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48TH SEAMEO COUNCIL CONFERENCE

5/8/2015

The 48th SEAMEO Council Conference (SEAMEC 48) was held from 6 – 8 May 2015 in Pattaya, Thailand.

More than 200 delegates participated in the meeting, including Ministers of Education of the eleven SEAMEO Member Countries, delegations of the Associate Member Countries and Affiliate Members, SEAMEO Secretariat, SEAMEO Regional Center Directors, and other guests.

SEAMEC 48 is a forum where the Ministers discuss regional matters, specifically perspectives and strategies for educational development of the countries and the region and the joint efforts of SEAMEO members in building ASEAN Community in 2015 and the following years.

The conference reviewed reports and the implementation of SEAMEO College as well as of the recommendations from the Strategic Dialogue of Education Ministers in Lao PDR in 2014 which emphasized several Southeast Asian educational post-2015 priorities. The participants were also informed about the regional activities for celebrating SEAMEO 50th Anniversary and the tentative schedule of SEAMEC 49 which, according to the principle of rotation and protocol, will be held in Indonesia in 2017.

During the Conference, Thai Minister of Education was unanimously elected SEAMEO Council President and Chair of SEAMEC 48.

REGIONAL RESEARCH WORKSHOP ON TRANSFORMING EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEMS TO CREATE LLL SOCIETIES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC

5/1/2015

Within the framework of the extrabudgetary project “Transforming Education and Training Systems to Create Lifelong Learning Societies in the Asia-Pacific” whose overall objective is to assist countries in the region in reorienting their education and training systems towards creating lifelong learning societies, national experts from seven countries in the region (Bangladesh, China, Japan, Nepal, Republic of Korea, Thailand and Vietnam) were invited to participate in national education sector reviews and a research framework as well as research methodology development (30 April – 1 May, 2015 at Novotel Ploenchit, Bangkok.)

Participants are expected to complete comprehensive country reports, which will help education policy planners and managers to gain a broad understanding of key issues and different approaches in their respective countries. The national reviews will be synthesised and published by UNESCO Bangkok.

The workshop as well as the whole project is organised and implemented by UNESCO Bangkok with funding from the Government of Japan.

Full details at
http://www.unescobkk.org/education/literacy-and-lifelong-learning/meetings-and-conferences/regional-research-workshop/

48TH SEAMEO COUNCIL CONFERENCE

REGIONAL RESEARCH WORKSHOP ON TRANSFORMING EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEMS TO CREATE LLL SOCIETIES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC

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