SUSDEV: learning and international cooperation
In 2016, Atyrau University jointly with Kazakhstan, Russian and European universities started the project implementation under the Erasmus + program “Lifelong learning for sustainable development” «Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development 574056-ЕРР-1-2016-1-РL-ЕРРКА2-СВНЕ-SР» (Sustainable Development/SUSDEV).
The project is a structural and aimed at improving learning for sustainable development at various stages of human life. Atyrau State University was involved in the development of materials for teaching sustainable development in primary school and preschool years. The project participants developed programs and introduced into the educational process the following disciplines: “Methods of teaching the fundamentals of sustainable development in primary schools”, “Methods of teaching the fundamentals of sustainable development in pre-school institutions” and “Sustainable development and corporate responsibility”. An online course for kindergarten teachers and primary school teachers is in the process of developing.
As part of the project, on March 17-24, 2019, the Director of Science Department A. Mussayeva - Project Coordinator and Acting Director of Strategic, Innovation and International Development Department G.K. Shambilova took part in the workshop activity, which was held on the basis of the oldest, one of the largest in Poland and the oldest in Europe - the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. The workshop was aimed at obtaining practical knowledge on the creation of training courses aimed at the formation of "green" skills, and the issues of academic mobility and international cooperation were discussed.
All events took place at the chemical faculty of the university, the building of which was built according to the latest technology using only environmentally green materials. Director of the Department of Strategic, Innovation and International Development G. K. Shambilova met with the Dean of the Chemistry Faculty Luciano Chmielarzh, who became interested in a research project carried out by her as part of grant funding. Also, memorandums on international cooperation with partner universities of the project, in particular, universities of Russia and Poland have been prepared.
The meeting attendees also visited the botanical, zoological, anatomical, and geological museums of the university. They attended a thermal power plant operating on waste, built by the South Korean company Posco Engineering and Construction. TPP has an installed electrical capacity of 11 MWt, as well as thermal - 35 MWt. During the year 220,000 tons of household wastes are burned in the boilers of the new TPP. In addition, waste incineration ash is also used as a material for road construction.
At the end of the meeting, the results and tasks on handover of the project reporting documentation were summed up. All developed materials will be used in the educational process and research activities of universities participating in the project.