KAZAKHSTAN: UPSTREAM LINKAGES PROMOTING LOCAL PROCUREMENT THROUGH CERTIFICATION AND E-GOVERNMENT

Kazakhstan employs a mix of demand- and supply-side policies to increase local content in its mining and energy sectors. Key mechanisms include a 20% price preference for national suppliers, a mandatory e-procurement portal for transparency, and the CT-KZ certification for goods. While the government has established rigorous reporting requirements for procurement plans and implementation, the certification process has faced challenges regarding corruption, auditing difficulties across supply chains, and the reliability of local content calculations. Supply-side efforts are led by the State Program of Industrial-Innovative Development of Kazakhstan for 2015–2019, which targets secondary industrial sectors like metallurgy and mining machinery to diversify the economy.

• Kazakhstan mandates preferential treatment for national suppliers; specifically, if a local bid is within 20 per cent of a foreign bid price, the national supplier must be selected.
• The government utilizes an e-procurement portal to centralize tender documentation and results, which allows for the rapid investigation of procurement rule violations.
• Local goods are identified via the CT-KZ certificate, which requires goods to be totally manufactured or undergo substantial processing in Kazakhstan. However, this system has been criticized for corruption risks, auditing difficulties in supply chains, and unreliable local content calculations.
• The State Program of Industrial-Innovative Development of Kazakhstan for 2015–2019 targets the diversification of the economy by increasing secondary industrial production by 43 per cent by 2019 compared to 2012 levels, focusing on sectors such as ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy and mining machinery.

APA

Nickerson, E., & Geipel, J. (2018). KAZAKHSTAN: UPSTREAM LINKAGES PROMOTING LOCAL PROCUREMENT THROUGH CERTIFICATION AND E-GOVERNMENT. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/case-study-kazakhstan-upstream-linkages.pdf

Chicago

Nickerson, Emily, and Jeff Geipel. KAZAKHSTAN: UPSTREAM LINKAGES PROMOTING LOCAL PROCUREMENT THROUGH CERTIFICATION AND E-GOVERNMENT. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2018. https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/case-study-kazakhstan-upstream-linkages.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{nickerson2018kazakhstan, author = {Nickerson, Emily and Geipel, Jeff}, title = {{KAZAKHSTAN: UPSTREAM LINKAGES PROMOTING LOCAL PROCUREMENT THROUGH CERTIFICATION AND E-GOVERNMENT}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2018}, url = {https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/case-study-kazakhstan-upstream-linkages.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }