The Public Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan: the present state and future prospects

Abstract

An overview of the current state of the activities of the republican and regional public councils of
Kazakhstan is presented. The activities of the public council functioning under the central state bodies and local
executive bodies, where it was revealed that there are many problems in the field of decision-making in the public
administration. The analysis of the world experience in decision-making with the participation of public councils
shows that they have only two types of solutions. Also, this article is noted that awareness of citizens about sociopolitical
processes in general, as well as the functioning of feedback mechanisms is one of the main components of the political trust of citizens to the current policy in the country. Moreover, this article is offered perspective direction
of activity of public councils in the process of taking management decisions of state bodies of the Republic of
Kazakhstan.