Strategic Direction 4: Institutional Development and Human Resource Development Academic staff development objectives in line with SDGs:

1. Improving the qualifications of teachers with an emphasis on digital skills, English language and modern teaching technologies

SDG 4: Quality education; SDG 9: Innovation and infrastructure

2. Increasing the proportion of teaching staff with academic degrees to 50% by 2026

SDG 4: Quality education

3. Developing mentoring, career development and support systems for young teachers and researchers

SDG 5: Gender equality; SDG 8: Economic growth

4. Expand academic mobility for teaching staff, including international internships and doctoral studies abroad

SDG 4: Quality education; SDG 17: Partnerships for sustainable development

5. Developing and implementing academic reserve programmes for management and research positions

SDG 8: Economic growth; SDG 16: Effective institutions

6. Increasing the publication activity of teaching staff in international scientific databases and including them in global research networks

SDG 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure; SDG 17: Partnerships

7. Automation of HR processes and implementation of a system for evaluating the effectiveness of teaching staff based on individual KPIs

SDG 16: Effective, accountable and transparent institutions

8. Promoting the development and implementation of interdisciplinary, MINOR and English-language educational programmes

SDG 4: Quality education; SDG 10: Reduced inequalities

9. Strengthening ties with regional stakeholders – businesses, schools, NGOs – to develop a personnel policy that meets the needs of the region

SDG 8: Economic growth; SDG 11: Sustainable communities