An Online Meeting with the International Academic Supervisor Was Held as Part of the Research Internship

In accordance with the approved research internship programme of Alma Sartaiqyzy Bekbolsynova, a third-year doctoral student enrolled in the 8D04121 «State Audit» educational programme, an online meeting was held with her international academic supervisor, Dr. Dalia Yuchene, PhD, from Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas, Republic of Lithuania).

The meeting was attended by the doctoral student's national academic supervisor, Doctor of Economics and Professor Lyazzat Myktybekovna Sembiyeva.

During the meeting, key organisational, scientific and methodological issues related to the implementation of the research internship programme were discussed, including:

the content, main stages and expected outcomes of the internship programme, as well as the alignment of the planned activities with the objectives of the doctoral dissertation;

consultations on the implementation of the planned research activities, identification of priority areas and determination of the sequence of their implementation;

current issues related to conducting doctoral research on the digitalisation of tax and customs administration in the Republic of Kazakhstan;

methodological approaches to the research, as well as opportunities to apply international experience and best practices in the digitalisation of public administration processes;

recommendations on identifying, systematising and analysing academic literature, regulatory and legal sources, and empirical data necessary for an in-depth study of the research topic.

Following the meeting, the international academic supervisor provided recommendations and practical guidance on the further organisation of the research, improvement of the research methodology and enhancement of the scientific validity of the expected findings.

The meeting contributed to clarifying the directions of further research, coordinating approaches to the implementation of the internship programme, and strengthening academic cooperation between the doctoral student and her national and international academic supervisors.