{"id":2785,"date":"2025-09-30T19:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/?p=2785"},"modified":"2026-07-07T08:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T02:34:35","slug":"evidence-and-citizen-feedback-drive-better-public-policy-at-eged-regional-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/2025\/09\/evidence-and-citizen-feedback-drive-better-public-policy-at-eged-regional-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Evidence and Citizen Feedback Drive Better Public Policy at EGED Regional Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KZ_30092025_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KZ_30092025_2.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KZ_30092025_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KZ_30092025_2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The third regional conference of the Effective Governance for Economic Development (EGED) Programme brought together more than 150 representatives of governments, think tanks, academia, international organizations, and development partners from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan in Dushanbe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conference explored how data, research, and citizen feedback can support more effective public policies for sustainable economic growth. Discussions focused on evidence-informed policymaking, the role of civil society in monitoring and evaluating reforms, gender equality, investment and job creation, climate action, and the protection of vulnerable groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the panel session, \u201cListening to Citizens to Improve Public Policy,\u201d Kazakhstan shared its experience in strengthening public trust in official statistics. Gulmira Beksautova, Director of the Department at the Bureau of National Statistics of Kazakhstan, highlighted the importance of regular public perception surveys, including the World Bank\u2019s <em>Listening to Kazakhstan<\/em> initiative, in helping policymakers better understand citizens\u2019 views on the reliability and transparency of official statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She noted that Kazakhstan has taken significant steps to improve access to statistical information, including modernizing the national statistics website, introducing interactive dashboards, launching a researcher\u2019s portal with access to anonymized datasets, establishing a unified contact centre, conducting regular user surveys and online consultations, and expanding digital publication formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conference was organized by the World Bank with the support of the UK Government through the EGED Programme, providing a regional platform for sharing practical solutions that strengthen evidence-based governance across Central Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/stat.gov.kz\/ru\/news\/kazakhstan-podelilsya-opytom-otkrytosti-statistiki-na-konferentsii-v-dushanbe\/?sphrase_id=2583206\">https:\/\/stat.gov.kz\/ru\/news\/kazakhstan-podelilsya-opytom-otkrytosti-statistiki-na-konferentsii-v-dushanbe\/?sphrase_id=2583206<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third regional conference of the Effective Governance for Economic Development (EGED) Programme brought together more than 150 representatives of governments, think tanks, academia, international organizations, and development partners from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan in Dushanbe. The conference explored how data, research, and citizen feedback can support more effective public policies for sustainable economic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2791,"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions\/2791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eged-ca.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}