Experience of Asian Higher
Education Frameworks and their
Implications for the Future
Piniti Ratananukul, Ph.D.
Executive Director
ASEAN University Network
The 1st International Symposium“Asian Cooperation, Integration, and Human Resources”
17-18 January 2008, Waseda University, TokyoGLOBALISATION:ASIAN HIGHER EDUCATION
Began in the late 19th and early 20thcenturies.
The Western models were either
voluntarily adopted or imposed byWestern powers.
English has become the common
language of higher education.
Increasing “mobility” in higher educationin the form of personnel and informationexchanges, new course delivery system,etc.

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ASEAN Education Cooperation
AUN Implication and Experiences
AUN Strategic Framework(2008-2015)

ASEAN Education
Cooperation
Initiated in the early 1990’s withvarious forms of collaborative
arrangements
Four priorities for ASEAN
cooperation on higher education
Promoting „ASEANness among ASEAN
citizens, particular youth;
Strengthening ASEAN identity througheducation
Building ASEAN human resources in thefield of education; andStrengthening ASEAN University
Network (AUN)ASEAN Education
Cooperation
ASEAN Summit

ASEAN Education
Ministers Meeting(ASED)
ASEAN
University
Network (AUN)

ASEAN Senior OfficialsMeeting on Education(SOM-ED)Southeast Asian
Ministers ofEducation
Organization(SEAMEO)ASEAN University Network(AUN)
1992

Fourth Meeting of ASEAN Heads ofGovernment

1995

Charter of the ASEAN University

Network signed by the ASEAN
Ministers responsible for higher
education

Agreement on the Establishmentof the ASEAN University Network
signed by the Presidents, Rectors andVice-Chancellors of participating
universities

1997
AUN was successfully established

9th AUN-BOTNov,2000 - Bangkok

12th AUN-BOTAug,2002 - Yangon

13th AUN-BOTJan,2003 - Hanoi

20th AUN-BOTNov,2006 - Manila

Objectives of the AUN• To promote cooperation and solidarity
among ASEAN scholars andacademicians• To develop academic and professional
human resource• To promote information dissemination
among ASEAN academic community• To enhance the awareness of regional
identity and the sense of ASEANness
among members

21 AUN Member Universities
Brunei• Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia• Royal University of Phnom Penh
Indonesia• Universitas Gadjah Mada
• Universitas Indonesia• Institut Technologi Bandung
Lao PDR• National University of LaosMalaysia• University of Malaya• Universiti Sains Malaysia• Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Myanmar• Institute of Economics, Yangon• University of Yangon

Philippines• University of the Philippines• De La Salle University• Ateneo de Manila UniversitySingapore• National University of Singapore• Nanyang Technological UniversityThailand• Chulalongkorn University• Burapha University• Mahidol UniversityVietnam• Vietnam National University,Hanoi• Vietnam National University, HoChi Minh City

AUN Main Activities
 ASEAN Studies Programme Student Exchange Programme
 AUN Educational Forum and Young Speakers
Contest AUN Distinguished Scholars Programme
 ASEAN Youth Cultural Forum Collaborative Research Information Networking
 AUN-Quality Assurance ASEAN Graduate Business/ Economics
Programme Network Initiative for ASEAN Integration
 AUN Intellectual Property Network
 Cooperation with Dialogue Partners, including
China, EU, Japan and ROKHow can AUN contributeto ASEAN integration?
• Education permeates all• Provides students with
opportunity for regional
collaboration• Developing a regional• Enables quality
assessment and initiates
credit transfer• Building an ASEAN• Through exchange
programmes andpromoting “ASEANness”

the three pillars of theASEAN Community

system of educational
accreditation
identity• Providing advice in theprocess of building
ASEAN Community• Through its expertiseand by strengthening its
institutional mechanism

AUN Strategic Framework
toward ASEAN Community
2015• Directions for AUN towards ASEAN
Integration in 2015
• Four main themes to achieve priority areas
identified by ASEAN• Ensuring Effectiveness in Implementation

Four Main Themes
1) Investing in people
2) Narrowing the development gap
3) Narrowing the digital divide

4) Promoting deeper regionalawareness

Investing in People
Develop AUN scholarships
initiative
Develop research partnerships
for knowledge transfer, inconsultation with interested
ASEAN dialogue partners

Narrowing the Development Gap
Consolidate existing offers ofscholarships
IAI Project on higher education
capacity-building for CLMVDistinguished Scholars
Programmes enhancing skills ofscientists and professions
Implementation of ASEAN Credit
Transfer System

Narrowing the Digital Divide
Enhance the AUN Website

Promoting Deeper Regional
Awareness
Publicise ASEAN (and AUN) morein the universities
Consider establishing AUN Sport
EventsFacilitate movement/ internship ofASEAN students

Ensuring Effectivenessin Implementation
1) Student and faculty exchange
2) Promoting the ASEAN Studies

Programme, and mutual
accreditation and credit transfer
3) Collaborative Research
4) Information NetworkingThank you
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