REGULATIONS on the Investment Attraction Department of the Tourism and Investment Department of East Kazakhstan Region

1. General Provisions

1. The Investment Attraction Department (hereinafter referred to as the Department) is a structural unit of the Tourism and Investment Department of East Kazakhstan Region.

2. In its activities, the Department shall be guided by the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, laws, acts of the President and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other regulatory legal acts, as well as these Regulations.

3. In accordance with the organizational structure and staffing schedule of the Tourism and Investment Department, the Department consists of:

1. Head of Department – 1 position;

2. Chief Specialists – 5 positions.

2. Main Objectives, Functions, Rights and Responsibilities of the Department

4. Within the scope of its competence and in accordance with the procedure established by law, the Department shall perform the following functions:

1. formation of the regional investment project pool covering all sectors of the regional economy, comprising projects with a value of less than 150,000 times the monthly calculation index, in accordance with the approved criteria;

2. development of the region's investment programme to attract investors, taking into account the needs of the region;

3. organization of the activities of the Regional Investment Headquarters, ensuring the consideration of and decision-making on problematic issues related to investment projects in the region;

4. ensuring the submission to the authorized state body, through the National Digital Investment Platform, of information on potential and ongoing investment projects within the scope of its competence;

5. ensuring, within the scope of its competence, support for investment projects included in the regional investment project pool on a "one-stop-shop" basis, in cooperation with relevant institutions;

6. ensuring the initiation of the process of including investment projects in the national investment project pool within the scope of its competence;

7. ensuring support for investment projects, including preparation of project passports, development of roadmaps, cooperation with government bodies and other organizations to provide services to investors, as well as management of projects included in the "green corridor", within the scope of its competence;

8. ensuring the submission to the authorized investment body of information on investors and their investment projects, as well as integration of information systems with the investor register on the National Digital Investment Platform;

9. promoting a favourable investment image of East Kazakhstan Region;

10. facilitating the implementation of official agreements reached following negotiations with investors;

11. compilation and updating of information on investment projects on the National Digital Investment Platform (NDIP);

12. participation in investment-related events organized by the National Company and its regional representatives and offices, including events held in foreign countries;

13. preparation of project passports in the information system of the National Digital Investment Platform (NDIP), following which the investment project shall be automatically included in the regional investment project pool;

14. organization of activities to remove investment projects from the regional and national investment project pools, subject to a positive decision of the Regional Investment Headquarters;

15. initiation of the process of including investment projects in the national and regional investment project pools;

16. organization of the activities of the Regional Coordination Council for Investment Attraction;

17. creation of favourable conditions for the development of the investment climate in the region;

18. exercise of other rights provided for by legislative acts, acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

19. performance of other functions stipulated by the Regulations on the Tourism and Investment Department;

20. development of proposals for improving legislation in the relevant field;

21. participation in the development of draft resolutions of the Akimat, decisions and orders of the Akim of the Region on investment attraction matters, as well as organization of the preparation of issues within the Department's remit for consideration at meetings of the Akimat.

5. Rights and Responsibilities

To fulfil its objectives and perform the assigned functions, the Department shall have the right, in accordance with the procedure established by law, to:

1. request and obtain from district (city) akimats, budget programme administrators, legal entities and individuals information necessary to perform the tasks and functions assigned to the Department;

2. develop and submit to the management proposals on matters falling within the Department's competence;

3. exercise other rights provided for by the legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The Department shall be responsible for:

1. compliance with the requirements of anti-corruption legislation, civil service legislation and public procurement legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2. timely and proper performance of the functions assigned to the Department and instructions issued by the management of the Tourism and Investment Department and the Regional Akimat;

3. timely and proper consideration of applications from individuals and legal entities and preparation of responses on matters falling within the Department's competence;

4. compliance with information security requirements.

3. Organization of the Department's Activities

6. The structural unit shall have the rights and responsibilities necessary to perform its tasks in accordance with legislative acts, acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

7. The structural unit of the state body shall be headed by the Head of Department, who shall be appointed to and dismissed from office in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

8. The Head of the Department of the state body shall exercise overall management of the structural unit's activities and bear personal responsibility for the fulfilment of the assigned tasks and the exercise of its powers.

9. The Head of Department shall submit proposals to the management of the state body regarding the organizational structure and staffing of the structural unit.

10. The Head of Department shall manage and organize the work of the Department and bear personal responsibility for the fulfilment of its assigned tasks and functions. Within the scope of their competence, the Head of Department shall organize the work of the Department's specialists, ensure proper working conditions and compliance with labour and service discipline within the Department, analyse the Department's activities, prepare proposals for their improvement, and submit proposals regarding incentives and disciplinary measures for the Department's employees.