The Council for Higher Education Accreditation International Quality Group (CHEA/CIQG, USA) has announced the availability of the CHEA/CIQG International Directory focused on accreditation and quality assurance. The directory contains information for more than 500 quality assurance agencies and accreditation bodies in approximately 175 countries.

ECAQA as a specialized/professional accreditation agency in medicine, biomedicine and health sciences is included in the CHEA/CIQG International Directory.

The information is available on the CHEA/CIQG web-site: https://www.chea.org/international-directory/eurasian-sentre-accreditation-and-quality-assurance-higher-education-and

The ECAQA participated in the INQAHE 15th Biennial Conference on “Quality Assurance, Qualifications and Recognition: Fostering Trust in a Globalized World” that was held in in Colombo, Sri Lanka on March 25-28, 2019. Proudly hosted by the University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka, with the support of the Ministry of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs of Sri Lanka. The ECAQA’s delegate was Nurmanbetova Farida, consultant –advisor.

Евразийский центр аккредитации и обеспечения качества образования и здравоохранения в лице научного консультанта Нурманбетовой Фариды принял участие в ежегодной 15-ой конференции Международной Сети Агентств по Обеспечению Качества Высшего Образования (INQAAHE) «Quality Assurance, Qualifications and Recognition: Fostering Trust in a Globalized World/Обеспечение качества, квалификации и признание: Формирование доверия в Мировом пространстве», которая проходила в 25-28 марта 2019 г. в г г.Коломбо, Шри-Ланка.

The ECAQA participated in the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) Academic Conference (AAC) and Annual General Meeting (AGM) on “Quality Assurance in the Asia-Pacific Region: Insight into the Future” that was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on March 28- 31, 2019. The ECAQA’s delegate was Nurmanbetova Farida, consultant –advisor. The APQN is a non-governmental and non-profit network with 208 members from 40 countries and territories aiming to enhance the quality of higher education in the Asia-Pacific region. http://apqn.org/

On March 27-28, 2019 the ECAQA External Expert Commission for the purpose of institutional and specialized (programm) accreditation visited the High Medical College (Almaty). The Chairperson of the EEC - Gulmira Tokbergenova, PhD, Director of the Medical College «Interdent».

On March 2019 the Eurasian Centre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health Care signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the The National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation/ANQA (http://www.anqa.am/en).

The MOU was signed by Professor Saule Sarsenbayeva, the Director General of the ECAQA and Ruben Topchyan, the Director of the ANQA. The National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation (ANQA) is an independent organization founded by RA government in 2008. ANQA implements quality assurance processes through institutional and programme accreditation in preliminary, vocational and higher educational institutions.