M. Kozybayev NKSU became a participant of the Erasmus + project "TRUNAK Transition to University Autonomy in Kazakhstan", funded by the European Commission. According to the results of the III Erasmus + "Higher Education Potential" competition, funding for more than 9 million euros was received only seven projects with the participation of Kazakhstan partners from 19 universities.
"TRUNAK Transition to University Autonomy in Kazakhstan / TRUNAK" is the first project where the Kazakhstan university – Karaganda State Medical University is the coordinator and grantee of the project. The project is planned to be completed in 2017-2020.
The goal of this project is to create a model for the transition of Kazakhstani universities from the traditional form of management to autonomous management. The main results of the project will be the analysis of the existing autonomy of universities in Kazakhstan and the best practices of European universities, the development of a basic model of university autonomy and recommendations for the application of this model in Kazakhstan, the dissemination of experience and research results for the further development of autonomy.
The project involved:
1. Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2. Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
3. European Association of Universities (EUA);
4. M. Kozybaev North Kazakhstan State University;
5. H. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau State University;
6. Kazpotrebsoyuz Karaganda Economic University;
7. Karaganda State Medical University;
8. Medical University of Astana;
9. M. Ospanova West Kazakhstan State Medical University;
10. University of Lund, Sweden;
11. Ljubljana University, Slovenia;
12. Aga Khan University-Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilization, Great Britain;
13. Technical University of Lublin, Poland;
14. Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Finland;
15. Catholic University Universita Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Associated Partners:
16. Kazakhstani organization of medical youth;
17. Association Htacamp (Italy).
For the successful implementation of the aims and objectives of the project TRUNAK in the M. Kozybayev NKSU formed a working group, which includes: Omirbaev S.M., Pogrebitskaya M.V., Esembekova D.T., Sagitdinova T.K.
From November 13-17, 2017, the working group took an active part in the first meeting of the project participants at the Karaganda State Medical University. In the course of the meeting, a presentation was presented about the M. Kozybaev NKSU. The rector of the university S. Omirbaev acquainted representatives of foreign universities and international organizations with the current state of university autonomy in Kazakhstan and the prospects for its expansion.