At the III meeting of the National Kurultai, the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Kemelovich Tokayev, noted the need for modern renewal and systematic promotion of the country's historical and cultural heritage.

Currently, the number of registered historical and cultural heritage sites in Kazakhstan exceeds 25 thousand. Of these, 265 are registered as historical and cultural monuments of republican significance, more than 12 thousand are of local significance, and 10 monuments are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage includes 79 objects, 14 of which are included in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan is working jointly with relevant government bodies and the expert community to preserve and promote historical and cultural heritage.

At the moment, the department focuses on three main areas.

The first direction is a comprehensive work to preserve the monuments of Kazakhstan, which are under the protection of UNESCO. Here, the priority issues are compliance with UNESCO standards, the introduction of modern technologies for monitoring protected and buffer zones, as well as the development of management plans for the management of 10 World Heritage sites.

It should be noted that the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has repeatedly drawn attention to these issues. Moreover, in pursuance of the President's instructions, the issue of creating a Unified Digital Database of monuments of republican and local significance is currently under consideration.

To further promote the monuments of Kazakhstan on the international stage, active work is underway to increase the number of objects presented on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

By 2026, another 11 Kazakh monuments are expected to be included in the UNESCO list.

The second direction is the preservation and support of intangible, or "living", cultural heritage in accordance with the principles of the UNESCO Convention.

Here, among the priority tasks of the ministry is to improve the skills and practical skills of akimat employees, employees of educational, scientific and cultural organizations in the preservation of heritage.

Another important task is to conduct comprehensive research on the inventory of objects that are in danger of extinction.

One of the expected results should be the development of effective mechanisms for managing intangible heritage.

Recently, the cultural significance of the "Betashar" ritual has been recognized at the international level. In March of this year, the authorized body prepared and submitted to UNESCO documents on the projects "Salburyn" and "Epic "Alpamys-Batyr."

The third direction is the preservation, ensuring accessibility and recognition of documentary heritage within the framework of the UNESCO program "Memory of the World".

Today, 4 collections are presented in the International Register of the UNESCO program "Memory of the World". These are the manuscripts of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi and his student Bakyr-Gani, audiovisual documents of the International Anti-Nuclear Movement "Nevada-Semipalatinsk", documents of the archival funds of the Aral Sea and "Khandar shezhiresi".