Nazarbayev University, in cooperation with the Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK) and JAMK University of Applied Sciences (Finland) takes part in the implementation of the World Bank’s Education Modernization Project. Within this project, on 4-8 October 2021 the Institutional Effectiveness team facilitated training sessions for over 100 delegates from Kazakhstani universities as part of the Pedagogical Professional Development Programme. The next stage of the project is the development of 30 pedagogical programmes under the new Initial Teacher Education Model.