Kazakh President welcomes participants to V Civil Forum
14:00, 7 October 2011
TANA. October 7. KAZINFORM /Askar Bimendin/ At the beginning of the V Civil Forum dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan's independence Secretary of State Kanat Saudabayev delivered a welcome address by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
It is important that the forum is held in the year of the 20th anniversary of independence of Kazakhstan. After gaining independence and democratization of society our country got broad opportunities for civic engagement, implementation of public initiatives and NGO's development. Today, one of the undoubted achievements of the country is a developed non-governmental sector, which is a school of good citizenship for thousands of Kazakhs and reliable partner of the state in developing and implementing key strategic programs," the President's address reads.
Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed confidence that the V Civil Forum would add new impulse to NGO's development.