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Prof. Dr. Supachai Yavaprabhas
Director, SEAMEO RIHED
Nha Trang City, Viet Nam
August 11, 2009
Briefing on
SEAMEO RIHED
First Life
Singapore : 1959
Second Life
Thailand: 1992-present
Southeast Asian
Ministers of Education Organisation
Regional Centre for
Higher Education and Development
MISSION
‘To assist member countries in
promoting efficiency and
effectiveness in higher education
policy planning and development.’
2007- 2008 Challenging Mission
Higher Education as a Driver for Promoting
Socio-economic Development and fulfilling the
vision of ASEAN Leaders
“ASEAN : We are ONE”
2007- 2008 Challenging Mission
SEAMEO RIHED
the strong advocate of
will be
The Harmonisation of Higher Education
in Southeast Asia
(endorsed by the 43rd SEAMEC Council of Ministers)
March 2008
2007- 2008 Challenging Mission
1) Harmonisation of Higher Education in Southeast Asia
2) Bridging and Strengthening HE Quality Assurance
System in Southeast Asia
3) Revisiting University Governance and Strengthening
HE Management
Southeast Asian Area of
Knowledge
Freer Flow of Students
Freer Flow of Staff
Freer Flow of People
To fulfill the target of ONE ASEAN,
 Harmonization of HE
System within the SEA
region is needed
Number of Higher Education Institutions
Philippines
1,647
Indonesia
2,860
Thailand
157
Malaysia
488
Cambodia
54
Vietnam
230
Lao PDR
45
Brunei
3
Singapore
19
Myanmar
156
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Regional Quality Assurance Network
Harmonisation of Higher Education
University Governance
Regional Quality Assurance Network
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APQN
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AUN-QA
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AQAN
Asean Quality Assurance Network
Philippines
5 EQAs (1956)
Indonesia
BAN (1994)
Thailand
ONESQA (2000)
Malaysia
MQA (2007)
Cambodia
ACC (2003)
Vietnam
GHETA
Lao PDR
QA Centre
Brunei
BDNAC (1990)
Singapore
HE QA Section
Myanmar
Activities
1st AQAN Executive Committee Meeting –
Manila, 9 May 2009
 ASEAN External Quality Assurance Seminar,
ONESQA – Bangkok, 23 & 24 July 2009
 ASEAN Senior Assessors Workshop, MQA –
Kuala Lumpur 4 & 5 August 2009
 ASEAN Young QA Officers Roundtable Meeting,
ACC – Phnom Penh, October 2009
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Activities
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2010 AQAN Roundtable Meeting, BAN-PT – Jakarta,
June 2010.
Promoting Bilateral Agreement between AQAN
Members – Joint Signing Ceremony during 2010
Roundtable.
Quality Assurance E-Journal Project, ONESQA.
AQAN Logo Competition
Development of AQAN Website
ASEAN Internal Quality Assurance Award
With a gradually connected QA System in the
region
We will be able to
" Break the wall created by our own diversity
and build the bridge to connect us together"
Freer movement of
students, staff, and People
Thank You