The second problem is a significant amount of dormant originations. The situation becomes even more unclear when we count the number of activists, volunteers and/or employees in the non-profit sector. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported that more than half a million people are employed in the sector (Makhmutova & Akhmetova, 2011: 20). However these numbers are at odds with data by the Committee on Statistics that counted less than 20 000 employees. It is worth to note that the number of employees is less than the number of registered NGOs.