of globalization - the basis of comprehensive modernization”.
The Senate Finance and Budget Committee held an extended meeting to discuss the draft law “On the ratification of the Agreement on the specifics of operations with precious metals and stones within the Eurasian Economic Union”.
Affordable housing for the population is always a relevant issue in Kazakhstan. That is why members of the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget held a meeting on the development of Kazakhstan’s housing policy with concerned government agencies and representatives of Otbasy Bank.
Today, a meeting of the Club of Young Experts under the Senate was held under the chairmanship of Speaker Maulen Ashimbayev. The main topic of the fourth meeting was environmental issues, rational use of natural resources and sustainable development. The opinions of young experts, together with the senators, were heard by the Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Magzum Mirzagaliyev.
