Аннотация
Increased interest in research in the field of international education, typical for the most of the world, is largely due to trends of interdependence and mutual influence of nation-states in a period of rapid development of the processes of globalization and integration, including in public life and in education. The current stage of the modernization and consolidation of the national educational systems in the world educational space, the impact of the global structures of the integration features that determine educational policies, employment, training, strengthening the role of international organizations in setting priorities for education in the world and regions, is an objective and dynamic phenomenon. The results are related to the further development of education, international project activities covering all stages of education, the availability of the results of international comparisons and the national reports on education (PISA, OESD, CEDEFOR, ETF etc.). Currently, the established cross-cultural communication is of particular importance; it allows scientists, teachers-practitioners to present comparative picture of education systems operating in different countries with different political, economic and social systems. The international contacts in the field of scientific and pedagogical research among public universities in the region of Basilicata (Italy) and Aktobe oblast (Kazakhstan) were concluded as a part of the summer school working on