ASEAN, EU maintain support for higher education internationalisation
The European Union’s Support to Higher Education in ASEAN Region (SHARE) Programme has recently held its 12th Policy Dialogue Webinar Series with the main theme “Creating a Resilient and Sustainable ASEAN Higher Education Space”.
SHARE's 12th Policy Dialogue Webinar Series (Photo: asean.org)
Jakarta (VNA) - The European Union’s Support to Higher Education inASEAN Region (SHARE) Programme has recently held its 12th Policy DialogueWebinar Series with the main theme “Creating a Resilient and Sustainable ASEANHigher Education Space”.
The series provided a valuable opportunity to engage withkey stakeholders from the ASEAN higher education sector.
The SHARE Policy Dialogue was designed in partnership withthe ASEAN Secretariat’s Education Youth and Sports Division (EYSD) to continuediscussions on furthering ASEAN’s higher education cooperation andinternationalisation, including the transfer of ownership of SHARE’s programmeoutcomes to ASEAN entities.
In his opening remarks, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEANfor ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community, Kung Phoak, stated that promotinginternationalised and quality higher education is vital, particularly amidstthe COVID-19 pandemic, to support ASEAN community building and economicrecovery in the long term.
Education has always been at the heart of the EU-ASEANpartnership, said EU Ambassador to ASEAN Igor Driesmans. “The SHARE programme,our higher education flagship programme, contributes to people-to-peopleconnectivity between our two diverse regions and to student mobility withinASEAN”.
The ASEAN Working Group on Higher Education Mobility 2025was officially launched as part of the opening of SHARE’s 12th PolicyDialogue./.
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SHARE's 12th Policy Dialogue Webinar Series (Photo: asean.org) 
