SOCIAL PROTECTION AND INCLUSION IN KAZAKHSTAN 22 June 2016, Almaty

REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN Territory km² The 9th country in the World Population, mln.ppl.17.7 Economically active population, mln.ppl Number of pension recipients and state social allowance, mln.ppl. 2.7 Unemployment rate,% May 20164,9% Youth unemployment rate (age of years), % 4,6% Proportion of population with incomes below the subsistence minimum, Q (Subsistence minimum as of April 2016 is 20,527 KZT) 2,5% Proportion of population with income below the food basket, Q ,1% Proportion of persons with disabilities in the total population 3,6% Kazakhstan has achieved the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations until 2015 to reduce poverty by half, ensuring universal primary education, eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education. The Concept of Social Development of The Republic of Kazakhstan till 2030 KZ

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYER Compulsory professional pension contributions, compulsory employer pension contributions (will be introduced from 1 January 2018), social contributions to the social security system for social payments upon the occurrence of a social risk of loss of income due to disability, survivorship or loss of work, maternity leave, childcare Social Protection System of Kazakhstan ACHIEVEMENTS MILTILEVEL SYSTEM OF SOCIAL SECURITY Basic social benefits: basic and PAYG pensions, state benefits, lump sum state benefits EMPLOYEE mandatory pension contributions to pension funds, for retirement benefits MAIN BENEFICIARIES Seniors Persons with disabilities Families who lost supporter (breadwinner) Unemployed population Families with children (including large families) Needy families Persons in difficult life situation (including homeless, victims of domestic violence, etc.) Social SecuritySocial insurance Social assistance/sup port Active measures to promote employment MAIN FORMS OF SOCIAL PROTECTION In Kazakhstan, for the past 17 years, the unemployment rate decreased by 2.7 times From 1999 to 2015, expenditures from the state budget for the payment of state social benefits increased by 6.9 times - from 25.8 to billion tenge. For 17 years, the average size of the PAYG pensions in Kazakhstan increased by 9.4 times. The expenses for pension payments over the period increased by almost 9.3 times - from 99.1 billion tenge in 1999 to billion tenge in Over the past 8 years, the expenses of the State Social Insurance Fund for social payments for childcare until the age of one year increased by 4.6 times. Number of population with incomes below the subsistence minimum decreased by 12.5 times in 2013 compared with 1998 During the years of Independence of Kazakhstan the number of poor people with incomes below the poverty line (the number of subsistence allowance recipients at year is 38.2 thousand people) reduced by more than 20 times

State programmes Development strategy “Kazakhstan 2050” Conception of Social Development 2030 Social Modernization Plan until Employment Map 100 steps National Action Plan Strategic plan of the Ministry of Health and Social Development Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities

UNDP’s technical assistance and practical interventions: The National Action for Guidelines for certification of infrastructure Standards for special social services Standard for working place for people with disabilities Support in development of Law Recommendations and calculations to the rules of the subsistence minimum estimation, etc.

PROJECT RESULTS 12 researches were conducted. Over 50 recommendations on the rights of Persons with Disabilities and persons in difficult life situations were produced About 500 specialists of social protection and medical and social expertise increased knowledge 3 grant project in social sphere was realized. 135 persons with disabilities and their families were the beneficiaries The participation of more than 20 public associations of persons with disabilities in decision-making process on protection of the rights of persons with disabilities, including Coordination Council on social protection of PWD under the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan Interactive map of the availability of social infrastructure was developed (

SP in the context of SDG Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life- long learning opportunities for all Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Social aspect in different projects people with disabilities, people in difficult life situation, elderly and women Governance and Local Development Unit (Social Protection project, 3 Regional Joint Programmes, Gender project) Energy and Environment Unit (Green Economy Project, Lightening project, etc.)

Achievements Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in February 2015 A number of recommendations on draft laws in the field of development A series of innovative projects for transformational change etc.

Support from IRH Experience sharing, Best practices from Europe and CIS, Roster/pool of experts in social protection and inclusion area

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