for example housing and utility services transport and communications and energy saving and energy efficiency are urbanrelated areas for which all levels of government seem to bear some responsibility in education for instance local governments are responsible for financing schools however given the different types of school and the division of responsibilities between national and regional governments the system is highly complex one example is the almaty green growth project which has suffered from ongoing debate about who is to administer it since the oblast akimat and the city akimat both have responsibility and interests in the initiative