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TAFE Directors Australia
International engagement
in the Asian Century
TDA 2013 National Conference - Brisbane
TDA international cooperation
Formal agreements and associations with:
American Association of Community Colleges
Association of Community Colleges Canada
Association of Colleges (UK)
Chile Ministry of Education
China Education Association for International Exchange
Commonwealth Secretariat, UK
Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa
Community College Baccalaureate Association
India Ministry of Human Resource Development & Ministry of Labour and Employment
Kasipkor Holdings, Republic of Kazakhstan
Korean Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training
Mongolian Ministry of Education
Indonesian Ministry of Education & Culture and Ministry of Manpower &Transmigration
UNESCO UNEVOC
World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics
TDA cooperative agreements & associations
Forms of cooperation
Consultancies (Mongolia,Taiwan)
Joint research (China, India, Indonesia, UK)
Leadership & mentoring programs (China, India,
Indonesia)
Missions & delegations
Networks (East Asia Summit, UNESCO,World Federation
of Colleges & Polytechnics)
Projects (Chile, China, Kazakhstan, USA)
TDA Asian Century Business
Engagement Project 2013 - 2014
Funded by Austrade
◦ Identify existing partnerships and outline partnership models
with a specific focus on China and India
◦ Analyse factors which help or hinder offshore partnerships being
formed, being activated and being monitored and evaluated
◦ Provide case studies and resources to support each stage of a
partnership
TAFE offshore engagement
Partnership agreements
(TDA 2011 survey – 41 respondents)
China - 95
India - 28
Korea - 16
Singapore - 11
Indonesia - 9
PNG - 8
Malaysia - 8
Japan – 5
Sir Lanka – 5
UAE – 5
Vietnam - 5
247 active partnerships
40 countries
58,516 students studying offshore
Methodology
◦ Survey of all TAFEs – current offshore partnerships
◦ Literature search and review
◦ Interviews with selected TAFEs, Austrade, AEI & AusAID
personnel, offshore partners, state & territory agencies,
peak bodies, other international agencies
Timing
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Survey: now
Interviews: September – December 2013
Draft report: February 2014
Final report: May 2014
Current as at 12 March 2013
Contacts
Peter Holden
[email protected]
+61 2 9217 3181 (direct office line)
+61 (0)405 081 780 (mobile/cell phone)
Jessica Davis
[email protected]
+61 2 9217 3186 (direct office line)
+61 (0) 409 826 375 (mobile/cell phone)