THE ASSEMBLY OF THE PEOPLE OF KAZAKHSTAN IS AN INSTITUTION FOR A BALANCED POLICY OF INTERETHNIC HARMONY AND NATIONAL UNITY

Abstract

The Kazakh model of strengthening national unity, interethnic and interfaith harmony is deservedly considered one of the most successful and effective models in the world practice of ethnic-political management. The Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan (APK), whose 30^th anniversary will be widely celebrated in 2025, plays a key role in shaping the national policy of the Kazakh state.

The article analyzes the institutional design of the APK as a unique body of complex socio-state regulation of interethnic relations. There are 4 key structural and functional levels at which the Assembly is working to strengthen social harmony and unity of the multiethnic and multicultural Kazakh society.: APK as an institutional form of the system of public self-government in the field of interethnic relations; the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan as an institutional platform for intercultural dialogue and interethnic communications; the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan as a full-fledged subject of state national policy through the institutions of the executive and legislative authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan; APK as a dialogue platform and a form of institutionalization of direct and feedback links between civil society and the political system of the state.