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Accreditation
In 1996, CAMAN initiated the work on accreditation of educational institutions and programs in management education in the Central Asian region. The main aim of this initiative is to introduce and promote a credible and internationally recognized regional accreditation system in Central Asia as an effective mechanism of quality insuring of local management education.
Today, in term of promotion and development of the accreditation system in the Central Asian region, CAMAN has done the following:
January 2002 - Started a joint project with efmd on working out a quality evaluation system in management education of Central Asia consistent with international standards. This project is financed by European Commission (BISTRO-TACIS). In the frame of this project:
- 3 Central-Asian experts studied probation period in Europe;
- CAMAN participated in the EQUAL international Committee (Birmingham, January 2002);
- A seminar for 11 universities on quality criterions and self assessment was conducted;
- Quality criterions and standards and quality assessment procedures were elaborated;
- Self-assessment and visiting of 4 pilot universities by academic audit group processes were finished;
- International conference on result dissemination of CAMAN pilot public accreditation in Central Asia was conducted;
- Work group on preparation and elaboration of Accreditation process managing system was created and works.
January 2002 - Signed a joint agreement with efmd, CEEMAN, RABE, FORUM, and RNEBE about mutual co-operation and assistance among all parties to create in Central Asia a Regional Quality Insurance System (Accreditation System) based on the CAMAN model and consistent with International Standards.
November 2001 - Signed an agreement with RNEBE / EdNet about strategic cooperation in general, and about the creation of a Central Asian Accreditation Center based on the CAMAN model in particular.
2000 - EQUAL invited CAMAN to become a member, and to co-operate in terms of quality insurance development in management education for Central Asia.
Almaty (1997), Tashkent (1998), Bishkek (1999) - Prepared, discussed and approved a first draft of CAMAN accreditation rules and directions for self-evaluation of educational institutes.
1996 - Created the first working group on preparation of accreditation's rules for Central Asia.
President of Kazakhstan recognized the importance of CAMAN experience in establishing an accreditation mechanism in Central Asia on November 30, 2000.
International Experts involved in CAMAN Accreditation development process:
- Dr. Gordon Shenton - EQUIS Director;
- Eric Cornuel - efmd Director General;
- Dr. Gene Crozier - Head of Standards Management House Nottingham Road;
- Prof. Sergei Mordovin - Rector of St. Petersburg International Management Institute
CAMAN Accreditation is:
- Institutional and specialized;
- Regional and international;
- Preparatory for other international accreditation systems;
- A specialized training process that gives an institution a chance to get for itself an external professional look;
- A dynamic model, presuming continuos changes of standards and criteria in a movable environment.
CONFERENCES
July 2002 - International conference on result dissemination of CAMAN pilot public accreditation in Central Asia, Almaty;
June 2002 - CAMAN Conference on Global Forum on Management Education, Bangkok, Thailand.
May 1999 - Management and Management Education Development: the Global Tendencies and Kazakstani Opportunities, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
June 1998 - CAMAN Conference on Global Forum on Management Education, Chicago, USA.
April 1997 - "Modernization of Public Administration on the Threshold of the 21st Century: Worldwide Experience and Central Asia", jointly with National Higher School of Public Administration, Institute for Retraining and Updating of Civil Servants, Executive Committee of the Understate Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Uzbekistan.
April 1996 - "Human Resource Management: Strategy and Practice", jointly with CEEMAN, RABE.
April 1994 - "International Cooperation in Business Education: World Experience and Central Asian Challenge", jointly with European Foundation for Management D4evelopment (efmd).
SEMINARS and WORKSHOPS
August, 2002 - Workshop and seminar on setting up and developing Placement Offices (in the framework of the project " Assistance on adaptation of Kazakhstan universities with market conditions through creation and development of Pilot Career Center on the base of one of Kazakhstani universities"), Pavlodar, Kazakhstan (sponsored by Soros Foundation).
July, 2002 - Dissemination seminar on the EQUIS-CAMAN pilot accreditation in the Central Asia (in the framework of the project "Creation and Development of a Central Asian Quality Insurance System Consistent with International Standards"), Almaty, Kazakhstan.
February, 2002 - Workshop on the rules and procedures of the EQUIS-CAMAN pilot accreditation in the Central Asia (in the framework of the project "Creation and Development of a Central Asian Quality Insurance System Consistent with International Standards"), Almaty, Kazakhstan.
August, 2001 - Seminar on case-methods used in teaching economic and business disciplines, Almaty, Kazakhstan (sponsored by RNEBE)
March, 2001 - Seminar on composing modern management courses and curriculums Samarkand, Uzbekistan (sponsored by ETF).
January, 2001 - Seminar sponsored by RNEBE and Soros Foundation KZ "How to Develop Case Studies in Management Education", Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
August, 1999 - Summer School for economics and management professors and business school administrators (jointly with IMISP, St. Petersburg, Russia), Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan.
May, 1999 - Seminar on CAMAN accreditation, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
November, 1997 - Seminar "How to Advertise Services in Business Education", jointly with CEEMAN (Almaty).
November, 1997 - Seminar "How to Set Up and Finance Business schools", jointly with CEEMAN (Almaty).
April, 1996 - Seminar "How to Set Up and Develop Institutes of business", jointly with CEEMAN (Almaty).
September, 1995 - International seminar-conference "Strategy for Education Development and Integration into World Network"(Almaty) (jointly with the Government of Kazakhstan).
July - August, 1995 - International seminar "Content and Methodology of Teaching Marketing" (Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgystan) (sponsored by ETF).
January - February, 1995 - International seminar "Content and Methodology of Teaching Management"(Bishkek, Kyrgystan) (sponsored by ETF).
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