Webinar organized by ENQA and ENIC-NARICS on the topic: "QA AGENCIES & ENIC-NARICS - COOPERATION MODELS AND OPPORTUNITIES," took place on April 8, 2024, with Alibek Amandykov, Head of the International Cooperation and Public Relations Department of the Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Education and Healthcare participating.

During the event, speakers shared their experience in accreditation, principles, and approaches to ensuring the quality of education in Ireland and Lithuania. For instance, Andrina Wafer, Head of the International Mobility and Preliminary Education Department at QQI, presented the case study "QQI - the qualifications and quality assurance body within NARIC Ireland."

Kristina Sutkute, an information and evaluation officer at SKVC, shared her experience of cooperation between an accreditation agency and ENIC-NARIC using Lithuania as an example.

Bas Wegewijs, coordinator of the NUFFIC group and international recognition policy officer, shared his experience of cooperation between NVAO-Nuffic and ENIC-NARIC, as well as the opportunities such cooperation opens up for accreditation agencies.

The webinar was moderated by Elena Cirlan, Senior Policy and Project Coordinator at ENQA, and Chiara Finocchietti, President of the ENIC-NARIC network.

The external expert commission included a international expert: SHAHLO ASHURIYÓN, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Director of the State Autonomous Educational Institution "Republican Medical College", Republic of Tajikistan. Awarded the "Healthcare Excellence Award of the Republic of Tajikistan".

On March 27-29, 2024, within the framework of institutional and specialized accreditation, external expert evaluation of 2 educational programs of master's and bachelor's degrees was conducted at "Astana Medical University."

Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Eurasian Center for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Education and Health Care and the Agency for Supervision of Education and Science under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Tajikistan.

This provides great opportunities for joint activities in the field of Quality Assurance of Higher, Postgraduate Education and Continuing Professional Development in the field of Health Care, aimed at improving the training of nurses, physicians, pharmacists and health care managers of the Republic of Tajikistan.

Saule Sarsenbayeva, the Director General of ECAQA, participated in the webinar "INQAAHE Talks on Quality Assurance and the Sustainability Agenda," which took place on March 28, 2024. The event program included presentations by speakers representing QAAs and educational organizations from France (CTi), Taiwan (Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan), Andorra (ACPUA), and Malaysia (MQA). Information about sustainability goals can be found on the UN website at https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/ru/sustainable-development-goals/.

Sustainable development goals are aimed at improving well-being and protecting our planet. There are a total of 17 goals, with the 4th dedicated to "Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all." In this context, it was interesting to learn about the changes that accreditation bodies of different educational systems around the world have made to their accreditation standards and collaboration with higher education institutions.

From February 26 to 29, 2024, as part of the specialized accreditation process, an external expert assessment of the educational program in "Doctor of Medicine" at the Nazarbayev University School of Medicine was conducted.