OREANDA-NEWS. January 06, 2009. The innovation projects carried out by the domestic and foreign companies as well as by the regional technology parks have been exhibited, reported the Official website www.akorda.kz.

Upon the completion, President Nazarbayev stressed that the exhibition demonstrated Kazakhstan’s huge scientific and innovation potential.

“The Information Technology Park” Special Economic Zone has been established by the presidential decree dated August 18, 2003.

The creation of technology park is aimed at strengthening the country’s information technology sphere, facilitating the nation’s economy accession to the global economic community; establishment of effective, high-tech and export-oriented production; transfer and deployment of technologies in the companies, research centers and universities; launch of the new information products; attraction of investments in new technologies.

The objects of the first turn put into operation in August 2006.

The administration of the park had already concluded agreements on cooperation with a number of leading world companies, such as Siemens, Microsoft Corporation, as well as with the technology parks of Egypt, Korea and India.