The ECAQA representative has participate at the International Conference of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), which was held in Helsinki (Finland) on August 26-30, 2017 and participate at the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) Recognition Program for Accrediting Agencies: Purpose, processes, and criteria.

David Gordon (World Federation for Medical Education); John J. Norcini and Marta van Zanten (Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research, USA) “While the purposes of accreditation of basic medical education are to evaluate and ensure the quality of medical education programmes and encourage improvement, accreditation practices vary considerably worldwide. Consequently, the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) has developed and implemented a global programme aimed at recognised agencies that accredit medical schools at an international standard. This workshop will provide and overview of the WFME recognition programme and an in-depth understanding of its purpose, processes, and criteria.

The ECAQA participate at the International Conference of the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) "New Horizons: Dissolving Boundaries for a Quality Region", which was held on May 26-28, 2017 in Moscow (Russia).

The ECAQA representative has participate at the INQAAHE conference "Between Collaboration & Competition: The Promises & Challenges for Quality Assurance in Higher Education", which was held in Bahrain from 27 February to 2 March 2017.

ЕЦА принял участие в Международной конференции Ассоциации медицинского образования в Европе (AMEE), которая проходила в г. Хельсинки (Финляндия) 26-30 августа 2017 года. В рамках конференции прошел семинар, посвященный программе признания Всемирной федерации медицинского образования (WFME) для органов аккредитации.

The ECAQA participated in the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) Annual Conference on “Capacity Building for Next-Generation Quality Assurance in Higher Education” that was held in Nagpur, India on March 22- 25, 2018.

The event was hosted by the Shri Shivaji Education Society Amravati’s Science College and Dhanwate National College. https://www.apqn.org/

The 2018 APQN Annual Conference brought together external quality assurance agencies and academics and was devoted to discussing the key issues of quality assurance in higher education in countries of the Asia-Pacific Region.

2018 APQN Academic Conference (AAC) sessions and workshops focused on discussion the Asia-Pacific Quality Register (APQR) Eligibility Criteria for EQAA and Criteria for Recognition by the APQR, APQN Quality Lebel (APQL): Criteria and Indicators of Quality Lebel and Evaluation Process, the Capacity Building of Reviewers in QA in HE, the opportunities for Improvement Institutional and Programme Accreditation, the improvement of the internal quality assurance in higher education institutions, as well as the role of accreditation in transnational education.

The ECAQA cooperation and involvement to the APQN International Events is important for the ECAQA in terms of the demand for national undergraduate and postgraduate education programmes in Asia and countries in the Near and Middle East, as well as the fact that majority of the international students at the Kazakhstan medical universities come from India, Pakistan, China, Mongolia, Jordan, Afghanistan and other countries of the Asia-Pacific Region.

The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the National Assessment and Accreditation Council / NAAC (India) and the Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health Care / ECAQA (Kazakhstan)

On March 24, 2018, in Nagpur, India, on the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) Annual Conference on “Capacity Building for Next-Generation Quality Assurance in Higher Education”, the Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health Care signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (India). The MOU was signed by Professor Sarsenbayeva S.S., the Director General of the ECAQA and Dr. Jagannath Patil, the Advisor of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is an autonomous body established by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India for the evaluation and accreditation of higher education institutions in the country. http://www.naac.gov.in/collaborations.asp