05.02.2020 – the   first   monitoring   of   the   international   project   “Accelerating ICT students' startup development competence via interdisciplinary modular courses in the HEI curricula - UXiship” of the Erasmus + program was held on the basis of the regional SMART center at A. Baitursynov Kostanay State University. The chairmen of the monitoring commission were: Shaizada Tasbulatova, Director of the National Erasmus+ Office in Kazakhstan; Serik Omirbaev - Chairperson of the National team of higher education reform experts (HEREs) in Kazakhstan 

    The main monitoring objects were:

• informing about the rules and procedures, conducting a review of objectives and 

priorities, the methodology of the project, planned activities;

• Assisting the UXiship project at an early stage of its work;

• assistance in increasing its recognition at various impact levels;

• formation of recommendations to prevent possible failures and difficulties.

    The participants of Kazakhstani consortium:

• Kuanysh Abeshev - coordinator from Almaty Management University, Almaty,  Kazakhstan;

• Laula Zhumabaeva - coordinator from the Caspian State University of Technologies and Engineering named after Sh.Esenov, Aktau, Kazakhstan.

• Yelena Kandalina, Head of International Office;

• Andrey Koval, Head of the Science and Postgraduate Department;

• Nikolay Gavrilov, Head of the Department of machines, tractors and vehicles;

• Batyrkhan Kuzenbaev, Head of the Information systems Department;

• Gulmira Dambaulova, Head of Commercialization Office;

• Igor Koshkin, Head of Electric Power Department;

• Aisha Omarova, Senior Specialist of International Office;

• 2 year students – project volunteers

    Also, there were representatives of  Kostanay business companies:

• Andrey Ermantraut, Director of OOO «Rostselmash» (Kostanay branch);

• Feryuza Orymbaeva, chief expert manager of LLP «El Nur Service».

• During the monitoring, issues related to the implementation of the project, quality assurance, budget and purchase of equipment, dissemination, sustainability, as well as the relevance of the project to date were discussed.

   Every partner university demonstrated presentations on each of the monitoring criteria:

• Project realization

• Impact and Sustainability

• Partnership and Cooperation

• Project Relevance.

The   chairman   of   the   monitoring   commission   made   the   correct   additions   and recommendations   to   the   form of  management,   implementation  and  sustainability  of Erasmus + projects in the ever-changing requirements for the education system both abroad and in our country. As a result, agreements were reached on key issues of developing a methodology and tools   for   the   formation   of  multidisciplinary   start-up  modules   under   various   existing educational  programs of  the ICT group of training areas;  issues of  international  and interuniversity   communications;   procedures   for   building   corporate   relations   with business  partners  and  state   structures,  as  well  as   issues  of   the  procedure   for   the purchase of equipment in the framework of the project at the expense of the European Union.

All discussed important aspects will enable partner universities to achieve high project performance indicators.