Past-President and member of the Executive Board of the World Federation of Medical Education (WFME), Professor David Gordon held the workshop «New WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement: National Specifications in Basic and Postgraduate Medical Education» for ECAQA accreditation experts on 20 June 2023 in Almaty.

The workshop objective: to develop the capacity of ECAQA accreditation experts to ensure the quality of medical education, based on international principles and WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement: Basic Medical Education and Postgraduate Medical Education.

Seminar results: 38 representatives of medical universities and research centers of the Republic of Kazakhstan, members of the KazMSA, Accreditation and Expert Council of ECAQA took part in the workshop.

ECAQA's Certificate of Full Membership in ENQA was officially presented at the General Assembly of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, October 26-28, 2022, Stockholm, Sweden.

The event was hosted by Karolinska Institutet. The ECAQA was represented by Advisor Farida Nurmanbetova.

The ceremony was solemn and the Certificate was presented by ENQA President Douglas Blackstock.

For ECAQA, this is a great victory, indicating that in all activities we follow the ESG Standards in conducting accreditation of educational organizations and educational programmes.

ECAQA conducts accreditation by applying Standards developed on the basis of the WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement and harmonized with the Standards and guidelines for quality assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG).

The next step is the registration of ECAQA in the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR).

Full membership in ENQA and inclusion in EQAR allows the accreditation body to carry out accreditation of educational organizations and educational programmes in the specialties of all sectors of economy, industry, humanities and social areas.

The Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health care (ECAQA) which operates in Kazakhstan has been awarded Recognition Status by the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME). WFME Recognition Status has been awarded for ten years until 31.10.2032 with immediate effect.

WFME is satisfied that the accreditation process, post-accreditation monitoring and decision making by ECAQA when it accredits these medical schools and faculties is to an appropriate and rigorous standard.

https://wfme.org/news/two-more-agencies-awarded-wfme-recognition-status-4/

WFME Recognition Certificate_ECAQA__10.10.22 until 31.10.2032