Common use of Regional development Clause in Contracts

Regional development. 1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation on regional development and land-use planning. 2. To this end, they shall encourage exchange of information by national, regional and local authorities on regional and land-use planning policy and on methods of formulation of regional policies with special emphasis on the development of disadvantaged areas. They shall also encourage direct contacts between the respective regions and public organisations responsible for regional development planning with the aim, inter alia, to exchange methods and ways of fostering regional development. 1. With regard to health and safety, the parties shall develop cooperation between them with the aim of improving the level of protection of the health and safety of workers. The cooperation shall include notably: — education and training on health and safety issues with specific attention to high risk sectors of activity, — development and promotion of preventive measures to combat work-related diseases and other work related ailments, — prevention of major accident hazards and the management of toxic chemicals, — research to develop the knowledge base in relation to working environment and the health and safety of workers. 2. With regard to employment, the cooperation shall include notably technical assistance to: — optimisation of the labour market, — modernisation of the job-finding and consulting services, — planning and management of the restructuring programmes, — encouragement of local employment development, — exchange of information on the programmes of flexible employment, including those stimulating self-employment and promoting entrepreneurship. 3. The Parties shall pay special attention to cooperation in the sphere of social protection which, inter alia, shall include cooperation in planning and implementing social protection reforms in the Republic of Kazakhstan. These reforms shall aim to develop in the Republic of Kazakhstan methods of protection intrinsic to market economies and shall comprise all directions of social protection.

Regional development. 1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation on regional development and land-use planning. 2. To this end, they shall encourage exchange of information by national, regional and local authorities on regional and land-use planning policy and on methods of formulation of regional policies with special emphasis on the development of disadvantaged areas. They shall also encourage direct contacts between the respective regions and public organisations responsible for regional development planning with the aim, inter alia, to exchange methods and ways of fostering regional development. 1. With regard to health and safety, the parties shall develop cooperation between them with the aim of improving the level of protection of the health and safety of workers. The cooperation shall include notably: — education and training on health and safety issues with specific attention to high risk sectors of activity, — development and promotion of preventive measures to combat work-related diseases and other work work-related ailments, — prevention of major accident hazards and the management of toxic chemicals, — research to develop the knowledge base in relation to working environment and the health and safety of workers. 2. With regard to employment, the cooperation shall include notably technical assistance to: — optimisation of the labour market, — modernisation of the job-finding and consulting services, — planning and management of the restructuring programmes, — encouragement of local employment development, — exchange of information on the programmes of flexible employment, including those stimulating self-employment and promoting entrepreneurship. 3. The Parties shall pay special attention to cooperation in the sphere of social protection which, inter alia, shall include cooperation in planning and implementing social protection reforms in the Republic of KazakhstanKyrgyz Republic. These reforms shall aim to develop in the Kyrgyz Republic of Kazakhstan methods of protection intrinsic to market economies and shall comprise all directions of social protection.