Independent accreditation and rating agency IAAR

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Independent accreditation
and rating agency IAAR
Deputy Director General for International Cooperation, PhD
Kanapyanov Timur Erbolatovich
Kanapyanov

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Implementation of ENQA experts' recommendations based on the
results of the 2021 ENQA external audit
On 7 December 2021, the ENQA Council decided to re-award IAAR full membership of ENQA
for a period of 5 years
On 20 August 2021, a working group for the implementation of ENQA recommendations was
established and the Action Plan for the implementation of ENQA experts' recommendations
was approved
On 15 July 2023, the IAAR Supervisory Board considered the Follow-up Report at the IAAR
Supervisory Board meeting
29 February 2024 IAAR Follow-up Procedures Report adopted by ENQA
17 June 2024 ENQA post-monitoring
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www.iaar.agency

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What opportunities has IAAR identified in its quality assurance
procedures and does it plan to capitalise on these opportunities?
www.iaar.agency
IAAR participated in the
working group of the MoEHE
RK on the development of the
National Standard for
Accreditation of Pedagogical
Organisations
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Development of Standards for
Accreditation of Joint
Educational Programmes
Development of Standards
for accreditation of EI and
EI implemented with the
use of digital technologies
Accreditation of joint educational
programmes
Carrying out accreditation of EI
implementing online education
IAAR has introduced criteria for the assessment of educational programmes in
pedagogy into the standards of specialised accreditation
www.iaar.agency

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What are the main challenges and opportunities related to
stakeholder engagement in the agency?
Stakeholders
Various
associations
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Supervisory Board
Accreditation Council
Expert Council on
Higher Education
Employer
representatives
Expert Council on
Medical Education
Student
community
Expert Council on
Technical and
Vocational Education
and Training
Agreement and discussion of
the Agency's most important
documents
www.iaar.agency

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IAAR signed a Memorandum of Co-operation with
the Republican Student Movement "Alliance of
Students of Kazakhstan"
IAAR actively engages students in all
areas of work
Collegial bodies
Composition of expert
commissions
The role of students in
quality assurance
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Students are included in each
assessed cluster
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Training seminars and feedback
Training of student experts
The IAAR's focus is always on preparing
students to be quality experts
Feedback
IAAR identified methods of collecting
information on stakeholder satisfaction
as the main feedback tool
Co-operation with stakeholders
It is becoming good practice to discuss
the most important IAAR documents
with students in training seminars and
webinars
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International Forum
Feedback and exchange of views is
provided through the annual
International Forum on Quality
Assurance in Education
www.iaar.agency

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How could the agency strengthen its structure as a continuous
learning organisation?
WSOC IAAR:
engineered
documented
implemented
maintained
improves
IAAR's WSOC is being
improved by
conducting:
Feedback
Internal audit
Analysing ISIC
Corrective actions
Risk management
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The IAAR WSOQ is being
improved in accordance with the
following
IAAR Quality Policy
IAAR Development Strategy
Internal audits on key business
processes:
Accreditation
Post-accreditation monitoring
Performance of the Agency's
staff
The IAAR management, in
implementing the WSOC,
proceeds from the proper
recognition and understanding
of each employee's
responsibility for the quality of
work performed
IAAR uses to ensure the quality
of planning and improve quality
assessment procedures:
Results of internal audit
Stakeholder surveys
Analytical reports
Outcome: suggestions and
recommendations for improving
activities
Analysis of VEC reports
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What other challenges does the agency face?
Instability of the political situation in the
world
Growing competition (including unfair
competition) in the field of accreditation
Insufficient activity of employers in the
educational activities of EI
Accreditation of microqualifications
The potential and threats of artificial
intelligence for higher education
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THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION!
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