Opinions

How Kazakhstan is Expanding Dialogue Between State and Society

By Gulnur Makulbayeva on 19 December 2025

Kazakhstan has been strengthening state–society consultation over the past decade through a broad range of institutional and digital mechanisms. Efforts to enhance participatory governance include the establishment of public councils, the public chamber, the national consultative-advisory body Ulttyq Qurultay, open dialogue platforms, and more recent tools such as e-Otinish,...