VIII Annual International EAOKO conference will be organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus with support from Russia Education Aid for Development (READ) a joint program of the Russian Government and the World Bank.

The event will include plenary sessions featuring representatives from both CIS and non-CIS countries, as well as specialists of leading international organisations, institutions and agencies in the sphere of education quality assessment.

The focal point of a conference will be school, in-classroom and criterial education quality assessment. 21st Century Skills evaluation as well as education quality assessment in frames of teachers training will be subjects for debates at specific sessions and roundtable discussions.

Formulating recommendations for the improvement of education quality assessment systems is aimed to be the main pratical outcome of the conference.