Final Forum on the Role of Education in the Development of the Creative Industries in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
Background
The Creative Spark programme has been run by the British Council in seven countries since 2018 and has now reached its final year. UK institutions established 50 partnerships with local institutions from the higher education and TVET (technical and vocational education and training) sectors – as well as with creative organisations – to develop enterprise skills and creative economy in these seven countries with the support of the UK.
Nine partnerships from Kazakhstan and three partnerships from Kyrgyzstan have opened entrepreneurship hubs, designed new creative entrepreneurship courses and published joint research papers on creative entrepreneurship. Their students took part in the regional competition Big Idea Challenge to present their creative ideas. Over £1 million has been invested in these partnerships through grants, and additionally through other local events, workshops and regional activities such as English and Entrepreneurship courses.
At the start of the Creative Spark programme, IFF Research released a report outlining four educational models for enterprise development in the higher education sector. The Final Forum will be dedicated to summarising these models across Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and to discussing challenges and opportunities for further development.
Forum Format
The forum will be held in a blended format (offline + online via ZOOM).
Simultaneous translation into English, Russian and Kazakh will be provided.
Register by 20 October 2022 to receive a ZOOM link to take part in the Forum’s online sessions.
Forum participants
The British Council in Kazakhstan and Wider Europe, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Ministry of Culture and Sport, Association of Higher Educations Institutions of Kazakhstan, Almaty city administration, international organisations, partner institutions and organisations of the Creative Spark programme from the UK, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.