KazNU Hosted a Session on Financial and Investment Mechanisms for Ensuring Regional Economic Security

As part of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Legal Support of Economic Security and Modern Industrial Policy”, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Professor Serikbay Orikbayuly Nurgissayev, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University hosted a thematic session entitled “Financial and Investment Mechanisms of Industrial Policy as a Tool for Ensuring the Economic Security of Depressed Regions.” 

The session was moderated by Shynggys Nurgazy, PhD, Deputy Dean for Research, Innovation, and International Cooperation of the Higher School of Economics and Business. The event brought together scholars, financial sector representatives, international experts, young researchers, and doctoral students from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Finland, and China. 

The session opened with welcoming remarks by Zhanna Zhandarbekovna Yermekova, Dean of the Higher School of Economics and Business, Candidate of Economic Sciences and Acting Associate Professor. In her speech, she emphasized the importance of strengthening regional economic security, improving investment policies, and promoting sustainable economic development in the context of contemporary global challenges. 

One of the highlights of the session was the presentation by Askhat Doskazyevich Suinishev, Managing Director of BCC Group (Bank CenterCredit), who spoke on the topic “The Contribution of BCC Group to the Development of Financial Sustainability in the Regions of Kazakhstan.” The presentation provided practical insights into the role of financial institutions in supporting regional economies and enhancing economic resilience.

International perspectives were presented by Professor Gulnora Mardievna Shadieva from the Samarkand Institute of Economics and Service (Uzbekistan), Professor Aijaz A. Shaikh from the School of Business and Economics at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland), and Yanhao Ma, Head of the Department of the Xinjiang Eurasian Investment and Trade Promotion Company (China). Their presentations focused on financial and investment mechanisms for regional development, ecopreneurship, sustainable development indicators, and strategies for attracting foreign direct investment to economically challenged regions. 

Faculty members and young researchers from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University also contributed to the discussion. Dinara Tanatkyzy Kalmakova, Research Associate Professor of the Department of Business Technologies, presented her research on financial mechanisms for promoting responsible production as a factor of regional economic security. Gulmira Toktasynovna Yessengeldiyeva, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Economics, examined the role of green industrial policy in ensuring the economic security of depressed regions. 

Particular attention was given to the presentations of doctoral students from the Department of Management. Samal Amantayevna Kairova and Aisa Beibarys shared the results of their studies on the role of financial and investment mechanisms in ensuring the economic security of Kazakhstan’s single-industry towns and on the modernization of public administration of housing programs in the context of depressed regional development. 

During the discussion, participants exchanged views on increasing regional investment attractiveness, promoting green economic growth, implementing sustainable development principles, and improving public governance mechanisms to address current economic challenges.

At the conclusion of the session, participants highlighted the high scientific quality of the presentations and emphasized the importance of expanding international academic cooperation in the fields of economic security and regional development. The session served as an effective platform for knowledge exchange, interdisciplinary dialogue, and the generation of new ideas aimed at strengthening the resilience and competitiveness of regional economies.