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Astana International University (AIU) took part in the International Partnership Week, organized by the National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) from September 24 to 29, 2023. The AIU delegation included - Vice - President of the AIU - Abdrakhmanov K.A. , Director of the Pedagogical Institute of AIU - Akhmadieva Z.K., Dean of the Higher School of Economics of AIU - Smagulova Z.K. and Director of the Department of International Cooperation of AIU – Zhmaka S.S.

This is an annual event organized by HSE and presents a platform where representatives of the world's leading universities gather and can discuss issues of development of the higher education system, as well as opportunities for expanding cooperation and forming new partnerships.

This year, representatives of academic circles from the African continent, CIS countries, the Middle East, Latin America, India and China took part in this event.

During the plenary sessions, issues of the growing role of integration associations, for example the Greater Eurasian Partnership, which could in the future unite the EAEU, SCO, BRICS, ASEAN and other countries participating in the event, were actively discussed.

In addition, topics were raised about the role of universities in the digital era, a common intellectual space, integrated communications, identifying talent among youth and many others.

Representatives of AIU - Smagulova Z. and Zhmaka S. presented their vision at the plenary sessions dedicated to the issues of SDGs and internationalization.

The solemn moment of the these days was the signing of an agreement between AIU and HSE, which includes student exchanges, teaching staff and prospects for future scientific and educational research and double-degree programs.

On September 28, 2023, students of the Higher School of Law under the leadership of Deputy Dean Seilkhanov Zh.D. and curators Zhambaev E.S., Yelubekova A.K. visited the Sharapat Nursing Home.

The purpose of the event is to educate the Kazakh youth in moral qualities and charity.

Students have prepared a concert program. The residents of the Sharapat house listened to folk songs with pleasure, sang along and danced.

The atmosphere of the Nursing Home deeply touched the hearts of young people. The students quickly found a common language with the older generation: they told about themselves and listened to interesting stories from their past. The guys also examined the rooms of the boarding house and the places of leisure for pensioners. The students noted that there was such a warm atmosphere in the nursing home that they had the feeling that they were visiting a large friendly family.

Students of the Higher School of Law with a concert program and gifts pleased the residents of the Sharapat house.

Our students came to the conclusion that it is necessary to be able to sympathize, empathize and support such people while they are alive, and they do not necessarily need to be their grandmother or grandfather.

Astana, September 18, 2023.

 President of Astana International University Irsaliyev S.A.  held a meeting with the rector of Beijing Language and Culture University Duan Peng, during which the parties discussed the prospects for expanding cooperation in the field of higher education and science.

 Irsaliyev S.A.  presented to foreign guests the activities of AIU, the main priorities of the university in the context of the new policy of Kazakhstan in the field of higher education and science, about joint programs and projects being implemented with foreign partners.  He emphasized the interest of Kazakhstani students in learning Chinese language as well as the wide potential for developing cooperation between Kazakhstani and Chinese universities.

 For his part, Prof. Duan Peng informed about the projects being implemented by the university in the field of training professional translators and specialists with knowledge of Chinese language, the opening of the Sinology Center by the university in Qingdao and the plans of the Chinese university to increase the number of grants for Kazakhstani students.

 The parties agreed to promote academic exchange of teachers and students and to explore the possibility of opening double-degree programs.  The Chinese side expressed its readiness to open its branch in the Kazakhstani capital after additional marketing research.

 Background: Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) is a key public university directly under the control of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, also known as the "Little United Nations".  The university is a world-renowned university offering international education in Chinese and other foreign languages.

 The university's predecessor was the Higher Preparatory School for Foreign Students, founded in 1962 and renamed Beijing Language Institute in 1964.  In 1996, it was renamed Beijing Language and Culture University.

 BLCU graduates include many world-famous political and public figures, incl.  President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.K. Tokayev, who had a language internship at this university in 1983-1984.

