The first Family Business Center based in AlmaU opened its doors

On November 25-26, the Family Business Association of Kazakhstan, in partnership with AlmaU University, the Akimat of Almaty and NCE Atameken, the «Qaynar Bulaq Partners Hub» urban space, with the support of Kazakhstani and international experts, held the annual Family Business Forum of Kazakhstan.

Family companies occupy a special place in the economy of each country, increasing the number of jobs and GDP. About 85% of European companies are family businesses. The most successful companies in the world are owned by families. Engagement and pride in their work are the strengths of such companies.

Within the framework of the Forum, Aituar Koshmambetov, the director of the branch of NCE Atameken, Isakova Yana, the chairman of the coordinating council of the Family Business Association of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the rector of AlmaU, Gulnar Kurenkeeva, signed an agreement to open the first Family Business Center in Kazakhstan.

Forum participant Zukhra Kusainova, social entrepreneur, author and developer of the «Smartbalaqai» project:

My project is intellectually developing cards for children in Kazakh language. This idea came to me thanks to my special child with cerebral palsy. The child who revealed the talents in me. Now I can combine the further rehabilitation of the child and my favorite work. "Smartbalaqai" is in all social networks, there is our website.

Also, our project became the owner of a grant from the government. Thanks to this, I was able to realize my idea. The project is in demand among rehabilitation centers, kindergartens, stationery and bookstores. The cards are designed for preschool children. My project is for special and healthy children. The difference between healthy and special children: a special child perceives information later. Cards are suitable for intellectual development, vocabulary replenishment. To improve the child's speech. There are currently no competitors on the market. Exactly the same cards are issued, but only in Russian. My peculiarity is that my project is implemented only in Kazakh language. Now we are working on issuing cards in 5 cities of Kazakhstan.

For me, visiting the forum is always new acquaintances, since we are entrepreneurs. This is one of the key points that we need. Because communication with other people, acquaintances bring new information and new customers. And also there is an opportunity to attract investors. I would like to expand my project on a larger scale.

The main objective of the Family Business Forum of Kazakhstan 2022 is to increase the entrepreneurial activity of the population of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Almaty, the announcement of an educational entrepreneurial program for the family business of Kazakhstan.

More than 300 entrepreneurs from all regions of Kazakhstan, representatives of government agencies, international organizations and the public became direct participants in the event. Within the framework of the Forum, an exhibition of family companies of Kazakhstan was held. The issues of creating opportunities for the long-term development of SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) with state support and the formation of an ecosystem for the development of entrepreneurial dynasties in Almaty and Kazakhstan were considered.

We believe that the AlmaU-based Family Business Center will become a place through which the family entrepreneurial dynasties of Kazakhstan will receive tools and support in business development.