Company history

Since 2013, the Competition Protection Center of Kazakhstan has been included in the list of partners of the Research Partnership Platform (RPP) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on competition law matters. The RPP brings together leading research institutes, universities, and various organizations regarding the competition law matters to create an interdisciplinary research platform on competition, consumer protection, and development from more than 50 jurisdictions.

For over 5 years, the Center has been actively collaborating with the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Court of the Eurasian Economic Union.

The Center's experts, as representatives of the Kazakhstani antimonopoly community, participate in discussions on documents developed by the units of the EEC on competition and antimonopoly regulation and give speeches at the "5+1" meetings (EEC and antimonopoly authorities of the EAEU member states).

The Center's experts have participated in the implementation of several research projects of the EEC and have also co-authored the EEC's textbook "Competition Law in the Eurasian Economic Union."
The Eurasian Economic Commission and the Court of the Eurasian Economic Union are permanent partners of the Eurasian Antimonopoly Forum.

The Competition Protection Center has historically collaborated with the Antimonopoly Authority of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in line with its founding goals.

Experts from the Center are engaged in the development and improvement of legislation and the preparation of methodological documents in the field of antimonopoly regulation. Employees of the Antimonopoly Authority regularly undergo professional development training at the Competition Protection Center.

On April 13, 2021, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Antimonopoly Authority, operating as the Agency for Protection and Development of Competition, and the Competition Protection Center. The parties will collaborate on methodological and informational development, advocacy for competition, and improvement of antimonopoly/competition legislation in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In 2015, in accordance with the trilateral Cooperation Agreement between the Committee for Regulation of Natural Monopolies and Protection of Competition of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Gumilyov Eurasian National University, and the Joint Stock Company "Center for Development and Protection of Competition," the Department of Economic Theory was reorganized into the Department of Economic Theory and Antimonopoly Regulation.

Experts from the Center, with academic degrees, participate in the teaching and scientific activities of the department. The Center provides support in developing educational programs and study materials for the disciplines of the department.

On July 20, 2021, Cooperation Agreement was signed between the Eurasian Economic Union Court and the Center for Competition Protection. The main goal of the Agreement is to implement joint projects between the EAEU Court and the Center.

Based on the Agreement, the Parties agreed to organize joint events, including those involving judges and staff of the Court; exchange information on projects, educational programs, internships; exchange scientific information on Union Law, as well as on other areas of mutual interest.

The Association of Antimonopoly Experts is a professional public platform for interaction with the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia and other government bodies to form a consolidated position on competition development issues, improve antimonopoly legislation, and enhance its application in practice.

The Association of Antimonopoly Experts and the Competition Protection Center regularly conduct joint training events for Antimonopoly Authority employees and practicing antimonopoly experts. The Association of Antimonopoly Experts is a permanent partner of the Eurasian Antimonopoly Forum.

In 2021, an Agreement was signed between the Competition Protection Center and the National Compliance Association aimed at long-term, partnership-based, mutually beneficial cooperation within the framework of joint projects in the field of antimonopoly legislation, competition policy, and antimonopoly compliance in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Eurasian Alliance of Antimonopoly Experts is a non-profit organization uniting the leading lawyers in the field of Kazakhstan antimonopoly legislation and economists specializing in competition issues.

The Eurasian Alliance of Antimonopoly Experts and the Competition Protection Center actively collaborate in organizing joint events, preparing publications, and books.
Aldash Aitzhanov is a Chairperson of the Eurasian Alliance of Antiminopoly Experts organisation.

As part of the direction of popularizing and developing the science of antitrust law, in 2022, a long-term cooperation agreement was signed between the National Research University "Higher School of Economics" (HSE) and the Competition Protection Center for conducting and disseminating the results of scientific research on antitrust regulation issues.