The program prepares management personnel to implement the tasks of the nationwide Digital Kazakhstan strategy aimed at the comprehensive digital transformation of the country and the systematic introduction of IT into the main sectors. In Astana, the training of the second phase of the strategic AI Governance 500 program, aimed at preparing political leaders for the expansion of artificial intelligence technologies in the public sector, has begun. The program is implemented on the basis of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the order of the Administration and Government of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, jointly organized by the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development and the Agency for Public Service Affairs. The training was opened by Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development Zhaslan Madiyev, Assistant to the President Kuanyshbek Esekeev and Chairman of the State Service Agency Darkhan Zhazykbai. The program prepares management personnel to implement the tasks of the nationwide Digital Kazakhstan strategy aimed at the comprehensive digital transformation of the country and the systematic introduction of IT into the main sectors. AI Governance 500 forms a group of leaders - AI officers who are able to initiate and manage digital projects, ensure their architectural coherence, create interdepartmental interaction and respond to the concrete results of AI implementation. In the second phase, special attention was paid to the training of heads of maslikhat apparatuses. At the 3rd republican forum of maslikhat deputies, the head of state Kassym-Jomart Tokayev set the task of organizing training of heads of regional maslikhat apparatuses according to the AI ​​Governance 500 program and emphasized the need to reduce the digital gap between the center and regions. "Implementation of the Digital Kazakhstan strategy depends on the readiness of leaders to make changes in their departments and regions. Therefore, AI Governance 500 trains AI-officers who can define the tasks of using artificial intelligence, organize work with data and answer the results. In order to quickly solve the problems of citizens and businesses in all regions of the country with the help of technologies, digital competences should be strengthened in local areas," said Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development Zhaslan Madiyev. The training is attended by the heads of the structural departments of the Government Apparatus, deputies of the Constituent Assembly, sectoral vice-ministers, deputy governors of the region, heads of central state bodies and local executive bodies, as well as heads of quasi-state organizations. The training covers stages from strategic understanding of the role of artificial intelligence and the architecture of the digital state to the development of application projects for departments and regions. Participants work on initiatives aimed at reducing labor-intensive procedures, improving the quality of management decisions, and facilitating the interaction of citizens and businesses with the state.