Education and Training Linkages, Opportunities and Challenges

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Education and Training Linkages,
Opportunities and Challenges
The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education
Organization
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Member Countries

• Brunei Darussalam
• Cambodia
• Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
• Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• The Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

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Associate Member Countries

• Australia
• Canada
• France
• Germany
• The Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Norway

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Affiliate Member

• International Council for Open and Distance
  Education (ICDE), Norway

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Partner country - Japan

• Partnership dates back to 1972, a few years after
  Tokyo hosted a meeting of the SEAMEO Regional
  Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network
  (SEAMEO TROPMED)

• Support for regional programmes on human resource
  development

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Linkages on Language
SEAMEO RELC with

• ASEAN Foundation
• France
• 12 universities(Europe and Australia)

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Linkages on Agriculture
SEAMEO SEARCA with

• Southeast Asian University Consortium for
  Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural
  Resources with 10 universities as member
• Asian Association of Agricultural Colleges and
  Universities with more than 20 members

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Linkages on Vocational-Technical Education
SEAMEO VOCTECH

• International Computer Driving License that has
  related offices in Asia Pacific and the United
  Kingdom

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Linkages on Educational Innovation and Technology
SEAMEO INNOTECH

• Asian Network of Training and Research
  Institutions
• Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation
  for Development
• Associated Centres and Asia-Pacific Programme of
  Education for All
• Resource Training Consortium

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SEAMEO Regional Centres

• Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network -
  Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
• Tropical Biology (Indonesia)
• History and Tradition (Myanmar)
• Educational Innovation and Technology
  (Philippines)
• Science and Mathematics (Malaysia)

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SEAMEO Regional Centres

• Training on Educational Management (Vietnam)
• Language (Singapore)
• Higher Education (Thailand)
• Archaeology and Fine Arts (Thailand)
• Open Learning (Indonesia)
• Agriculture (Philippines)
• Vocational and Technical Education (Brunei
  Darussalam)

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Main Activities of SEAMEO

• training and workshops
• seminars, conferences and symposiums
• research and development
• consultancy and information sharing

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Main Activities of SEAMEO

• training and workshops
• seminars, conferences and symposiums
• research and development
• consultancy and information sharing

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SEAMEO

• Founded 30 November 1965

SEAMEO Council Conference

• Prospective New Associate Member Countries
• Spain
• Republic of Korea

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