00:00The end of the year of working, it was not the end of the year of working professions.
00:04It was a start, a signal that our future economies will be required for the technical professions.
00:23Kazakhstan is wrapping up a year dedicated to working professions.
00:26The theme for 2025 was officially declared by President Qasim Jumar Tokaev in his State of the Nation Address in September 2024.
00:34This placed labor skills at the center of national policy.
01:01With nearly a third of the population under the age of 15 and ambitions to accelerate GDP growth, the focus is shifting toward developing a new generation of workers.
01:11Kazakhstan aims to foster a new labor culture, promoting respect for working professions among young people, strengthening professional dynasties and boosting productivity across the economy.
01:22Blue-collar workers remain essential to an expert-driven economy built on oil, gas, metals and agriculture.
01:28As production capacity expands, the National Workforce Development Center forecasts a 12% labor shortfall by 2030, particularly in technical and service occupations.
01:38These shortages could push wages higher, making skilled trades increasingly appealing to young people.
01:44The government aims to raise the status of working professions among young people through education reforms.
02:08It is also providing housing support for blue-collar workers and organizing nationwide skills competitions, career forums and professional festivals.
02:16One of the flagship multi-tier competitions is Yengbeak-Zhola, or the Labor Path, an annual contest recognizing labor dynasties, young professionals and mentors.
02:35In 2025, winners in the best labor dynasties represented a combined 3,934 years of work experience, with many families working in the same profession across generations.
02:47The majority of our dynasties are more than 400 years old than our dynasties.
02:51The dynasties started with our father, Dherbys.
02:54My father, Dherbys Anwar, went by my father, Dherbys Anwar.
02:58My father, went by my father, and I went by my father, and then I went by my father, and then I went by my car.
03:04Kazakhstan is shifting its technical and vocational education system to a dual learning model, combining classroom study with on-the-job training.
03:12More than 100,000 students are now training at 18,000 enterprises.
03:16Over 4,000 companies partner with more than 600 colleges, offering internships, mentorship and equipment upgrades.
03:23These reforms are also paired with employment guarantees for graduates.
03:26In almost all regions, there are social committees, federations.
03:30We are very closely talking to them.
03:33We are covering almost 60% of the economy.
03:36Our partners, the Social Minister of the Labor and Social Security, are also discussing many important questions for the three sides.
03:44Now, this platform is used in the last time, for us, in the last time, for us to do not have any conflicts.
03:51Like, the labor laws, these disasters and so on.
03:54At the same time, Kazakhstan is opening its vocational education system to international standards.
03:59More than 60 colleges now partner with institutions in 30 countries.
04:03Foreign management expertise is being introduced.
04:05Academic mobility is expanding.
04:07And nine technical and vocational colleges have now secured international accreditation.
04:12Kazakhstan, WorldSkills, has become a foundation for monitoring the national system of qualifications.
04:16And every year, in the field of WorldSkills, there are regional championships in Kazakhstan,
04:21Republican championships in Kazakhstan, and Kazakhstan will participate in international championships in WorldSkills.
04:28Well, for today, for 10 years, we have certain achievements, and silver, and gold.
04:34That is, on the international level, we will show our professionalism.
04:36By raising the prestige of labor and working professions, Kazakhstan is steering its growing youth population into skilled jobs
04:44that underpin its export-driven economy.
04:47By upgrading training and aligning it with international standards,
04:50the government hopes to close workforce gaps and prepare a new generation of skilled workers.
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