On the French side

From February 15 to February 22 the delegation of Almaty Management University (before IAB) held a  working visit to France following the results of which Memorandums of cooperation have been signed and joint activities with a number of foreign universities were planned.

The AlmaU delegation were represented by president of higher educational institution Assylbek Kozhakhmetov, rector Almagul Kanagatova, chief specialist of Department of the international development Rim Abdullin.

EMLYON Business School in Lyon became the first higher educational institution, which representatives of AlmaU have visited. Guests met with the vice-president of school Tugrul Atamer and the deputy director for the World Forum of Entrepreneurs Stéphanie KERGALL. The host party has confirmed readiness to cooperate with AlmaU in a number of directions, including: in the organization of the Forum of Young Entrepreneurs, participation in StartUp Tour in March (in association with AlmaU and "Skolkovo"), the organizations of exchange programs and provision of speakers on summer school for teachers. The agreement on visit of Vice-president Tugrul Atamer to Almaty for signing of the memorandum with our university also has been reached.

On February 16, the delegation signed the Memorandum of cooperation with one more French university CEFAM (Lyon). The Dean of higher educational institution JEAN MICHEL PERRENOT and specialists of international department Walid Meshri, Katharine Giyo – have expressed interest in the organization of the exchange programs CEFAM – AlmaU, and also joint participation in the Erasmus+International Mobility project (in this direction of cooperation the agreement has been reached).

On February 17 the delegation visited Poitiers University (Poitiers), met with the vice-president Lisiya Bagini and the dean of School of Law Philippe Lagrange. The parties agreed jointly to develop School of the Law in Almaty Management University, in particular, to open new study programs.

On February 18, during visit of American Business School (Paris), representatives of our delegation met with the principal of the school Jean Audouard and the director of the International Office Zharlat Dillon. The memorandum of cooperation has been signed and the agreement on the organization of student's exchange programs and internships for French students in Kazakhstan were reached.

In the same day the delegation visited the Parisian Pole University LDV, where they met with the president – the dean of School of engineering Pascal Brooylle, the director of International Department Mari Joseph Gridel and the development director Benoit Uber. The parties have agreed on joint work on development of school of engineering in AlmaU, and about the organization of exchange programs for students of 3-4 year of study.

During a meeting with old partners - IESEG School of Management – parties decided jointly to organize summer school for our and French students, and to invite teachers from IESEG for reading a course on "How to Teach in English". In addition, conditions of exchange programs for our teachers and a possibility of cooperation between centers on development of entrepreneurship of both higher educational institutions were discussed at the meeting.