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Another cooperation conference on the international Erasmus project “UnWaste” takes place at Saken Seifullin KATRU.

The conference was opened by the head of the KATRU staff, candidate of technical sciences, associate professor Zhazira Zhazykbaeva: she has introduced Seifullin University to the conference participants:

“Through the implementation of this project, it is expected to develop a master’s program in waste management in each of the partner countries, and educational programs will be introduced and accredited by all collaborating universities.” “According to the goal of the project “Develop a joint interdisciplinary master’s program in Waste Management to raise awareness of the circular economy using the experience of European universities,” partner universities are working on analyzing educational programs, testing lectures, and improving teaching methods, said Zhazira Meirkhanovna.

Since international cooperation is a strategic direction for the development of our university, KATRU intends to expand its network of partners, participate in international projects, and also further strengthen international relations with universities around the world.

Today's seminar aims to develop the circular economy in partner countries through the development and implementation of the master's program "Waste Management"/UnWaste, organized on the EU Erasmus+ project.

The project coordinator is the University of Wismar (Germany), the partners are universities of Latvia (ESA University, Riga), Estonia (Tallinn Technical University) and three universities of Kazakhstan: the project coordinator is Akhmet Baitursynov Kostanay Regional University, Shokan Ualikhanov Kokshetau University and Saken Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical Research University.

Prof. Gunnar Prause from the University of Wismar and Professor of the Faculty of Economics of the Tallinn Technical University Wolfgang Gerstlberger made a presentation about their universities.

During the conference, the head of the KATRU staff Zhazira Zhazykbaeva said: “The university is implementing 112 research projects with a total funding of 4.6 billion tenge.”

“One of the most important achievements is the MEGA PROJECT for 2023-2025 “Development of new technologies for organic production and processing of agricultural products”: the university became the winner of the program-targeted funding competition for 4 billion tenge. The goal of the program is the development of new technologies for organic production and processing of agricultural products based on the principles of the “green economy”, the transformation of regional technology parks and engineering centers in the agro-industrial complex.”

“In the area of ​​commercialization of research results, 6 research projects are being introduced into production process for a total amount of 2.9 billion tenge.”

In other words, KATRU is ready for fruitful and close cooperation with every university participating in this conference. We hope that in the future these relations will be built on a mutually beneficial basis and will become a guideline and model of strategic partnership.