At theWSIS Prizes-2017(World Summit on the Information Society contest), three projects from the Republic of Kazakhstan wereannounced champions: e-Government, Open Government, and Integrated Call Center 1414. In the prestigiousWSIS Prizes-2017, 345 projects of multiple countries worldwide were competing, of which 90 were adjudged champions by voting results and jury expert evaluation.

The contest was held in 18 categories. In the Open Government category, two projects were nominated: “Kazakhstan e-Government (eGov.kz)” and “Open Government (OpeneGov.kz)”, and in the “The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders role in the promotion of ICTs for development” category - the “Integrated Call Center 1414” project.