President visited the City of Working Professions festival

13 February 2025

The City of Working Professions festival is taking place at the EXPO exhibition site, bringing together future specialists, employers and vocational education organizations. This is the first large-scale event within the framework of the Year of Working Professions announced by the Head of State Kasym-Jomart Tokayev.

The festival is organized with the support of the Ministry of Education and other relevant departments, national companies and large enterprises. There are 40 interactive exhibition zones where one can get acquainted with more than 200 specialties and learn about the peculiarities of different sectors of the economy. Seminars, master classes, innovation sessions and job fairs will be organized during the festival for several days. Over 15,000 people visited the event over the first two days.

Kasym-Jomart Tokayev acquainted with the training of specialists for energy, mining, metallurgy, oil and gas, construction, agriculture and other industries.

The President was informed about the transformations in vocational education and training organizations, whose activities are oriented towards the demands of the labour market, taking into account the specifics of the regions.

According to the Head of State, qualified specialists will be in great demand for the implementation of such large projects as the construction of a nuclear power plant.

During the conversation with the festival participants, Kasym-Jomart Tokayev stressed that any labour deserves respect and urged young people to work conscientiously.

The President also commented on the situation around Ukraine, drawing attention to the importance of maintaining stability as the main value of our country.

- We pursue the ideology of “unity in diversity”. Despite the fact that we belong to different nationalities and religions, we are one society, one nation. I urge you all to understand this profound process. Only on this basis we will achieve success. There is a lot of talk about Ukraine now. From the very beginning, we have been in favour of ending the war, of coming to an agreement through diplomatic negotiations. Our position is becoming a reality, the two major powers have started a political dialogue. This is a positive trend, and it will benefit Kazakhstan as well. Therefore, we will support this trend to the extent possible,’ the President said.

 

akorda.kz

translation by Qazalem

President visited the City of Working Professions festival