RSE "Kazakhstan Institute of Standardization and Metrology" in the period from October 11 to 12, 2021, as part of the events to celebrate the World Standards Day, held online breakout sessions on the topic "A common vision of a better world. Standards in Support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals", dedicated to the discussion of a number of the most relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals (hereinafter - SDGs):

1. Breakout session of SDG 3 "Good health and well-being"
2. Breakout session of SDG 4 "Quality education"
3. Breakout session of SDG 8 "Decent work and economic growth"
4. Breakout session of SDG 13 "Combating climate change"

At the breakout sessions, problematic issues of SDG implementation and the contribution of standardization were discussed, participants from universities, medical institutions, enterprises, environmental organizations of Kazakhstan were invited to identify ways to solve them in the course of joint work, as well as to create an ideal model for achieving the SDGs. Head of the Department "Ecology" Shingisbayeva Zh.A. took part in the breakout sessions from the M.Auezov South Kazakhstan University.

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Teachers of the Department of "Ecology" of the M.Auezov UCU together with students held an Environmental campaign "Separate garbage collection". Teachers and students took part in the action and called on all university students to participate in the event. Students responded to the action. The 3rd year students who helped to collect and sort waste were particularly active in this movement. On the first floor of the Educational Building No. 1 (G.Ilyaeva, 5), 3 containers for separate garbage collection were opened:1- for plastic bottles, 2-for paper and 3-for used batteries.

On January 26. 2021у a chair of "Ecology" of the South Kazakhstan University named after M. Auezov opened an educational and scientific production complex (ESPC) on the basis of the chair of Ecology in Shymkent. The educational and scientific production complex is considered as one of the organizational forms of integration of education, science and production, interaction of higher educational institutions with state organizations, enterprises, and industries.

The purpose of the ESPC is to strengthen the practical training of students and undergraduates, the development of research work of the department and increase the interest of students and undergraduates in research.

The department together with the chair developed a plan for the current academic year and began to conduct practical and laboratory classes on the discipline "Environmental monitoring" online on the basis of the ESPC. Let our planned work move forward, good luck to all of us!