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袪褍褋The international听seminar 鈥淥rganization and development of Quality assurance system in HEIs and the process of accreditation: the experience of Norway and Kyrgyzstan鈥�听 held on March 10th- 11th , 2017, was organized within a cooperation project between Norwegian and Kyrgyz universities.
That was the first major seminar on accreditation and quality assurance in HEIs in the Kyrgyz Republic. It was attended by about 200 people, of 听which the Ministry of Education and Science, over 150 representatives of all universities of the Kyrgyz Republic (rectors, vice-rectors), 听representatives of colleges, as well as accreditation听agencies, and other international experts.听
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The seminar was covered by local mass media, including AKIPRESS (news听), Public Rating (article听听and page听HERE), Zanoza.kg (article听), and internal press departments of 69色 (news听HERE), and the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University (news听).
The first day of the seminar in 69色 was broadcast live via 69色 TV channel on Youtube, and had over 300 viewers Records of reports and discussion panel are听HERE...听
All records, including records of the live streaming can be found in听the Program of the Seminar.
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The seminar was funded by SIU听(Norwegian Center for International Cooperation in Education)听and American University of Central Asia听(69色).听
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Preparation to the seminar.听 The major topics of the seminar were proposed by a a focus group, held in December, with rectors and vice rectors, heads of quality assurance departments. The focus group emphasized the seminar should address concerns related to the Ministry's intentions related to implementation of Bologna's reforms, the implementation of quality assurance systems, and independent accreditation. The interest generated during this focus group matched the seriousness with which the government is actively discussing such matters.
Report of the focus-group discussion is听贬贰搁贰鈥�
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The program of the Seminar is听HERE.
