News /Archives | National Erasmus+ Office in Turkmenistan

ACADEMICA Second National Event in the Turkmen State Institute of Culture

The main purpose of the National event held on 21 October 2017 was to facilitate the participation of the target group in the implementation of three modernized education disciplines: Engineering of Automated Libraries-Database (Microsoft Access), Sound Control, and Sound Engineering.

The conference was attended by the representatives of the Institute administration, Project group, teaching staff and students, Coordinator of the NEO in Turkmenistan Aina Chorekliyeva and the NEO expert G. Sariyeva.

The participants of the meeting were welcomed by S. Janmamedova, a representative of the Institute administration, who stressed the importance of the activities done in the framework of the ACADEMICA Project. Team members O. Gojayeva, A. Blinov and S. Mashaeva made presentations on the recent staff activities which included implementation, progress and the expected results of the work. All the interventions were accompanied with presentations and follow-up discussions on the outcome.

Second National Event of the Project ACADEMICA in the Turkmen State Institute of Finance

On October 20, 2017 the second National event of the ACADEMICA project was held at the Turkmen State Institute of Finance (TSIF). The conference was attended by the Institute teaching staff and students, team members from the Turkmen State Institute of Culture, Coordınator of the National Erasmus+ Office in Turkmenistan A. Chorekliyeva and NEO expert G. Sariyeva.

The Project group presented the results of the cooperation work in modernizing the disciplines: “Modern computer technologies”, “International payment systems” and “Information systems and technology in economy”.

The team successfully accomplished the stated objectives and has proceeded to the next Project phase which will cover the implementation of modernized curricula in the first (winter) semester of 2017-2018 academic years.

The Turkmen NEO and HERE meeting at the Turkmen State University

On 21 April, 2017 the meeting of the Turkmen HEREs was held at Magtymguly Turkmen State University. The experts made their reports on the work with the university students and teaching staff to deepen their understanding of EU experience and mechanisms of the Bologna process. The HEREs analyzed the elements which could effectively be used for higher education reforms in Turkmenistan.

The topic was presented by the Turkmen HEREs who described the EQF aims, structure and scope and highlighted the importance of EQF in promoting learners' mobility between countries and facilitating their lifelong learning.

Mr. Batyr Izmailov, senior teacher of Germany, French and Spanish Languages Department, Azadi Turkmen National institute of World Languages, introduced different approaches of Student-Centered Learning theory and current developments in the context of Bologna processes.

Ms. Ogulsapar Nazarova, senior teacher of Botany Department, Magtymguly Turkmen State University, informed about her visit the Barcelona Conference and its outcomes which could be useful for higher education reforms in Turkmenistan.

Erasmus+ HERE Seminar 5-6 April 2017 in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan

International seminar for Higher Education Reforms Experts was held on 5-6 April 2017 in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan “Students in Focus: Students as Partners in Higher Education Governance and Quality Assurance”. The seminar was organized by the Consortium of the SPHERE Team and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).

The seminar took place at the Narhoz University of Alma-Ata and discussed students’ participation in the Bologna Process, in higher education governance and quality assurance. More than 30 national delegates from Western and Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Central Asia attended the conference. The speakers made presentations with examples illustrating European universities’ best practices concerning student involvement in governance benefits HEIs and HE systems.

The Turkmen representatives Aina Chorekliyeva, NEO Coordinator, and Merdan Jumayev, Student of the Turkmen Institute of Economics and Management were involved in the discussions held in 3 workshops on the following topics: