Analysis on the Level of Innovation Development in Almaty.

Kazakhstan government took the policy on innovative development of the economy, which is needed to diversify the country's economy structure from oil and gas sector. The number of strategic reforms has been implemented since 2010, including the adoption of the State program of industrial-innovative development. It focuses on the development of the manufacturing industry with a concentration of efforts and resources in a limited number of sectors, regional specialization with a cluster approach and effective sector regulation. The article analyses the level of innovation development in Almaty, which is the largest city of the country, and has the most diversified economic structure in the country. However, the level of innovation did not reach the international levels. The authors conducted analysis of innovation activity measurement methods in the world, comparative analysis of innovation activities of cities in Kazakhstan, analysis of the main trends of innovation development in Almaty. The article gives the detailed research on innovation development indicators of the city for 2011-2018 years: innovation financing sources, structural shifts in the sectors and spheres of innovation, the volume of innovative products, innovation level in enterprises and etc. Thus, the authors conducted an analysis of the structure of the economy of Almaty and its industries, and identified the main trends in innovation development in the city; analyzed the international experience of assessing the level of innovation activity and the possibility of its application in the assessment of domestic enterprises; identified factors that affect the innovative activity of enterprises in Almaty in comparison with other cities in Kazakhstan; analyzed the development of innovation in the sectoral context; made assessment on the level of development of the innovative ecosystem of Almaty and determined the degree of its influence on the innovative activity of the city's enterprises. As the result, authors give recommendations on increasing the innovation activity of the city of Almaty. Why is your paper of interest to the conference participants? Use this space to persuade the reviewers why they should select this abstract for the conference: The article might bear interest for researchers, who analyses the development of innovation ecosystem in cities and governments. It can be helpful to make a research on government policies on innovation development, the role of business and government in creating innovative ecosystem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]