Kazakhstan
Since 1987, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) has worked in over 145 countries to advance good governance and democratic rights. Although IFES is not currently engaged in programming in this country, previous work, research and/or other relevant items are highlighted below.
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30 May 2019 | Election FAQ
On June 9, citizens of Kazakhstan went to the polls for an early presidential election, which will become a defining moment of 21st century Kazakhstan, affecting political life at all levels and...
18 Mar 2016 | Election FAQ
Kazakhstan's parliamentary elections were originally slated for late 2016, when the lower house’s five-year term was set to expire. However, following a parliamentary initiative, Kazakhstan’s...
23 Apr 2015 | Election FAQ
Following incumbent President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s call for early elections, Kazakhstani citizens will head to the polls on April 26 to vote for their next President. In a nationwide address,...
31 Dec 2011 | Multimedia
Kazakhstan will hold snap parliamentary elections on January 15, 2012. Anthony Bowyer, IFES program manager for the Caucasus and Central Asia, tells us how this will affect the parties running in the...
23 Feb 2011 | News and Updates
In January, Kazakhstan's Constitutional Court ruled against a bid backed by the country's parliament to bypass next year's presidential election and hold a referendum to extend President Nursultan...
26 Jan 2011 | Multimedia
Fresh off completing its year as Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)'s 'Chair-In-Office', Kazakhstan’s two-chamber parliament recently approved a referendum for a...
11 Jun 2008 | Publication
This paper, presented at the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy’s 9th Annual Conference in Washington, DC, addresses the present state of Islamic political movements in the Central Asian...
23 Jun 2005 | Publication
This handbook was created on the basis of eight years of experience in the development of a community school model that was developed in Siberia and documentary material for how it is being...
31 May 2003 | Publication
IFES has an active civic education program in the Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. The program consists of seven activities--almost all of them directed at high...
31 Mar 2003 | Publication
This report summarizes the IFES Civic Education Project in Kazakhstan from 2002-2003. The report includes diagrams from the Civic Education Course, Civics tournament, Student groups and...
30 Nov 2002 | Publication
30 Nov 2002 | Publication
This report discusses IFES actions resulting from the establishment of the regional office (in Alamty, Kazakhstan) in Central Asia. The report details election monitoring projects,...
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This report summarizes the Central Asia Regional Election Officials’ Conference, held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from November 1998. The conference included officials from Kazakhstan,...
31 Dec 1998 | Election Material
This brochure, published in 1999 by the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan provides information on training seminars for election administration and voters in preparation...
31 Dec 1998 | Election Material
“Kazakhstan Calendar” is a calendar, available in Kazakh and Russian, published in 1999, in lead up to the January 10, 1999 Presidential Election in Kazakhstan. The calendar is meant to promote...
31 Dec 1998 | Election Material
“Information about Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Voters” was published in 1999 in lead up to the general elections that were held in Kazakhstan on October 10 and 24 of that year...
31 Dec 1997 | Election Material
“Guide to Voters on Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan” is an informative brochure, available in both Kazakh and Russian, published in 1998 by the Central Electoral Commission in Kazakhstan,...
31 Mar 1997 | Publication
This technical analysis discusses the January 1997 by-elections in Kazakstan. IFES observed the elections to make recommendations for the upcoming national elections on topics ranging from...
31 Mar 1997 | Survey
This report analyzes the public opinion environment in Kazakhstan – the views of the public on political and economic developments, the performance of the government, and civic and political...
21 May 1996 | Election Material
The article “Policy, Politology, Student School of Leadership” written by Ivan Prokopov and translated into English discusses the significance of the creation of the Academy of Management on the...
30 Apr 1996 | Election Material
In May of 1996, Altay Kozhaev wrote this article in the New Generation, entitled “How Students Elected a President,” which discusses a political game played by Kazakh first and second graders in a...
31 Dec 1995 | Election Material
“We do Not Want to be Apolitical” is an article, originally available in Russian and translated into English, written in 1996 by Natalya Vorobtsova, Aliya Rustemova in the “Kazakhstanskaya Pravda...
28 Nov 1995 | Publication
IFES conducted surveys in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in 1995. The public opinion survey is part of its election administration and voter education support project in Central Asia. The...
31 Aug 1995 | Survey
This paper examines the role of the public in contemporary society and analyzes public opinion in Kazakhstan. This analysis of Kazakhstan's opinion environment can provide insights into the changes...
31 Jan 1995 | Publication
This report summarizes IFES observations from the 1995 parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan. The election observers monitored elections in order to train people in country to serve as...
28 Nov 1994 | Publication
This report analyzes the elections from 1994 in Kazakhstan, which IFES declared to be “
the first really competitive multi-candidate elections in Kazakhstan's history.” Throughout...