During this seminar, the following topics were discussed:

1. Development of higher education in the Republic of Latvia;

2. Cooperation in the field of higher education in the framework of the Erasmus+ programme;

3. State scholarships from the Republic of Latvia. EU Programme to support young scholars;

4. Instruments for recognizing foreign qualifications and assuring the quality in Latvian higher education institutions.

                Photo credit: Alens Līdaks, Latvia

This seminar became a dialogue platform, which allowed participants to discuss the latest achievements in the field of higher education in Latvia and Kazakhstan, as well as to consider the possibilities of a bilateral cooperation between two countries.

The participants of the seminar also included representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia, Latvian higher education institutions, Academic Information Centre and State Education Development Agency, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Center for International Programs "Bolashak", Nazarbayev University, L.N.Gumilev Eurasian National University, Kazakh Humanitarian Law University, M.Utemisov West Kazakhstan State University.

Presentations from the seminar can be found below:

1. Development of higher education in the Republic of Latvia (Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia).

2. Cooperation in the field of higher education in the framework of the Erasmus+ programme (Speaker – Mrs Ennata Kivrina, Director of EU Education Programmes Department State Education Development Agency, Latvia).

3. State scholarships from the Republic of Latvia. EU Programme to support young scholars (Speaker - Sintija Šmite, Head of the International Cooperation Programme Unit, State Education Development Agency Latvia).

4. Instruments for recognizing foreign qualifications and assuring the quality in Latvian higher education institutions (Speaker - Ms Baiba Ramina, Director of the Academic Information Centre, Latvia).