On 7 and 8 October SCIT Director Irina Alexeeva and Deputy Director Angelique Antonova visited Astana, Kazakhstan, with a mission to take part in selecting interpreters with English and German languages for the President Administration and MFA of Kazakhstan. The selection committee also included Chair Anarbek Karashev, MFA Executive Secretary, and Mr. Usen Suleimen, MFA Ambassador-at-Large. Five interpreters were selected out of 28 candidates. At the official meeting with Mr. Anarbek Krashev the issues of further cooperation between SCIT, Herzen University, and MFA of Kazakhstan in training conference interpreters were discussed. The visit was organized within the IFESCCO (the Intergovernmental Foundation for Educational, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation) grant activities.