About some issues of the development of the city of Alatau
Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated September 26, 2025 No. 1015.
In order to stimulate the sustainable growth of the innovation-oriented economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, attract investments in high-tech industries and form a regional center for business and innovation activity of international importance based on the accumulated potential of the Almaty agglomeration
performance:
1. To give the city of Alatau a special status of a city of advanced development (hereinafter referred to as the special status).
2. The main areas of activity and the content of the special status:
1) the formation of a special institutional environment that ensures accelerated socio-economic development of the city of Alatau through investments in growing and new business sectors and the introduction of innovations in various fields of activity;
2) providing a qualitatively new level of institutional framework for attracting and protecting any private investment in the development of the city of Alatau;
3) the application of leading international approaches and practices in the management of the city of Alatau, including in the context of the functioning of the special economic zone.
3. To establish the Council of the city of Alatau (hereinafter referred to as the Council) in accordance with Annex 1 to this Decree.
The footnote. Paragraph 3 -as amended by Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/08/2026 No. 1352.
3-1. To approve the Regulations on the Council in accordance with Annex 2 to this Decree.
The footnote. The Decree was supplemented by paragraph 3-1 in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/08/2026 No. 1352.
4. Define the following powers of the Council:
1) coordination and approval of documents on attracting investments, developing business activity and innovation in the city of Alatau, as well as other documents related to its special status;
2) making decisions on attracting investments, developing business activity and innovation in the city of Alatau, as well as other issues related to its special status, mandatory for execution by central and local government agencies;
3) resolving other issues arising from this Decree and the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
5. Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan:
1) by November 1, 2025, take measures to:
Approval of the Regulations on the Council;
creation of a legal entity in the form of the state fund "Alatau City Authority" (hereinafter - ASA) with the supreme governing body represented by the Council;
2) determine the purpose of the ACA's activities to ensure the functioning of the city of Alatau within the framework of a special status at the expense of the state budget and private sources, including by:
implementation of successful international experience in urban space management, industrial and special economic zones;
involvement of leading international experts, consultants and highly qualified personnel;
organization of events aimed at promoting the city of Alatau in order to attract investments;
implementation and coordination of all processes and decisions of the Council, central and local government bodies related to the development of the city of Alatau;
3) by December 31, 2025, submit to the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan a draft constitutional law aimed at determining the legal basis for the special status of the city of Alatau, providing for:
features of the organization, structure, implementation of activities and powers of local government bodies in the city of Alatau, including the issuance of legal acts by them in order to test the norms of law and / or innovative projects, solutions, services and technologies;
the specifics of regulating the development, implementation and use of information and communication technologies and the Internet of Things for urban infrastructure and space management (Smart City), taking into account the transition to climate neutrality;
the specifics of regulating the processes of design, urban planning and construction of facilities, as well as the legal mechanisms for investment in these areas by private business entities, including foreign legal entities and individuals;
the specifics of regulating the processes of recognition and application in the territory of the city of Alatau of advanced international and foreign standards, practices, classifiers, technical regulations, certification procedures, technical and technological standards;
peculiarities of regulation of relations in the field of housing relations, migration, labor relations and attraction of foreign labor, including highly qualified;
peculiarities of regulation of relations in the field of public procurement, taking into account the best international practices;
the specifics of regulating the turnover of digital assets and the introduction of digital financial services based on them, including the possibility of paying for goods, works and services using cryptographic channels and regulated stablecoins;
the specifics of regulating the use of tokenization technologies, the functioning of decentralized finance (DeFi) and Internet technologies (Web3);
features of regulation of the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies;
peculiarities of regulation of the development, implementation and use of technological innovations in the field of education, healthcare, biological technologies, production and use of medical equipment;
the specifics of regulating the development, implementation and use of technological innovations in the production of robotic systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, electric aircraft (eVTOL) within the framework of the development of the low-altitude (LAE) and urban air mobility (UAM) industries;
peculiarities of regulation of land relations, relations in the field of use of natural resources and environmental protection;
the specifics of the creation, organization and functioning of a special economic zone in the city, the creative industry and gambling activities;
features of liability regulation;
providing guarantees for the stability of investment conditions, investment protection, and regulation of capital flows;
application of a special tax regime and budgetary relations;
regulation of relations on the coordinated development of the city of Alatau, the Almaty region and the city of Almaty within the framework of the Almaty agglomeration, including in matters of transport and logistics links, municipal and energy infrastructure, migration policy;
other features aimed at achieving the goals of functioning of the city of Alatau in a special status;
4) by September 1, 2026, to work out and make proposals for further improvement of the special legal regime in the city of Alatau by extending the regime of the Astana International Financial Center and other measures that significantly increase the institutional effectiveness of legal protection of investments;
5) take measures to attract investments from a wide range of investors, private and sovereign investment funds to the development of the city of Alatau, including through the conclusion of separate international agreements.
