Italian contribution to University Autonomy in Kazakhstan: the Erasmus+ project “Transition to University Autonomy in Kazakhstan” (TRUNAK)

The Italian contribution to University Autonomy in Kazakhstan: the Erasmus+ project “Transition to University Autonomy in Kazakhstan” (TRUNAK) is described. During the entire life of the project, targeted stakeholders are the Kazakh Ministries and the pilot universities actively contributed to the implementation of the proposed model of autonomy. The expected impact of the project is to create a model of transition of Kazakh universitiestowards a modern system of governance and managementof higher education institution, in the perspective to guidea new model of autonomy, bounding the concept not only to more “freedom”, but also to quality assurance.