An extended session of the Academic Council with the participation of the administration, academic staff members and graduate students of the University took place at S. Toraighyrov PSU on May 28, 2014. It was devoted to discussion of the Eurasian integration problem.

The idea of Eurasian integration has come a long way over the last two decades: it was first announced by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Leader of the Nation Nursultan Nazarbayev at M. Lomonosov Moscow State University on March 29, 1994.

According to the President, the idea of Eurasian integration is based on the spiritual and moral unity of the values, cultural and historical interaction of Eurasian peoples over millennia.

Rector of Pavlodar State University, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor Serik Omirbayev expressed confidence that cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia in many areas, including the field of sceince, can be considered as a perfect example of mutually beneficial, equitable and open cooperation which will help shape an integrated Kazakh-Russian scientific and educational space, create a fundamental scientific basis of partner-universities, and develop new forms and technologies of education. ‘Members of S. Toraighyrov PSU are very enthusiastic about the idea of the Eurasian integration declared by our President. We will make every effort to bring to life the great ideas of the President and his belief in a strong and prosperous Kazakhstan,' - said Serik Omirbayev.

Head of the Department of Sociology and Political Science, Candidate of Political Sciences, Associate Professor Ildar Kaliyev and Dean of the Faculty of Finance and Economics, Candidate of Engineering Sciences, Professor Takhir Ernazarov made reports during the Academic Council session. Ildar Kaliyev considered the Eurasian Economic Union as the locomotive of economic development for post-Soviet countries. Takhir Ernazarov defined the Eurasian Economic Union as a result of the evolutionary development of the integration of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus.

Members of the Academic Council came to the conclusion that in the light of new challenges of our time - increasingly worsening ecological imbalance in the world, local and regional socio-political, inter-ethnic and inter-religious conflicts - joint ideas and projects by progressive Eurasian scholars can provide counteracting measures to various global risks.