Representatives of the Karaganda Medical University, Astana Medical University, Semey Medical University, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy, West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov Medical University, Kazakh Medical University...

On November 10-12, 2020, ECAQA External Evaluation Commission (EEC) visited the International Academy of Fertility science and conducted evaluation of the institution's activities within the framework of institutional accreditation of continuing education organizations (continuing professional development).

External expert commissions of the ECA visited colleges: October 6-7, 2020, Kazakhstan-RUSSIAN HIGHER MEDICAL COLLEGE (accreditation of educational programs).

In October 2020, The Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health Care (ECAQA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The National Centre for Independent Examination (NCIE) https://www.qazexam.kz/index.php/ru/ in order to ensure the quality of higher professional education in health care and facilitate partnership in the assessment of qualifications of healthcare professionals.

On October 28, 2020, AppliedHE (Singapore), partner of The Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health Care, held an international webinar on AppliedHE™ XCHANGE CAR+RUSSIA for all organizations in higher education.

The first speaker of the webinar Ms. Mandy Mok, CEO and Founder of AppliedHE Pte LTD, presented a new unified brand for all employment-ready, future-focused higher education that prepared students for a clearly defined job or occupational pathway – Applied Higher Education (AppliedHE™).

Mr. Pieter Stek, Chief Analyst of AppliedHE, introduced the methodology of the AppliedHE™ JOB-Ready Rating, which was a multi-dimensional rating system that included the perspectives of students, faculty, employers and alumni, providing an all-round perspective of an institution. The speaker also highlighted the methodology of EMI-Ready Rating.

The new World University Research Ranking (WURR) was presented by Prof. Yeo Kiat Seng, Ranking Author & Associate Provost of Research & International Relations, Singapore University of Technology & Design (SUTD).

On behalf of ECAQA, ECAQA Director General S.S. Sarsenbayeva provided an opening speech and observed the international webinar.

More than 100 representatives of 60 organizations and universities from 14 countries of the world took part in the webinar.

On October 6, 2020, Saule Sarsenbayeva – Director General of The Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Higher Education and Health Care (ECAQA) – took part in a roundtable discussion on Dialogue with an Accrediting Agency that was organised as part of the CORPORATE MANAGEMENT. ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS international forum.

The subject of her presentation was The Features of Accreditation of Programmes in Healthcare.

Saule Sarsenbayeva elaborated on the system for monitoring and evaluating the quality of higher education in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the features of accreditation of medical education, the current reform of medical education in Kazakhstan. The speaker also provided information about ECAQA, the competitive advantages and accreditation tools, strategic directions of development.

The roundtable discussion included the exchange of experience of accrediting agencies and organisations in quality assurance of education from Moldova (Stela Guvir, ANACEC), Germany (Victoria Tishanski, FIBAA), Philippines (Myrna Q. Mallari, AACCUP), Great Britain (Matthew Kitching, EUA).

The forum was hosted by Certification Association Russian Register with the support of Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and European Union's Erasmus+ programme https://rusregister.ru/activity/forum-upravlenie-organisatsiej/

The international forum highlighted the issues of sustainable development of higher education in the world, and the quality of training.