The Global Conference on “Professional Civil Service for the Successful Implementation of Institutional Reforms” was jointly organized by the ACSH, UNDP and national partners in the framework of Astana Economic Forum. The participants discussed modern trends and international best practices for improving the civil service system, issues of good public administration, development of preventive diplomacy and improvement of the public services quality, innovations in training civil servants and conducting research projects in the field of public administration, both in Kazakhstan and abroad.