ECAQA participated in the extended meeting of the Collegium of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan titled “Workforce Development as the Foundation of a Competitive Economy and Sustainable Development: Innovations, Technologies, and Industry Collaboration”, which took place on February 7, 2025, at Nazarbayev University.

During the meeting, Minister Sayasat Nurbek delivered a speech highlighting the achievements and future prospects of higher education, the success of universities in national and international rankings, an analysis of the demand for new personnel from businesses and manufacturing enterprises, and advancements in digitalization. Yeshenkulov T.I., Vice Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, spoke about effective interaction in the field of training in-demand personnel. Zhankuatov G.Zh., Chair of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, presented a report on the implementation of the Law on Science and Technology Policy.

Issues related to the digital transformation of higher education and science were addressed by Shcheglova D.R., Vice Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan. A key topic of the meeting was the State Language Policy, which was covered in the report by Tleshov E.E., Chair of the Language Policy Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The programme of the Collegium also included presentations from rectors of Kazakhstan’s universities, as well as representatives from industry, manufacturing, and business sectors.

For the Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health Care, it was important to receive objective and reliable information on the employability of graduates from educational organisations, approaches to analyzing the quality of practical training for specialists, the use of innovative developments in education, access to global educational platforms, the socialization of youth, models for advanced workforce training in the context of the internationalization of education, trends in the growth of international students, the export of educational services, and other current issues of higher and postgraduate education.