To support the implementation of high-level documents, the ministry is responsible for the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the “National Strategy 2020”, developed in support of the “Kazakhstan Vision 2030” and “Vision 2050”. The ministry serves as the government’s technical advisor on the strategy’s design, roll-out and performance assessment, and engages with government oiganisations to co-ordinate the implementation of strategic plans. With the 2014 administrative reform, the MNE acquired the functions of the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning, except for its functions in the area of budget planning; the Ministry' of Regional Development; in the formation and development of the state managerial reserve from the Ministry' of Emergency Situations; Statistics Agency; Agency on Regulation of Natural Monopolies; Agency for Competition Pro (Anti-monopoly Agency); and the Agency for the Protection of Consumer Rights. Its task is to align regional and budget programmes.