1. Module 2: High Officials Country
Case studies
Forum on Promoting Harmonizing and
Mobility in Higher Education Focusing on
Health Professions in SEA
11-13 March 2015
Amari Watergate Hotel
Bangkok, Thailand
3. SEAMEO (Southeast Asian Ministers of
Education Organization)
an international organization
established in 1965 among
governments of Southeast
Asian countries to promote
regional cooperation in
education, science and
culture in Southeast Asia
4. SEAMEO MEMBER Countries
Brunei, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Lao PDR,
Malaysia, Myanmar,
Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand, Timor Leste,
Vietnam
8. ❑ SEAMEO Secretariat –
performs executory
functions
❑ 19 specialized Regional
Centers with Governing
Boards responsible for
operational policies
hosted by Member
countries
9. Vision
" The leading organization for enhancing regional
understanding and cooperation in education, science
and culture for a better quality of life in Southeast Asia
10. Mission
" To enhance regional understanding, cooperation and
unity of purpose among Member Countries for a better
quality of life through the establishment of networks
and partnerships, the provision of fora among policy
makers and experts, and the promotion of sustainable
human resource development
11. SEAMEO COLLEGE
"A platform for high level-discussions on
forward-looking issues and concerns to
help prepare Southeast Asian Education
for the challenges of the future
12. SEAMEO College (2)
" Consists of a series of forums and research and
development activities
" Addresses specific challenges confronting high-level
education leaders and practitioners
" Helps prepare future education leaders
" Supports realization of ASEAN community
13. 4 Forums/Modules &
4 Target groups
"Module 1 : Strategic Dialogue of
Education Ministers
16. " Module 2: High Officials Country
Case Studies
Promoting Harmonization and Mobility in
Higher Education Focusing on Health
Professions in Southeast Asia
17. Forum…
❑ focuses on higher education, and builds on the
ASEAN International Mobility for Students
(AIMS) of SEAMEO RIHED
❑ anchored on the results of the Strategic Dialogue
of Education Ministers (SEAMEO College
Module1) –Harmonization in higher education
and research as one of the seven priority areas for
the Post 2015 Education Agenda
18. Forum…
" launches an exploration of harmonization in
higher education with particular focus on health
professions: medicine, nursing and dentistry
" these three health professions are included in the
ASEAN MRA
" expand the study fields of AIMS, and at the
same time strengthen professional preparation
and development for the three health professions
in support of the ASEAN MRA
19. Objectives of the forum
❑ Provide platform for SEAMEO high officials to share and discuss
national and regional higher education frameworks with
particular focus on health professions;
❑ Identify common areas of cooperation on higher education
with particular focus on health professions, and in support
of further development of SEAMEO RIHED’s AIMS
programme, and ASEAN’s MRA;
❑ Recommend steps to promote greater higher education
harmonization and student mobility in SEA with particular
focus on health professions
20. Mechanics
" Plenary sessions
❖Higher Education Harmonization and Mobility: Toward
Regional Integration and Mutual Recognition in Southeast Asia
❖Higher Education Harmonization in Other Regions of the World
❖Country Presentations
❖Experiences in Mobility:
(Medical; Nursing)
21. 2 Small Group Discussions
" What the
- Higher Education
- Medical profession education
-Nursing Profession education
should do to prepare for regional integration.
" Areas of Potential Regional Cooperation on
- Higher Education
- Medical profession education
- Nursing Profession education
22. Last plenary
" Next Steps, Agreements
- immediate/short term national and regional
actions
- long term national and regional actions
- research activities
23. Round 2 of Module 2
" February 2016
- Sharing of results of short term actions
- Refinement of long term plans/activities
- sharing of results of research activities
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