Bishkek (AsiaNews) – In recent days, the President of the Kurultaj of Kazakhstan, Ajbek Dadebaj, proposed at the 15th plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Turanian States (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey), held in Bishkek, that a model digital code be developed within the Assembly. According to him, the document will enable the formulation of common conceptual, terminological and methodological foundations for digital law, as well as the establishment of mechanisms for cooperation between the Turanian states.
Dadebaj stated that the Kurultaj’s deputies are ready to collaborate with their colleagues from other countries to develop a code, and also highlighted President Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev’s initiatives to create a network of IT hubs across the Turanian states, and an artificial intelligence centre based on Alem.AI in Astana. The Kazakh delegation called for support for initiatives aimed at establishing a Digital Monitoring Centre to develop logistical capacity, a Digital Innovation Centre to promote new technologies and general digital solutions, and the creation of a Cyber Security Council.
As Dadebaj stated, the Cyber Security Council will enable us to jointly identify vulnerabilities in the digital sphere and prevent threats to the infrastructure of the Turanian states. In his speech, the President of the Kurultaj also spoke about the development of digitalisation in Kazakhstan, noting that 2026 has been declared the Year of Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence in the country. The Digital Code and the Artificial Intelligence Act have come into force, and the strategy for Digital Kazakhstan has been approved.
A standing committee on digitalisation issues has been established within the Kurultaj of Kazakhstan, and work is also underway to implement the e-Quryltai system, which will bring together the parliament’s legislative and other working processes within a single digital environment. Dadebaj stated that two supercomputers were launched in Kazakhstan last year, both of which have been included in the TOP500 global ranking; currently, over 90 per cent of public services in the country are provided online.
He also spoke about the training of specialists in the field of artificial intelligence; in particular, the Qazaq AI Research University has opened in Astana. According to Dadebaj, the President of Kazakhstan had previously expressed his willingness to allocate special grants for the education of citizens from Turanian states at this university.
Furthermore, the head of the Kurultaj focused on the development of the IT sector: by the end of 2025, exports of Kazakh IT services had exceeded one billion dollars. By 2029, the country intends to increase this figure to two billion dollars and create at least three ‘unicorn’ companies (start-ups valued at one billion dollars or more).
