On October 11-12, 2018, in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, the V Congress of Teachers and Educators "Development of the educational systems of the CIS member states in the context of sustainable development goals" was held. The congress was attended by over 400 people, among them representatives of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, representatives of the CIS Executive Committee, the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS member states, the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, UNESCO.

The congress was opened with welcome address by the President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov. The Vice-Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, E.Suhanberdiyeva spoke on behalf of the MES RK and the Kazakhstan delegation. The director of the Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating A. Zhumagulova participated at the congress as part of the Kazakhstan delegation.

The congress aims to create conditions for the development of integration processes, an active search for new forms and mechanisms of interaction between the CIS member states in the field of education.

The best teachers and educators of the CIS countries were awarded the badge "Excellence in Education of the Commonwealth of Independent States".