Problems and prospects of the unified educational space of the EAEU member states

Background. Education is one of the most important resources for a country's development. A joint educational policy in the multilateral format of the EAEU will help its members share their experiences, technologies, and methods, improve their educational levels, and ensure the competitiveness of Eurasian actors in the international labor market. Additionally, a common dialogue will create conditions for cultural cooperation, interethnic relations, and political communication. Therefore, addressing the issues and prospects of the EAEU is crucial. Purpose. Analysis of the state and problems of the process of creating a single educational space of the EAEU. Materials and methods. The material of the study is the educational space of the EAEU. The author relied on the method of system analysis in the study of the current state of the EAEU; the method of cause-and-effect analysis helped to understand the difficulties of rapprochement of the EAEU members; the modeling method allowed to identify possible measures that would help the EAEU members to become closer in the educational dialogue. Results. The rapprochement of the EAEU members involves a large number of factors (historical background, cultural ties, geographical proximity, external “diplomatic isolation” of some EAEU members), which give an additional impetus to the idea of creating a common educational space. The EAEU’s joint educational projects cover various forms of interaction, ranging from the branches of their universities in EAEU partner countries, the processes of academic mobility, the synchronization of the development of the digital format in the scientific and educational spheres of the EAEU members, to specific “growth points” of Eurasian integration in the form of the Eurasian Network University. At the same time, the "tree of problems" of communication between EAEU countries in the field of education includes such aspects as: the lack of transparency in the verification of educational documents; the language barrier/lack of a unified language platform; financial difficulties for students/teachers; and the problem of academic support. EDN: BIIEMJ