Astana to host int'l conference on human capital
ASTANA. February 12. KAZINFORM An international scientific conference "Human capital: state and growth prospects" will kick off at the Gumilyov Eurasian National University on February 22.
The event is organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan in association with the Committee for Socio-Cultural Development under the Kazakh Parliament, the Fund of the First President and the Eurasian National University.
The conference aims to analyze and discuss the factors that affect the human capital development: from education and science, healthcare and environment to labor market and social and cultural factors.
Among high dignitaries of the conference will be Vice Prime Minister Kairat Kelimbetov, Chairperson of the Committee for Socio-Cultural Development under the Kazakh Parliament Dariga Nazarbayeva, Minister of Environmental Protection N. Kapparov, Minister of Labor and Social Protection S. Abdenov, Dr Siddharth Saxena of the University of Cambridge and many others.