6. By September 1, 2026, the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, together with the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Federation Council, will approve the concept of the functioning of the legal regime of the special status of the city of Alatau, mandatory for central and local government agencies, as well as quasi-public sector entities.
7. In order to strengthen the coordination of the development processes of the city of Alatau in a special status to the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Akim of the Almaty region:
1) take measures to transfer to the ASA the rights of ownership and use of shares in the authorized capital of the limited liability Partnership "Management Company of the Special Economic Zone "Alatau";
2) take measures to ensure coordination with the newly created ASA of planned projects of the special economic zone "Alatau", industrial, innovative, investment projects, public-private partnership projects and construction projects carried out within the city of Alatau, for compliance with strategic and other urban planning documents of the city of Alatau;
3) exclude amendments and additions to the documents of the city of Alatau on attracting investments, developing business activity and innovation, as well as other documents related to its special status, without coordination with the Council and ensure strict compliance with the Council's decisions on all projects for the placement of current and new facilities;
4) by January 1, 2026, identify, together with the newly created ASA, priority infrastructure facilities for construction in key development zones of the city of Alatau for 2025-2026 within the framework of the General Plan of the city of Alatau and provide them with the necessary financing, including through public-private partnership mechanisms and financing of turnkey construction projects, developing and having approved all the necessary documents and solutions for this;
5) take measures for the direct application of modern international building codes, rules and standards for the process of design and construction of priority facilities in the city of Alatau.
8. The Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall ensure supervision over the legality of acts, actions (inaction) of state bodies, institutions, organizations, officials and other authorized persons for the implementation of this Decree and the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the special status of the city of Alatau.
9. The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, central and local executive bodies, as well as state bodies directly subordinate and accountable to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, on all issues related to the development of the city of Alatau, should be guided in their activities by this Decree and take other measures arising from it.
10. Control over the implementation of this Decree is entrusted to the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
11. This Decree shall enter into force from the date of its signing.
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
K. Tokaev
APPENDIX 1 to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated September 26, 2025 No. 1015
Alatau City Council
The footnote. The appendix is in the wording of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/08/2026 No. 1352.
Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Chairman
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Coordinating regional policy issues, Deputy Chairman
Wong Heng Fine, Vice Chairman (by agreement)
Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Akim of Almaty region
Akim of Almaty city
Managing Director of the Astana International Financial Center
Dobbs, Harry William (by appointment)
Zhamishev Bolat Bidakhmetovich (by agreement)
Kim Vyacheslav Konstantinovich (by agreement)
Tskhai, Yuri Andreevich (by agreement)
APPENDIX 2 to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated September 26, 2025 No. 1015
Location of the city of Alatau
The footnote. The Decree was supplemented with Appendix 2 in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/08/2026 No. 1352.
Chapter 1. General provisions
1. The Alatau City Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council) is the permanent supreme collegial governing body of the Alatau City Administration (hereinafter referred to as the administration), headed by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2. In its activities, the Council is guided by the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "on the special legal regime of the city of Alatau" (hereinafter referred to as the Constitutional Law), regulatory legal acts of the administration, the regulations on the administration and these Regulations.
Chapter 2. The Council's task
3. The main objectives of the Council are:
1) identification of strategic directions for the development of the city of Alatau;
2) political, administrative, financial and investment assistance in achieving the goals and objectives of the special legal regime "cities of accelerated development" (hereinafter referred to as the special legal regime);
3) assistance in the organization of public administration of the city of Alatau in accordance with the principles of a special legal regime;
4) provision of public-private financing for the development of the city of Alatau.
