The National Center for Expertise of Medicines and Medical Devices is undergoing re-accreditation by the ECAQA. The international expert commission was chaired by E.A. Slavko, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine of the Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, and Chief Hepatologist of the Almaty City Public Health Department.

The external expert commission (EEC) was chaired by L.D. Alibekova, Deputy Director for Academic and Educational Affairs at the Higher Medical College, a state коммунal enterprise with the right of economic management under the Almaty City Public Health Department, and holder of a Master of Public Health degree, Republic of Kazakhstan.

Eurasian Center for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Healthcare (ECAQA) is included in the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) by the decision of the EQAR Register Committee dated 11.10.2024.

ECAQAApproval Letter from EQAR President

Accreditation agencies included in EQAR can operate throughout the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). ECAQA's inclusion in EQAR demonstrates the full compliance of the ECAQA's activities with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education in the EHEA ESG 2015 and allows for the publication of accreditation decisions and the posting of reports of external expert commissions for the evaluation of educational institutions and educational programs in The Database of External Quality Assurance Results (DEQAR). DEQAR data helps to support EHEA commitments and can be used by Higher Education Institutions to obtain digital credentials through the European Commission's Europass and European Blockchain Service Infrastructure (EBSI).

On June 23–25, 2026, the international external expert commission conducted an evaluation of the institutional activities of the Kyzylorda Higher Medical College...

ECAQA Director General Saule Sarsenbayeva participated in the 23rd International Congress/Forum on Quality Assessment in Research and Higher Education (FECIES), delivering a presentation titled “Quality Matters: From Accreditation to Outcomes in Medical Education in Kazakhstan.”

The event was held virtually from June 17–19, 2026, offering academics and researchers a global platform to share findings in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, with accepted papers eligible for publication in Q1 academic books.

The 2026 forum featured international experts, such as Amanda Grace Taylor (Senior Director at ABET) and Milica Kavedzic (Deputy Director at ACQAHE), who discussed global trends in quality assurance.

The seminar has been organised with the aim of enhancing the expertise of experts in the accreditation of higher and postgraduate education institutions and their educational programmes (at the levels of basic medical education, residency, master’s and PhD programmes).

The training programme also excluded topics relating to the capacity-building of staff at medical education institutions in the field of quality assurance, based on international European principles and standards for the quality of higher professional education. The following topics were discussed: analysis of the self-assessment report, the external evaluation procedure, the formulation of questions for the experts, the structure and preparation of the expert commission's report, and approaches to developing recommendations for improvement.

The seminar was conducted in an interactive format (work in small groups, an ‘expert commission’ focus group, discussions, an ‘open floor’ session, etc.). Forty-eight experts took part – faculty members and staff from the S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Caspian University, KMU “KSPH”, Kazakh-Russian Medical University, and research centres and institutes in Almaty. The seminar was held in accordance with the Programme for the training and competence development of experts in conducting external quality assurance of education in the ECAQA.