Today we will tell you about the participant of our second stream of the incubation program Anara Ibraeva. Anara presents the project "ECO SWEETS", which is the production of sweets for children, allergy sufferers and people suffering from diabetes.

We were able to attend Anara's master class and see the production process, meet people who support the culture of proper nutrition. Anara's dream is to create a confectionery factory for the production of sweets in Kazakhstan. We wish Anara success in the implementation of her project.

The lecturer of the Astana International University, R.V. Sysoeva, delivered a course of lectures at the partner university, the Belarusian State University of Economics (BSEU) in Minsk. BSEU is one of the best university of Belarus, which has trained more than 165 thousand specialists in the field of economics, financial and banking system, trade, public administration and other spheres.

The lectures were devoted to the economic and political development of Kazakhstan and achievements in the framework of the integration of the EAEU countries, which in addition to Kazakhstan and Belarus includes Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia. Sysoeva Rigina also took part in the events of the Minsk Dialogue, an expert platform for researchers in the post–Soviet space. The lectures organized as part of the postdoctoral research of the Committee of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (IRN AP13268711 «Eurasian Economic Union: achievements and obstacles to the creation of a regional security community»).

We thank our colleagues from BSEU (V.V. Moroz and others) for organizing meetings at the university.

20 September this year students of the Pedagogical Institute on the initiative of teachers of the educational program «History» Kauanova Sh., Tuyakova A. made a tour to the memorial museum of victims of political persecution «Karlag»located near the city of Karaganda. The mobile lecture was attended by 50 students, which was organized to combine the historical knowledge of students with practice. During the lecture, historians learned about Stalin’s repressive policies, famine, genocide, deportations and labor camps in the 1930s. Archival documents, valuable artifacts, educational exhibits related to the history of persecution, reveal the content of the sad history and do not allow students to feel the dark period. There is a Chinese proverb: "旅 行 电 影 后 时 间 会 像 上 明 的 一 个" (No one returns from the journey as before). It is clear that the mobile lecture positively influenced the formation of a different attitude of students-historians to New Kazakhstan.

In the period from August 28 to September 10, 2023, a series of master classes from Speaker Arman Akberdiev took place as part of the incubation program. Participants of two incubation programs studied such aspects of business as: analysis of the stage of implementation of a business project, market research and evaluation, project monetization models, Сanvas business model, customer research, product promotion on the market, team formation, etc. The speaker take the special attention to such an aspect as the presentation and pitch of the project for the Demo Day. Master classes were held in an interactive format, through case studies and practical examples and recommendations for beginners and active entrepreneurs participating in the incubation program.

The Business Incubator of Astana International University thanks Arman Akberdiyev for cooperation and support of our projects! We wish our participants to apply all the knowledge they have gained and present innovative projects for the Demo Days that will take place on September 30 and October 14, 2023!

On September 13, a meeting was held between the President of the AIU Irsaliyev S.A. and the Rector of the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) Zhao Zhongxiu. The meeting took place in Beijing within the walls of the Chinese partner university. The meeting was held in a friendly manner: the President of the AMU congratulated his colleague on taking office, noted the long-term friendship and cooperation between universities - cooperation with UIBE has been in effect almost since the founding of the AIU. In particular, in 2019, an agreement was signed between universities on the creation of a joint institute of international business and economics in Astana on the basis of the AIU. Despite the difficulties of the pandemic period, the institute began its work in 2020 and made its first enrollment. Today, about 70 students are studying double-diploma programs at the institute. The first graduation is expected next year. There is a clear upward trend in the number of people wishing to study at the institute, which indicates the great potential of the Kazakh-Chinese educational program. Also, this year, the institute, with the support of partners, organized and conducted the first summer school in China - for 14 days, students not only visited historical monuments, enjoyed the picturesque nature, but also visited industrial and technical facilities, the Kazakh-Chinese logistics center in Lianyungang city, plunged into culture and improved their level of language with native speakers.