Chapter 3. Competence Council
4. To fulfill its tasks, the Council:
1) defines the regulations, the mode of activity, the procedure for managing the administration, the procedure for the formation, reorganization and liquidation of administrative bodies, and other specifics of the exercise by the administration and administrative bodies of property rights, including those transferred to them for possession, use and disposal of state property;
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3) dismiss the akim of the city of Alatau in accordance with the procedure provided for by the Constitutional Law.;
4) determines the composition and structure of the akimat and its state bodies performing certain functions of local government, and their provisions;
5) appoints the Chief Executive Officer of the Administration and his deputies;
6) approves the budget of the administration;
7) approves the design code of the city of Alatau;
8) approves the strategic documents of the city of Alatau;
9) defines the methodology for the development, adjustment and evaluation of the effectiveness of the implementation of strategic documents of the city of Alatau;
10) approves the regulatory legal acts of the administration in the form of regulatory provisions on issues referred by the Constitutional Law to its competence;
11) approves the rules of block budgeting;
12) approves the procedure for the formation, accounting, replenishment and use of reserves of the administration's budget, taking into account the mandatory separate accounting of reserves from other funds of the administration's budget and restrictions on the use of reserves solely for the development of the city of Alatau;
13) delegates individual implementation and (or) control functions and related competencies and powers of the administration;
14) approves the annual report on the development of the city of Alatau, including the annual budget performance report of the administration;
15) establishes, on the proposal of the chairman of the Maslikhat of the city of Alatau, the standards for ensuring the activities of the maslikhat of the city of Alatau, including the amount of expenses, the organization of the maslikhat apparatus and the determination of the number of deputies working on a permanent or exempt basis.;
16) determines the international auditing organization that performs an external audit of the administration's financial statements, the effectiveness of its activities and the use of financial resources under the administration's jurisdiction;
17) makes decisions on the establishment of other administrative bodies of the administration, determining their structure, competence and powers, the establishment of representative offices by the administration, on the establishment, reorganization and liquidation of its non-profit and commercial organizations, as well as representative offices;
18) decides on the participation of the administration in other legal entities or withdrawal from the membership (shareholders) of other legal entities;
19) approves the organizational structure and the staff limit of the administration and administrative bodies on the recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer of the Administration;
20) decides on the administrative-territorial structure in the city of Alatau, including the formation and management of administrative-territorial units in the city of Alatau, their management, establishment and modification of their borders;
21) decides on the determination of the quantitative composition, term of office, election (re-election) of the members of the regulatory commission and early termination of their powers;
22) decides on determining the amount and conditions of remuneration to members of the regulatory commission, as well as compensation to such members for expenses not related to participation in the work of the regulatory commission;
23) decides on the appointment of the chairman of the regulatory commission;
24) decides on the appointment and dismissal of the Secretary of the Council, determining the amount and conditions of remuneration and bonuses;
25) decides on the appointment of employees accountable to the Council, determining the amount and conditions of their remuneration and bonuses;
26) approves regulations on management bodies of the administration;
27) considers other issues stipulated by the Constitutional Law and (or) these Regulations.
Chapter 4. The Legal Council
5. In accordance with its tasks, the Council may, within its competence,:
1) to make decisions binding on central and local state bodies and other state bodies on issues within the competence of the Council, and within the limits established by the Constitutional Law, this Regulation and other regulatory legal acts of the administration;
2) to make decisions on attracting investments, developing business activity and innovation in the city of Alatau, as well as other issues related to its special legal regime;
3) to develop proposals on amendments and additions to the current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as jointly with the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan to participate in their preparation and implementation in order to ensure the functioning of the city of Alatau in a special legal regime;
4) interact with central state and local executive bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other organizations, invite and hear their representatives, request and receive necessary materials, and consult on issues related to the development of the city of Alatau;
5) involve entrepreneurs, scientists, specialists, experts and consultants for consultations on the issues under consideration;
6) create consultative and advisory collegial bodies in the administration and (or) administrative bodies from among foreign and Kazakhstani specialists and experts;
7) approve and coordinate the internal documents of the administration arising from the tasks and functions of the Council;
8) to take into consideration any issue related to the internal activities of the administration, as well as to cancel any decision of the administration's governing bodies on issues related to the internal activities of the administration;
9) exercise other rights in accordance with the Constitutional Law, this Regulation and (or) regulatory legal acts of the administration.
6. In order to promptly resolve issues within the competence of the Council, the Council has the right to delegate to the regulatory commission its powers to approve all or certain regulatory provisions adopted by the administration.
Chapter 5. The Committee
7. The Council has the right to form committees of the Council from among the members of the Council, delegating to these committees some of the Council's powers, including the development and approval of regulatory provisions.
8. The committees of the Council shall consist of members of the Council who possess the necessary professional knowledge, competencies and skills to work in a particular committee.
9. The number of members of the Council's committee must be at least five people, forty percent of whom must be independent.
10. Decisions taken by the Council's committee on matters delegated to it do not require separate approval at a council meeting, are binding and are considered decisions taken by the Council.
The Council committees may not be delegated the powers provided for in sub-paragraphs 2), 3), 5), 13), 14), 17), 19), 21) and 22) of paragraph 4, as well as on other strategic issues and decisions of the Council.
