Strengthening Education in ASEAN
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ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Objectives: Education Ensuring the integration of ed- ucation priorities into ASEAN’s development agenda and creat- ing a knowledge based society Achieving universal access to primary education Promoting early childcare and development Enhancing awareness of ASEAN to youths through edu- cation and activities to build an ASEAN identity based on friendship and cooperation The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Brunei Darus- salam, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singa- pore, Thailand, & Vietnam These students in Thailand can soon expect to have an enhanced focus on ASEAN related subjects as part of their curriculum Strengthening Education in ASEAN At their October 2009 Summit, ASEAN Leaders adopted the “Cha - Am Hua Hin Declaration on Strengthening Cooperation on Educa- tion to Achieve an ASEAN Caring and Sharing Community.” This declaration recognized the central importance of education to the entire community-building process of ASEAN. In support of this declaration, the ASEAN-US Technical Assis- tance and Training Facility (Facility) is providing support to the ASEAN Secretariat to promote educational development, primarily by supporting policymakers to create sound policy in education. In 2009 ASEAN Education Ministers asked the ASEAN Secretariat to develop a five-year work plan to implement the provisions of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint. The following year, in collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat, the Facility supported the development of the Five Year ASEAN Work Plan on Education (2011-2015), which was officially adopted by the ASEAN Educa- tion Ministers in January 2011. The work plan stresses four priori- ty areas: 1) ASEAN Awareness; 2) Quality and Access to Education; 3) Internationalization of Education and 4) Support to other Sectoral Bodies. As there are strong education programs at the national level throughout the region, the Facility is helping the Secretariat coor- dinate activities that promote member state-to-member state ca- pacity building. The Facility is now supporting the implementation of this work plan through the development of ASEAN awareness curriculum materials, an undergraduate ASEAN Studies Course, and guidelines on the creation of an ASEAN Eco-School Program. The Facility will also host a major conference on Rural Connectivi- ty for Education and Development in September 2011. The ASEAN University Network, the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, the Senior Officials Meeting on Educa- tion, the Secretariat, and the private sector are all key partners in the implementation of these activities.
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ASEAN Socio-CulturalCommunity Objectives:Education
Ensuring the integration of ed-ucation priorities into ASEAN’sdevelopment agenda and creat-ing a knowledge based society
Achieving universal access toprimary education
Promoting early childcare anddevelopment
Enhancing awareness ofASEAN to youths through edu-cation and activities to build anASEAN identity based onfriendship and cooperation
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Brunei Darus-salam, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singa-pore, Thailand, & Vietnam
These students in Thailand can soon expect to have an enhanced focus on ASEAN related subjects as part of their curriculum
Strengthening Education in ASEAN
At their October 2009 Summit, ASEAN Leaders adopted the “Cha -Am Hua Hin Declaration on Strengthening Cooperation on Educa-tion to Achieve an ASEAN Caring and Sharing Community.” Thisdeclaration recognized the central importance of education to theentire community-building process of ASEAN.
In support of this declaration, the ASEAN-US Technical Assis-tance and Training Facility (Facility) is providing support to theASEAN Secretariat to promote educational development, primarilyby supporting policymakers to create sound policy in education.
In 2009 ASEAN Education Ministers asked the ASEAN Secretariatto develop a five-year work plan to implement the provisions of theASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint. The following year,in collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat, the Facility supportedthe development of the Five Year ASEAN Work Plan on Education (2011-2015), which was officially adopted by the ASEAN Educa-tion Ministers in January 2011. The work plan stresses four priori-ty areas:
1) ASEAN Awareness;
2) Quality and Access to Education;
3) Internationalization of Education and
4) Support to other Sectoral Bodies.
As there are strong education programs at the national levelthroughout the region, the Facility is helping the Secretariat coor-dinate activities that promote member state-to-member state ca-
pacity building. The Facility is now supporting the implementationof this work plan through the development of ASEAN awarenesscurriculum materials, an undergraduate ASEAN Studies Course,and guidelines on the creation of an ASEAN Eco-School Program.The Facility will also host a major conference on Rural Connectivi-ty for Education and Development in September 2011.
The ASEAN University Network, the Southeast Asian Ministers ofEducation Organization, the Senior Officials Meeting on Educa-tion, the Secretariat, and the private sector are all key partners inthe implementation of these activities.
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ASEAN-US TechnicalAssistance and TrainingFacilityProviding technical support andtraining through the ASEAN Secre-tariat towards the development of asecure, prosperous, and democrat-ic Southeast Asia, all the whilepromoting greater cooperation andunderstanding between the peopleof the United States and ASEAN.
Key Work AreasPolitical-Security Community
ASEAN Regional Forum
Human rights
Financial crimes
Economic Community
Standards development
Facilitation of trade in goods and
servicesCustoms cooperation
Socio-Cultural Community
Climate change
Disaster management, pandem-ic preparedness, and response
Rights of migrant workers
Education
Volunteer programs
Support for the Secretariat
Public outreach
Information technology
ASEAN is well positioned to promote the mobilization of studentsthroughout its universities. As scholarships are a key method topromote this, the Facility will review all regional scholarship pro-grams for students and faculty that exist in ASEAN. This studywill provide a stocktaking of these scholarships and provide rec-ommendations on how ASEAN and its Member States could fur-ther strengthen or support these programs.
The Facility expects its areas of ASEAN education support to re-sult in greater cooperation among ASEAN studies programs withinASEAN and closer connection to US ASEAN studies programs. Italso expects that these efforts will lead to the promotion of collab-oration between ASEAN and US academics in ASEAN andSoutheast Asian studies.
The Facility is a joint U.S. Agency for International Developmentand U.S. State Department-funded project that supports ASEANintegration.
Students at St Michael’s School, Kota Kinabalu,Malaysia. An award winning school under Malay- sia’s Sekolah Lestari -Environment Award Program,which encourages schools to develop and imple- ment sustainable features and practices.
