Saule Sarsenbayeva, the Director General of ECAQA, participated in the CEENQA bi-monthly meeting held on March 20, 2024.

The online meeting agenda included a presentation of the program of the CEENQA General Assembly in Baku (Azerbaijan). Anna Gover then presented the IMINQA project report. Natalia Stukalo, Vice President of NAQA (Ukraine), discussed the development and changes in the education quality assurance system in Ukraine.

Dr. Maike Adam from HAKA/Estonian Quality Agency shared insights on the qualifications framework as a tool for ensuring the quality of teaching and learning. ECAQA has been a full member of CEENQA since 2018.

On February 22, 2024 the ECAQA participated in the round table “The cross-border accreditation” which initiated by WFME. WFME President Ricardo León-Bórquez took part in the roundtable discussion. This is a new activity for ECAQA and very important in context of OA of Higher medical education.

Saule Sarsenbayeva, GD of the ECAQA reported on accreditation of educational programmes in Uzbekistan. ECAQA has received recognition of the WFME in the territory of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan until 2032 and is currently conducting preparatory activities for specialized and institutional accreditation of 8 educational institutions in Uzbekistan.

A discussion was held and representatives of agencies asked questions about approaches to establishing relationships with authorized bodies of foreign countries, announcement of accreditation results, formation of expert commissions and others.

It was a good platform to exchange the best practices of different QA agencies.

"On January 29, 2024, the Eurasian Center for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health Care participated in the Forum "Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Current State and Development Prospects," organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The Forum program included 3 sections on the following topics: "Tuning of the internal quality assurance system of higher and postgraduate education institutions, Improvement of the training of scientific personnel, Improvement of the system of state regulation of higher and postgraduate education."

The agenda featured a working meeting "New Approaches to Control Measures."

The plenary session was opened by Minister Sayasat Nurbek. Over 20 reports were presented, addressing important issues such as the national ranking of universities, the internal quality assurance system of education in the context of artificial intelligence development, regulation of higher and postgraduate education, and others.

The event was attended by top executives, vice-rectors, university professors, and representatives of accreditation bodies. Stefan Levic, President of EQAR, delivered a presentation on "Ensuring the Quality of Higher Education - Common Problems and Approaches."

Eurasian Center for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Education and Health Care (ECAQA) participated with the presentation "Principles and Approaches to Quality Assurance of Medical Education" at the Central Asian Conference of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions "Development of Quality Assurance Systems of Higher Education in the context of CAHEA" on October 31, 2023

Sarsenbayeva S.S., Director General of ECAQA presented a report on "Principles and Approaches to Quality Assurance of Medical Education". The conference was attended by representatives of the academic community of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Republic of Uzbekistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Kyrgyz Republic, Ministries of Education of Central Asian countries, rectors, vice-rectors of universities, heads of accreditation agencies, Chairperson of the Alliance of Students of Kazakhstan.

The conference was held on the initiative of the National Center for Higher Education Development of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Sarsenbayeva S.S. marked the peculiarities of accreditation of medical education institutions and educational programmes: application of World Federation of Medical Education Global Standards for improving the quality of medical education at all levels and their harmonization with ESG standards; on certified experts; the need to establish a specialized Accreditation Council based on the WHO/WFME Guidelines for Accreditation of Medical Education; about the policy of recognition of accreditation agencies by the World Federation of Medical Education to meet the requirements of the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) and other issues relevant to medical, pharmaceutical and nursing education in Central Asian countries.