‘See into the future. Skills, entrepreneurship and employment in the 21st Century’ took place a conference in the Nazarbayev University, which was held in the framework of Cooperation of Kazakhstan and the UK and was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the British Council and Kazakhstan cooperation.

A team of experts held a discussion, learning and reflection on the following questions:

·  How can education providers and industry better co-operate together?

·  How can we help young people make the right career choice and how can industry be confident that young people have the skills that they need?

·  How do teaching and learning need to be changed in order to better equip young people for future employment and business success?

·  SEE Into the Future Astana will be run in partnership with Kazakhstan’s flagship Nazarbayev University and ‘Kasipkor Holding’ agency tasked with setting up a network of world-class colleges across the country).

The conference is the part of the framework of co-operation arrangements between governments in the region and the UK including:

-  Memorandum of Understanding on education co-operation currently being developed between the Kazakhstani Ministry of Education and Science and the UK Government and

-  Knowledge Partnership Agreement between the UK and Turkish Governments to strengthen co-operation in higher education and skills.

Gulshat Kemelova

Head of the Medical Education Department