Pilot 1 at the al-Farabi Kazakh National University

• Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
• Date: 03 – 04 February 2020

Coordinator of the DECIDE project Angela Repanovici from UTBV (Romania)  and Director of the Library  Manolis Koukourakis from UOC (Greece)  visited al-Farabi Kazakh National University as observers from EU universities of Pilot 1.

According to the plan of DECIDE project implementation, on February 3-4, 2020 al-Farabi Kazakh National University conducted classes on Module 2 and Module 4 for teaching and administrative staff of the university, librarians,  students and people from other relevant organizations in the frameworks of Pilot 1.

The Module 2 and Module 4  were  developed by project team of the university in collaboration with colleagues from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Prior to work on Modules participants of the DECIDE project attended trainings in Dresden (TUD) and Limerick (LIT). These  trainings  at TUD and  LIT were  delivered by the EU partners of the  project and included: purpose, rationale and content of the DECIDE curriculum to include international Quality Standards and the requirements of international, Bologna agreement and ECTS Modular creation using the EU-TUNING system.

• On the first day of the meeting, Module 2 was presented, which was developed for a wide range of specialists working in the academic, governmental and non-governmental sectors to provide knowledge and skills in the field of marketing theory and practice for organizing National Awareness Day in all three countries.

• Module 4 training was held on February 4, 2020, at the Faculty of Medicine and Health, Guldana Ispambetova, a teacher in the Department of Physical Education and Sports. Her topic covered issues related to ensuring the physical activity of students with special needs.