11. The procedure for the formation and operation of the Council's committees, their powers, the number of committees, and the delegated powers of the Council are determined by decisions of the Council and (or) internal documents of the administration approved by the Council.
12. Meetings of the Council's committees are held in the same manner as meetings of the Council, unless otherwise provided by their provisions.
Chapter 6. Members of the Council
13. The Council consists of at least seven members. The number of independent council members must be at least forty percent of the total number of council members.
14. Persons related by marriage or close kinship may not be members of the Council.
15. Independent members of the Council perform their functions on the basis of civil law contracts with the administration.
16. The Council has the right to recommend to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan to prematurely terminate the powers of an independent member of the Council who performs his duties unreliably.
17. The Chairman of the Council is the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
18. The Chairman of the Council or his deputies on the right:
1) to carry out the general management of the Council's activities;
2) preside Over the meetings of The Council;
3) exercise general control over the implementation of the Council's decisions;
4) perform other actions stipulated by these Regulations.
19. The Chairman of the Council has two deputies, one of whom is an independent member of the Council.
In the absence of the Chairman of the Council, his functions are performed by one of his deputies, designated by the Chairman of the Council.
20. The Chairman of the Council and his deputies adhere to the principle of freedom of expression by the members of the Council on the issues under discussion, contribute to finding an agreed solution, reaching consensus by the members of the Council, and making decisions fully consistent with the objectives of the special legal regime.
21. Members of the Council may:
1) initiate a meeting of the Council by sending a written notification to the Chairman of the Council or his deputy, containing the proposed agenda of the meeting of the Council;
2) to make proposals on the agenda of the Council meeting and the procedure for discussing issues when forming the agenda of the Council meeting;
3) participate in the preparation of materials for the meetings of the Council and their draft decisions;
4) request and receive from the administration, central state and local executive bodies, quasi-public sector entities information and materials directly related to the powers of the Council and the development of the city of Alatau;
5) terminate his/her powers prematurely by sending a written statement to the Chairman of the Council or his/her deputy;
6) exercise other rights in accordance with the Constitutional Law, this Regulation and (or) regulatory legal acts of the administration.
22. Independent Board members:
1) promote the city of Alatau and develop relations with foreign investors, technology companies, foreign countries and international organizations in order to attract investments in the development of the city of Alatau;
2) make expert contributions, knowledge, experience and their professional vision when considering issues related to the development of the city of Alatau in order to achieve the goals of the special legal regime, participate in their discussion and make appropriate recommendations and comments.
Independent members of the Board are entitled to receive remuneration for the performance of their functions and compensation for expenses not related to participation in the work of the Board.
23. Members of the Council:
1) to use and allow the use of the administration's property in contradiction with these Regulations, decisions of the Council, as well as for personal purposes;
2) transfer their voting rights to another person, including another member of the Board;
3) to use the restricted access information available to them during the exercise of their powers for personal purposes, as well as to disclose it.
24. Duties of a Council member:
1) participate in meetings of the Council, committees of the Council and other working and expert groups of which they are members;
2) notify the Chairman of the Council and (or) his deputies, the Secretary of the Council, of the inability to participate in the meeting of the Council before the meeting, indicating the reasons for their absence.;
3) provide the Secretary of the Council with the reason for not taking part in the absentee meeting of the Council;
4) contribute to the achievement of the strategic goals of the administration and act in the best interests of the special legal regime, the administration, the city of Alatau and their goals;
5) refrain from actions and prevent situations in which the personal, corporate or departmental interests of the board members may affect the proper performance of their duties as a board member and/or lead to a conflict between their interests (or the interests of persons affiliated with them) and the interests of the administration. In the event of such a conflict of interest, a member of the Council is obliged to immediately inform the Council of its existence in accordance with the rules of the conflict of interest identification and resolution policy approved by the Council.;
6) absence of other obligations in accordance with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, regulations on the administration and (or) internal documents of the administration approved by the Council.
25. Members of the Council in the exercise of their functions:
1) act in the best interests of the development of the city of Alatau in a special legal regime;
2) exclude the occurrence of a conflict of interests of a personal, corporate or departmental nature.
Chapter 7. Organization of Council meetings
26. Meetings of the Council are held at least once every six months of the relevant calendar year by the Chairman of the Council or one of his deputies on his own initiative or on the initiative of a member of the Council.
27. The date and time of the first meeting of the Council, as well as other meetings related to the need for urgent consideration of issues, including in the event of circumstances requiring prompt decision-making, ensuring the continuous operation of the administration, and fulfilling the instructions of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, shall be determined by the Chairman of the Council or his deputy in a shorter time than the time limits set by these regulations.
