On October 16, 2026, the IX General Assembly of the Union of National Academies of Sciences of the Turkic World (UNASTW) was held in Almaty. Representatives of the Department of Design, Faculty of Arts, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, attended as listeners: Klara Ilyasovna Kudabayeva, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences and Associate Professor, and second-year master’s students in the 7M02125 – Design educational program, Ayazhan Samatkyzy Sarsenalieva and Galiya Talgatovna Sakhibzadayeva.

At the Assembly, the Union’s member national academies of sciences presented the results of their work in 2024–2026 and plans for the coming period. UNASTW Chairman Professor Muzaffer Şeker reported on the Union’s activities, while Professor Zhanseit Kuanyshuly Tuimebayev, Rector of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, delivered a presentation titled “Turkic Studies: Historical Roots, Contemporary Trends and Integration Paradigms.” Participation enabled the Department of Design representatives to explore current areas of scientific cooperation among Turkic countries and expand their international professional contacts.