Science and Technology in Kazakhstan: Current Status and Future Prospects (2007)

Development of a unified system of evaluation (peer review) of quality and impact of research programs; valuation and development of the disciplines; and development of recommendations on improving the research system;

Development of effective management of the operational environment of research; ensuring the diversity of scientific research;

Promotion of international cooperation as well as cooperation among research funding agencies to improve quality standards of scientific research; concentration and strategic distribution of resources (open competition for talented researchers, etc.);

Development and introduction of principles and measures for assurance of quality;

Development and introduction of science development indicators; promoting researcher mobility;

Determination and development of measures for promoting research fields of national importance;

Development of proposals and recommendations for a system of effective and results-aimed research programs; analyses of fields of science and factors concerning the entire research system;

Introduction and implementation of systematic researcher training programs;

Development of proposals and plans for scientific research activity;

Identification and introduction of methods and approaches for increasing the relevance of scientific research programs (regional, society, economic, technology, culture, environment);

Determination of main priorities of high-level basic research to generate new knowledge;

Measures and recommendations to promote open competition in R&D funding;

Recommendations on diversification of scientific information infrastructure (modernization of information services, networks of scientific and technical libraries);

Recommendations on elimination of obstacles to the transfer of knowledge and technology;

Development and introduction of a human resources management system in science;

Identification and evaluation of unique scientific capabilities and infrastructures that are in short supply regionally or globally; and

Recommendations on how development assistance can best be sustained in the science sector so that Kazakhstan can benefit.