 | SOM Professor Jonathan Koppell leads a class of Kazakhstan officials as part of a program designed to enhance their managerial skills. |
Senior policymakers from the Republic of Kazakhstan attended an executive training program held March 7-19 at the School of Management (SOM).
The program was designed to enhance the managerial skills of the government officials responsible for leading Kazakhstan's economic growth and social policy. The 25 member delegation included the vice-ministers of economy, industry and trade, finance, energy, agriculture, transport and communication, justice, education and science, healthcare, labor and social protection, as well as department heads and committee chairs in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister.
This was the first time such a large group of high-profile Kazakhstani leaders have visited the United States for executive development.
SOM created the program at the request of the Kazakhstan Agency for Civil Service Affairs. The sessions, taught by SOM and other Yale and visiting faculty, addressed topics that included improving the competitiveness of the country, modernizing the public administration system and civil service, development economics and globalization, and international trade.
The delegates also took trips to Washington, D.C. for presentations by the World Bank Institute and the Government Accountability Office, and a reception hosted by Kanat Saudabayev, Kazakhstan ambassador to the United States; and to Hartford for a discussion of electronic government at the state capitol.
"Kazakhstan is an important emerging economic power," says Manjula Shyam, director of international and special programs at SOM. "They have tremendous petroleum and mineral resources which are currently the mainstay of their economy. The program that we customized for them emphasized the knowledge and skills they will need as they work to develop and diversify their economy into other sectors to stimulate growth."
Kazakhstan, which gained independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991, is the largest country in Central Asia, equivalent in size to all of Western Europe. It is noted for its abundance in oil -- with reserves comparable to that of Kuwait -- and other natural resources. Major social and economic reforms enacted since its independence, combined with its vast oil resources, have resulted in Kazakhstan's economy growing at a steady pace of almost 10% in the last five years. Most notably, Kazakhstan holds the distinction of being the only country to disarm its nuclear arsenal (the fourth largest in the world).
More information about SOM's Executive Programs is available online at www.mba.yale.edu/executive_programs/default.asp.
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