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EXPERT OPINION
for the market. Our plan is to continue
developing our employees. We plan
to bring all our global experience to
Central Asia. My personal opinion
is that knowledge and information
should be shared. If knowledge is not
transferred, then it ceases to exist. The
more people get information about
innovations, global trends, know where
to go, then it all together will help create
an excellent platform for the formation
of the right knowledge ecosystem in
the Republic of Kazakhstan.
You are on the board of directors
of EUROBAK and supervise the
newly created Digital Committee.
Tell us, please, what goals does the
committee set for itself?
I was very happy to join the Board of
Directors of EUROBAK and thankful
to everyone who supported me. I
understand that this position at the
moment requires me to allocate time,
share experiences and knowledge. In my
opinion, we now have to form the right
agenda for the association. Let's look at
Kazakhstan? What are they constantly
talking about and what affects us all on
a global scale? We see that on a global
scale, all governments and companies
are subject to a trend of digitalisation
or in English digitalisation. This trend
assumes that companies are fully
digitizing their activities and introducing
advanced information technologies
to make strategic decisions in order
to streamline business processes and
develop advanced competitive products
and services that are in demand in the
future. Therefore, the introduction of
digital space, or now they say digital
economy, is a trend that is developing
very actively. The topic itself is very
extensive.
Today EUROBAK has more than 150
companies with a long, long history of
development. There are companies that
are over 100 years old. These companies
went through everything: the industrial
revolution, various financial crises,
and they are successful. I am sure that
such companies have something to
recommend to Kazakhstan. They are
interested in the development of a
proper ecosystem, they can offer their
services and goods, and Kazakhstan
can correctly incorporate them, which
is a win-win for everyone.
improve the digital ecosystem, giving
correct recommendations both at the
state level and at the level of various
local companies.
1. We will share lessons learned and
shape priorities, focusing on the right
implementation mechanisms. 3. We will actively invest in training and
development of personnel. We see that
a proper ecosystem is being formed of
young professionals who are currently
studying at universities. Some of them
are already working, and we want to
direct these resources immediately
in the right direction. Accordingly, we
will interact with both organizations
and universities in the development
of various training programmes. For
example, one of our active members
of this committee is SAP. They are
already mentors for various start-up
projects and at the same time they
conduct training seminars for students
of various universities. The same can
be said about KPMG. Today, we are
represented in each top university of
Kazakhstan as a digital ambassador
who talks about the main trends,
advising how you can position yourself
in the digital arena, and what efforts
you need to make in order to become a
sought-after specialist, not only today,
but tomorrow.
2. We will look at trends that affect
Kazakhstan and the problems that
exist in the region. We will try to What projects are being imple-
mented in the field of cybersecuri-
ty, human capital development, and
Accordingly, an agenda is formed
from all this in order for this flow of
knowledge to go in the right direction
to Kazakhstan, both to the government
and to the companies. If you look at
the Digital Kazakhstan programme,
then it affects almost all areas: from
the ecosystem to the human capital.
The main goal of the committee is
to help shape the right agenda. We
in EUROBAK see that we are obliged
to form a digital committee with the
participation of active companies in
the composition and we plan to achieve
the following goals:
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