Education and Training Linkages, Opportunities and

Challenges

The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization

• Brunei Darussalam • Cambodia • Lao People’s Democratic Republic• Indonesia• Malaysia• Myanmar• The Philippines• Singapore• Thailand• Vietnam

Member Countries

• Australia

• Canada

• France

• Germany

• The Netherlands

• New Zealand

• Norway

Associate Member Countries

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

Affiliate Member

• 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)

Partner country - Japan

• Support for regional programmes on human resource development

• ASEAN Foundation

• France

• 12 universities(Europe and Australia)

Linkages on Language

SEAMEO RELC 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

Linkages on Agriculture

SEAMEO SEARCA with

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

Linkages on Vocational-Technical Education

SEAMEO VOCTECH

• 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

Linkages on Educational Innovation and Technology

SEAMEO INNOTECH

• 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)

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)

SEAMEO Regional Centres

• training and workshops

• seminars, conferences and symposiums

• research and development

• consultancy and information sharing

Main Activities of SEAMEO

• training and workshops

• seminars, conferences and symposiums

• research and development

• consultancy and information sharing

Main Activities of SEAMEO

• Founded 30 November 1965

SEAMEO

SEAMEO Council Conference

Prospective New Associate Member Countries:

• Spain

• Republic of Korea

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