The first cohort of civil servants from the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan has completed specialized training on the use of artificial intelligence.

The two-day training programme was jointly organized by the Astana Civil Service Hub, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The training aimed to develop practical AI skills for analyzing and automating workflows, as well as improving the efficiency of management processes and decision-making.

Upon completion of the programme, participants passed an examination and received certificates.

During the training, participants:

✅ Gained hands-on experience with government AI systems, including the National Artificial Intelligence Platform and the Documentolog electronic document management system;

✅ Learned to transform complex financial documents into visual presentations, reports, and dashboards using real-world tasks from the Ministry of Finance;

✅ Developed personalized AI assistants using ChatGPT Work and Claude, tailored to their specific professional needs, without requiring programming skills;

✅ Explored the capabilities and limitations of AI technologies, safe AI practices, methods for verifying AI-generated results, and open-source intelligence (OSINT) analysis;

✅ Applied AI tools to everyday tasks, including time management, document processing, communication, and organizing business trips.

The training programme was delivered by experts from the Digital Government Support Center under the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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