37 million Euro spent on Tempus program in Kazakhstan

The EU funding of Tempus program in Kazakhstan has made 37 million Euro since 1995, Tengrinews.kz reports citing coordinator of Tempus National office in Kazakhstan Shaizada Tasbulatova. The plenary meeting of the consortium of Tempus European project was held in Almaty on April 4-5. It was participated by 35 Central Asian and 14 European universities. The program allows to improve the country's higher education, harmonize it with the international requirements and promote improvement of the quality and competitiveness of Kazakhstan's education. Kazakhstan students are able to study in Europe thanks to Tempus program. Coordinator of the national office noted that Kazakhstan started taking part in the program in 1995. 59 projects had been implemented since then and the total volume of financing from the EU had made 37 million Euro. Read more...