The Kick-off-Meeting of the project Erasmus+ 609757-EPP-1-2019-1-RS-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP “Dual Education for Industrial Automatization and Robotics in Kazakhstan/DIARKAZ” (DIARKAZ) was held on the basis of Kostanay engineering and economics university named after M.Dulatov, Kostanay, February 4-5, 2020.

The project is coordinated by the University of Novi Sad (Republic of Serbia).
From our University, teaching staff of two higher schools – information technology and mechanical engineering-participated in this project. Representatives of the above-mentioned higher schools (G. A. Kamalova, L. B. Diyarova, K. A. Narikov), as well as the head of the international cooperation Department, Z. Kh. Sultanova, took part in the launch meeting of the project.
The main goal of the project funded by Erasmus+ is to increase the potential for industrial automation and robotics in Kazakhstan by introducing dual education.

At the first meeting, organizational issues related to signing a partnership agreement, defining a quality control plan for the project, and developing a dual training program for PAR (industrial automation and robotics) were considered and discussed.

This project is expected to introduce dual training for industrial automation with a European orientation in Kazakhstan. Within the framework of the project the teaching staff of Zhangir khan WKATU will have an opportunity to undergo an internship in the universities of Austria and Germany, which are leaders of dual education in Europe. The result of the project will be the introduction of dual educational program in WKATU, including internship and training at work.