Center for Innovative Development of the Region

Contacts: s.tamenova@turan-edu.kz

For the development of research activities to study theoretical and scientific-applied problems of improving the innovative development of the region and the development of innovative and entrepreneurial activities of the university in March 2019, the Center for Innovative Development of the Region was opened at the University

Purpose

To take a stable position of the university as a center of innovative and social development for the training of specialists with entrepreneurial competencies based on the transformation of scientific and educational activities.

Tasks

• Initiation and development of scientific and innovative projects in key areas of innovative development of the region
• Implementation of research, analytical, methodological and expert-consulting services in the field of innovative development of the city
• Formation of research and project groups from among the teaching staff, students, as well as the involvement of scientists, practitioners from among the partners of the University
• Search for sources of funding and attraction of extrabudgetary funds for scientific and applied research, innovative projects of the Center
• Participation and holding of scientific events with the involvement of scientists and experts in the field of sustainable development of regions at the national and international levels
• Implementation of scientific, innovative and other results of the CIDR in the form of scientific publications and other objects of copyright

Main activities

• Modern research on the problems of sustainable development of territories based on the development of partnerships with leading national and foreign scientific centers and associations (an agreement with the IE MES RK, Institute of Anti-Crisis Management (Russia, Moscow)
• Development and implementation of joint pilot projects for the innovative development of Almaty with interested partners from local executive authorities, business structures of the city, region
• Development of areas for training personnel and the content of EP in the interests of key areas of innovative development of industries in the region
• Conducting scientific conferences, seminars, workshops that promote the image of the University as an innovative and entrepreneurial university
• Increasing the university ranking through the publication of the results of scientific projects in international indexed publications

Together with scientists from the Institute of Economics of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, doctoral students of the PhD program, research is being carried out to assess the sustainability of the city of Almaty, Almaty region.

• International conference «Universities and Climate Change. the SCO Territory» December 14-15, 2023, Almaty, Bishkek, Moscow, Tashkent
  Speaker of the round table “Strategies for sustainable development of universities”
• Hybrid workshop “Household access to energy in the Fergana Valley – a multidimensional survey-based assessment in three CAREC countries” ».
  The organizers of the workshop are the CAREC Institute, the Asian Development Bank Institute, the Institute for Public Opinion Research (Kazakhstan), Turan International University (Namangan), November 22, 2023. The workshop brought together government officials, academic researchers, and professional experts to discuss various aspects of energy access in the Fergana Valley, as well as differences and similarities with other CAREC countries.
• 9th EMI International Congress on Entrepreneurship and Social Sciences, November 7-10, 2023, Tashkent / Uzbekistan
  Moderator and speaker of the Namangan parallel session “Tne Entrepreneurship and Social sciences in Turkish World” 
• International conference “Economies of Eurasian countries in a period of global turbulence” Republic of Kazakhstan, University of Turan, December 13, 2023
  Speaker of the plenary session on the topic “The Impact of Technological Innovation on the Economy of Eurasian Countries” 
  Participation in the round table “Problems and prospects for the formation of human capital in conditions of demographic growth”
• International round table “Business, state and education: innovations in education in action” University of Turan, April 24, 2023, moderator
• International Scientific and Practical Forum “Global Changes: Challenges of Science and Education”
  Speaker of the panel session “Sustainable development of education in the Republic of Kazakhstan” (10/6/2022)
• UNEP Global Opportunities to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (GO4SDG) for 2022-2023. Online participation in the Round Table on SME Access to Green Finance, December 5, 2022
• INPESS 2022 VIRTUAL International Conference of New Perspectives in Education and Social Sciences November 23 -24, 2022
  Director of the Center at the scientific committee of the conference from the University of Turan
  The report of the doctoral student of the specialty Management Sekerbayeva Aigerim was presented at the conference. Title of the report – Analysis of the problem of employment of university graduates in Kazakhstan in the context of the Triple Helix concept
• International Conference on Sustainability and Climate Change May 22, 2020
  At the conference, a report was presented by a research group consisting of the director of CIIR Tamenova S.S., Satpayeva Z. (Institute of Economics of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan), doctoral students of the university Turan Sarkytova A. and Nurgisaeva A. The title of the report is “Assessment of sustainable development of the region”. Link to the conference proceedings https://iopscience.iop.org/issue/1755-1315/534/1
• Round table “Digitalization and sustainable development of the region”, University of Turan, Center for Innovative Development of the Region 17.04.2020
  The results of the study of scientists and doctoral students of the University of Turan together with the Institute of Economics of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan were discussed. Representatives of the Almaty City Digitalization Department, Almaty City Development Center JSC, Institute of Economics of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan were invited.
• Research of “Green economy” in the urban environment
  “Analysis of state regulation of waste management in the Republic of Kazakhstan”, International scientific and practical conference “Achievements of science in the context of sustainable development of society”, 2020″Green economy” as a factor of sustainable development of the state”, International scientific and practical conference “Innovative and entrepreneurial education in the context of improving the quality of life”, 2019 

The main goal of the GUESSS international project is to generate unique and new ideas about student entrepreneurship in the form of academic and practical results.

The GUESSS global team – scientists from the University of St. Gallen and the University of Bern (Switzerland) are developing a high-quality online survey tool.

University of  St. Gallen

Swiss Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Center for Family Business

University of Bern

Department of Management and Entrepreneurship 

Turan University

Center for Innovative Development of the Region 

Turan University is the national project coordinator in Kazakhstan and has access to a global database

The tenth data collection wave is scheduled for 2023 

For university partners, one of the advantages is to get detailed insights into their students’ entrepreneurship and the effect of the university’s course offerings and entrepreneurial climate.

In 2023, Kazakh students took part in the tenth wave of the survey.

Empirical research was conducted based on the use of metadata from a survey of Kazakhstani students GUESSS Kazakhstan-2018, 2021 with the participation of doctoral students and teaching staff of the university. The results of the study were published in proceedings of international conferences, in peer-reviewed domestic (KOKSON MNVO) and foreign journals (Scopus) https://www.guesssurvey.org/publications/publications/academic-journals.html

Research – participation in the projects of the center of doctoral students and teaching staff, university staff.

• Within the framework of the international project “Global study of the entrepreneurial spirit of students”
• Empirical studies were carried out based on the use of metadata of a survey of Kazakhstani students, teaching staff and doctoral students of the Department of Management, as well as foreign scientists – partners participated.
• a national report was published in English, Kazakh and Russian, 3 copyright certificates were received. The research team consists of 10 people, teaching staff and doctoral students of the specialty Management, Marketing.
• Published with the participation of doctoral students in Management, Economics more than 20 publications in domestic and foreign journals, incl. in the journals of the Committee for Quality Control of Education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan – 13, in Scopuc – 4, in the materials of international scientific conferences – 3.
• Teaching – courses “Technological modernization and its role in managing the economy” for the doctoral program 8D04102-Management, 8D04101-Economics; “Management of innovative entrepreneurship” for the master’s program 6M050700 – Management

Defense of the dissertation and award of the scientific degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in specialty 6D060700 – Management to doctoral student Ainakul Nazim. The topic of dissertation is “Formation and management of the ecosystem of innovation in entrepreneurship of the Republic of Kazakhstan”