During the meeting, work issues were also raised. The problems and concerns that had accumulated during the pandemic, as well as during the practical experience of implementing joint projects, were openly voiced. It was proposed to take into account and use this experience in the future to improve the quality of the program and student learning conditions.

In addition to educational projects, the international orientation of the activities of the two universities was noted, as well as the important role and contribution that universities can and should make to the development and strengthening of friendship between countries, scientific and academic support of ongoing international projects. The research potential and sites of the two universities were announced and on this basis cooperation could be established and deepened. In particular, such areas as the Belt and Road Initiative and the New Eurasian Land Bridge, cooperation with Jiangsu Province and the city of Lianyungang in the field of maritime transport and port infrastructure, opening access to the sea for Kazakhstan and the countries of Central Asia, were announced.

The universities agreed to continue to provide each other with comprehensive support in the implementation of both current and future projects, and to adhere to the principles of openness and friendship.

On September 13, 2023, within the framework of the incubation program "AIU BUSINESS INNOVATION", Saken Sabitovich, project manager of JSC "Science Foundation", certified business coach of NCE «Atameken» Kazenov, was invited to speak on explaining the conditions of grant financing.

The invited speaker addressed the teams of the 1st and 2nd streams of the incubation program. During the presentation, information was provided about the goals and principles of competitive selection, requirements for the applicant and the project team. At the end of the presentation, the audience was able to ask questions about the process of submitting documents for participation in the selection competition, as well as the main conditions for financing business projects. 

The Business incubator of Astana International University thanks Kazenov Saken for cooperation in the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the Republic of Kazakhstan and support for startup projects, and also wishes the participants of the incubation program successful implementation of business ideas.

Kozhakhmetova S. 2nd year doctoral student at the Higher School of Law of Astana International University on September 7, 2023 took part in the International conference ``CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE: DIGNITY, FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FOR ALL``, organized in the hall of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The event was attended by judges of constitutional courts and ombudsmen from more than 30 countries, as well as representatives of law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, scientists in the field of jurisprudence.

The conference dedicated to the Constitution Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was held at a high professional level. Issues related to the implementation of constitutional control over compliance with the rule of law and the protection of human rights were discussed.

On September 8, 2023, in continuation of the above-mentioned conference, Kozhakhmetova S., 2nd year doctoral student of the EP “Jurisprudence”, took part in Workshop I “Constitutional law in the 21st Century: The Rule of Law and the Protection of Human Rights Towards the rule of law and security”, held in the lecture hall AIFC. 

The seminar was attended by foreign guests, professors Papuashvili George, Jorge Bacelar Gouveia, Matthias Knauff and others. Under the leadership of the moderator Judge Zhatkanbaeva A.E., the event was held very informative and educational.

Undoubtedly, such events promote the overall goal - the protection of human rights and freedoms, at the international and national levels.

Within the framework of the first incubation program "AIU Business Innovation" of Astana International University, trackers were distributed for 24 teams of the first stream. Each tracker has 8 teams. The task of trackers is to track the development of a startup project, help the team achieve results, work out the bottlenecks of business projects.

Our trackers: Pirmanova Madina, Founder and Director, consulting company "MG First"; Vyatkina Yulia - Chief Manager of the Department for Investments and New Projects of JSC "Science Foundation"; Sitdikov Vagiz - Founder and Head of Marketing Agency "Petrit" LLP. In total, students of the 1st stream will receive 75 hours of individual consultations, which will allow them to strengthen business projects and implement them in the near future.

As part of the first incubation program «AIU Business Innovation» Daniyar Bektenov, director of the center of JSC «Qazinnovations» spoke to the listeners of the first stream.

Daniyar spoke about innovative grants, priority sectors of the economy, conditions for obtaining grant support, how the application process is going. The measures of state support of industrial and innovative activity in the Republic of Kazakhstan are also considered. The program participants received full information about the possibilities of financing innovative projects.