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.