The Kazakh IT project "SAK" won the international WSIS Prizes 2025 competition

In Geneva, the digital project from Kazakhstan, the "Situational-Analytical Complex," became the winner of the WSIS Prizes 2025 international competition in the category "The Role of Governments and All Stakeholders in Promoting ICTs for Development."

In 2025, 973 projects from around the world were submitted for participation in the competition. As a result of the first stage of selection, 360 projects in 18 categories, with 20 in each, were selected. At the final stage, five projects in each category remained.

The "SAC" project, developed by the "Engineering and Technical Center of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan," is an innovative digital platform designed for analysis, monitoring, and operational management of data in the public sector.

The platform covers more than 500 indicators across various areas of socio-economic development on a nationwide scale, including all 20 regions of Kazakhstan. "SAC" has already been implemented and is successfully being used by the Administration of the President and the Management of the Presidential Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

This is Kazakhstan's first victory at the WSIS Prizes since 2013. Along with Kazakhstan, the five finalists in this category included projects from Uzbekistan, Rwanda, Mexico, and the United Arab Emirates.

WSIS Prizes is an international award established by the International Telecommunication Union within the framework of the World Summit on the Information Society. Its goal is to identify and promote the best global practices using information and communication technologies to achieve sustainable development goals.

Source: ito.qr-pib.kz