MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION IN THE MODERN KAZAKHSTAN: DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Kazakhstan’s economy has expanded rapidly over the last decade, posting one of the fastest paces of growth in the region. As a country with abundant natural resources The paper analyses the national innovations systems, the institutional framework of innovation policy and the state of science, technology and innovation (STI) in the Republic of Kazakhstan. As a country with abundant natural resources, Kazakhstan is still facing challenges in transforming into a knowledge-based economy. The strategic course of Kazakhstan for industrial-innovative development provides necessary conditions for elaboration and implementation of new scientific ideas and technologies. The strategy of development of Kazakhstan till 2050 together with such documents as the Strategic Development Plan up to 2020, or the State program of Forced Industrial-Innovative Development of Kazakhstan for 2010-2014 provide regular, necessary conditions that support the development of research, technology and innovation in Kazakhstan.