The Secretary of the Council is appointed at the first meeting of the Council.
In the cases provided for in this paragraph, the agenda of the Council meeting and its materials shall be sent to the members of the Council as soon as they are ready.
28. Meetings of the Council may be held in person, either through the personal participation of council members in the meeting, or their participation in the meeting via audio and video conferencing.
29. Meetings of the Council may be held in absentia by way of consideration by the members of the Council of the submitted agenda items and voting on them.
The time limit for absentee voting must not be less than 10 (ten) hours and exceed 2 (two) business days from the date of distribution of materials and the voting agenda. The members of the Council shall send the voting results to the Secretary of the Council on paper and/or by e-mail for each item on the agenda within the time period specified by the Secretary of the Council when sending out the agenda items.
If the answer is rejected within the specified period, the member of the Council is considered to have abstained from voting.
30. When a council meeting is convened, the form, date, place and time of the council meeting are determined.
The Secretary of the Council notifies all members of the Council by e-mail, on purpose or in any other way confirming receipt of the notification, with the attachment of the prepared agenda and other necessary materials, and information on issues included in the agenda of the previous meeting of the Council.
31. The date and time of the Council meeting shall be determined no later than two (2) weeks before the meeting, unless otherwise provided by these Regulations.
32. All members of the Council must be notified in advance by the Secretary of the Council about changes in the form, place, date or time of the council meeting.
Notification of changes in the place, date or time of the council meeting is sent to the members of the Council in any form that guarantees receipt of the notification by the member of the Council.
33. The members of the Council may include additional issues to be considered on the agenda within 1 (one) business day after receiving the notification of the Council meeting.
34. The final agenda of the council meeting is drawn up by the Secretary of the Council, coordinated with the Chairman (Deputy Chairman) and is subject to distribution along with the necessary materials to the members of the Council no later than 1 (one) week before the day of its meeting, unless otherwise provided by these Regulations.
35. The meeting of the Council is chaired by the Chairman of the Council, and if the meeting is convened by the Deputy Chairman, by the corresponding deputy.
In the absence of the Chairman of the Council at the meeting, one of his deputies, appointed by the Chairman of the Council, shall preside.
36. The Council's decision is formalized by a protocol, which is signed by the chairman of the Council meeting and prepared by the secretary.
The decision of the Council is made by voting of the members of the Council present at the in-person meeting.
In the case of an absentee meeting of the Council, the secretary shall take into account the results of the absentee voting when preparing the minutes.
37. Meetings of the Council, held both in person and in absentia, are valid with the participation of at least two thirds of the total number of Council members.
In the absence of a quorum, the Chairman of the Council or his deputy shall announce the postponement of the meeting and determine a new date for its holding.
38. The decisions of the Council are made by a simple majority of the votes of the Council members present. In case of equality of votes, the chairman's vote is decisive.
39. Members of the Council participate in meetings in person and without the right of delegation.
40. The members of the Board participating in the meeting, when considering the issue on the agenda of the meeting, are required to declare the existence of a conflict of interest of a personal, corporate or departmental nature.
In the event of such a conflict, it is subject to resolution in accordance with the rules of the conflict of interest identification and resolution policy approved by the Council.
Chapter 8. Provision of Council meetings, Secretary of the Council
41. Logistical support for council meetings, including the necessary location, and covering the costs of flights and accommodation for independent council members in the event of an in-person meeting are carried out at the expense of the administration.
42. The Secretary is not a member of the Council.
43. Secretarial Council:
1) organizes meetings of the Council and committees of the Council;
2) collects the submitted materials on the issues on the agenda of the Council and the committees of the Council;
3) notify the members of the Council and the committees of the Council of the agenda, date, time and place of the meeting of the Council and the committees of the Council and provide them with the necessary materials in a timely manner;
4) keeps minutes of meetings of the Council and committees of the Council, ensures storage of minutes, materials of meetings of the Council and committees of the Council;
5) formulates the draft and final agenda of the Council meeting;
6) brings to the attention of responsible and interested persons information about the decisions taken by the Council or the Committee of the Council;
7) form extracts from the minutes of meetings and decisions of the Council and the committees of the Council;
8) sends to the central state and local executive bodies, as well as other organizations, requests from the Council and its members for the provision of information and materials necessary to fulfill the tasks of the Council;
9) monitors the implementation of the Council's decisions and informs the Council members about their results based on the results of the half-year;
10) provide newly appointed members of the Council with information and internal documents of the administration necessary for the exercise of their powers;
11) performs other functions in accordance with the regulations on the administration and (or) internal documents of the administration.
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