On April 21, 2015, Director of the Public Opinion Research Institute, a member of the Scientific-Expert Council of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan, candidate of sociological sciences Botagoz Rakisheva made a presentation entitled "Cultural values of repatriates and the Kazakh diaspora: the foundation of civic identity" at the Astana Expert Forum of Sociologists and Political Scientists on the topic: "MANGILIK EL - Kazakhstan system of values", organized by the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Association of Sociologists of Kazakhstan, the Congress of Kazakhstan Political Scientists.