Round table with NPP "Atameken"

February 28, Astana
NCE RK “Atameken” in collaboration with the ALE “Benelux Chamber of Commerce” successfully held a round table on the topic: “Implementation of the Address of the Head of State to the people of Kazakhstan dated September 1, 2023 'Economic course of a Fair Kazakhstan' in terms of ensuring the priority right to subsoil use for investors carrying out geological exploration study at your own expense.”

The event was attended by Adviser to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bolat Akchulakov, deputies of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, heads of the Ministry of Energy, the Geology Committee and the Kazakhstan Council of Foreign Investors Association, veterans of the geological industry, public figures, independent experts and entrepreneurs.

Participants expressed concern about the lack of concrete steps in implementing the measures specified in the Address, discussed the potential for improving the investment climate in the field of geological exploration of subsoil, highlighting the importance of providing investors with priority rights to the exploration and production of hydrocarbons within licensed areas.

In his speech, the President of the Benelux Chamber of Commerce, Denis Van den Weghe, emphasized that the Benelux region (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg) is the #1 investor in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and therefore improving the investment climate in the field of geological exploration of subsoil and introducing amendments to the relevant legislative acts are important steps to develop the business environment and attract investment into the country, thereby supporting the economic course of a Fair Kazakhstan.