Non-governmental organizations as an institution of civil society

The development of nongovernmental sector of Kazakhstan at the present stage is one of the basic criteria of a functioning civil society, promote the country on the path of sustainable democratic development, building a secular, legal and social state. In this article the basic tasks of non-governmental organizations in the development of civil society. Considered the stages of formation and development of nongovernmental sector in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Noted the basic positions of the President in relation to civil society and non-governmental organizations.