This report provides a snapshot of the work that United Nations agencies undertook in Kazakhstan throughout 2017. In partnership with Government, civil society, academia and the private sector, results were achieved across a wide range of areas, including improving equitable access to integrated quality social services, diversification of the economy, strengthening capacity of public institutions, promoting the achievement of SDGs, gender equality, and regional cooperation. 

The United Nations Country Team in Kazakhstan supports the Government, civil society, academia and the private sector:

•   In achieving a future with a healthy women and men, girls and boys, a green economy, thriving businesses and guaranteed rights for all, through economic, social, and political modernization. •   In building an inclusive society, by protecting and promoting the rights and wellbeing of all people, especially the most vulnerable and those at risk.

•   In developing the capacity of stakeholders at all levels to be more accountable for ensuring equal rights for women and men, girls and boys.

•   In promoting multilateral and regional co-operation, particularly in the area of Sustainable Development Goals, humanitarian and development assistance.

The United Nations Country Team works with the people and Government of Kazakhstan, along with other development partners, to ensure more prosperous and more secure lives for everyone, particularly the most vulnerable, leaving no one behind.
The report highlights the increasingly dynamic partnership between the government, the UN and a large array of actors in implementation of the Partnership Framework for Development (PFD), 2016-2020.
The Partnership Framework for Development (PFD) sets the strategic vision and direction for the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Kazakhstan during the period 2016-2020, and is the result of a consultative process with the Government and other partners. It analyses how the United Nations system can continue to most effectively coordinate its activities in response to national priorities, while serving as an easily accessible overview of United Nations goals and activities in Kazakhstan.
There are three Pillars under the PFD: •   Reduced Disparities and Improved Human Development •   Strengthened and Innovative Public Institutions •   Enhanced International and Regional Co-operation
Six Outcomes have been adopted under these three strategic Pillars, emphasising inter-sectoral links, and such crosscutting issues as: (1) a human rights-based approach, particularly for vulnerable groups; (2) specific capacity development for monitoring and evaluation; (3) improving the overall evidence base; (4) youth involvement; and (5) gender equality.