INAI.KG together with its associate partner, the University of Applied Sciences, won the international project "Internationalisation through Advanced Digital Education in Asia and the Caucasus - (IDEA)" funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The aim of this project is the development and implementation of the Master's programme "Management in Informatics".

On 21.01.2021 a Kick-off Meeting was held in online format. The meeting was attended by all the partner universities of the project:

- University of Applied Sciences (WHZ) - Zwickau, Germany;

- Kyrgyz German Institute for Applied Informatics (INAI.KG) - Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan;

- Armenian State University of Economics (ASUE) - Yerevan, Armenia;

- International Black Sea University (IBSU) - Tbilisi, Georgia.

- Kazakhstan-American Free University (KAFU) - Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan;

- Tongji University (CDHAW) - Shanghai, China.

Project leader Prof. Christian Brauweiler during the meeting:

1) gave an overview of the project (IDEA):

       1. Participating universities

       2. German project team

       3. project budget

       4. general project timetable

       5. Project results

       6. Project activities in the first quarter of 2021;

2) introduced the partner universities, introduced their educational programmes;

3) introduced the German project team that will advise the project partners.

The project coordinator Stefan Noack introduced the overall schedule of project activities and expected outputs such as:

1) Development of a training course;

2) Agreement on entry, study and exam rules;

3) Modern concept of education;

4) Digital and media-didactic learning content;

5) Interface design and implementation;

6) Digitalisation of student administration processes, in order to optimise and standardise them;

7) Development of a system of interdisciplinary selection of digital modules.