1. The ASEM education secretariat (AES)

2. ASEM members 27 EU member states 16 Asian countries European Commission ASEAN Secretariat

3. What is ASEM? The Asia-Europe Meeting provides an open forum for policy makers and officials to address matters of common interest summit meetings every two years (first 1994) ministerial conferences accompanying the process

4. The ASEM education process on ministerial level I 2008: 1st ASEM Education Ministers‘ Conference in Berlin, Germany

5. ASEM education topics Recognition Quality assurance Learning outcomes Qualification frameworks Mobility Lifelong learning Vocational education Accreditation …set up a strategic Asia-Europe education partnership…

6. The ASEM education process on ministerial level II 2009: 2nd ASEM Education Ministers‘ Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam …establish a rotating ASEM Education Secretariat to ensure effective coordination and sustainable progress of the ASEM education process…

7. the ASEM education secretariat Location: established at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Staff: colleagues from DAAD (2), Belgium (1), China (1), Indonesia (1) and Vietnam (1)

8. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) ASEM Education Ministers Meeting ASEM Education Secretariat Upper Structure: Sponsors:

9. the ASEM education secretariat is designed to support the organisation of international ASEM seminars worldwide coordinate and map different ASEM initiatives establish and maintain working relations with other European-Asian networks feed in the Education Ministerial conferences

10. YearKey wordsActivities 2009 Lifelong Learning Quality Assurance Mobility LLL (ASEM LLL Hub/Thailand in Bangkok July 2009) LLL (ASEM LLL Hub/Vietnam in Nha Thran October 2009) Regional approaches to quality assurance (EAHEP in Bangkok, October 2009) Participation in ASEMundus (DAAD, as of October 2009) 2010 Credit system Quality Assurance Vocational Education Training Employability ASEM University Business Forum (Thailand, Bangkok March 2010) Meetings of 3 pilot groups of experts on – *credits and learning outcomes (Germany, in Berlin April 2010) – *quality assurance and qualification frameworks (Korea/France/Cyprus 2010) – *recognition of higher education qualifications (Austria 2010) Quality assurance in VET (ENQA/Asian countries/ASEM secretariat Oct. 2010) Attractiveness/employability in VET (China/Germany Nov. 2010) EU Asia portal providing information on jobs and learning opportunities in ASEM Biennial Asia-Europe Rectors’ Conference (next: Korea Oct./Nov. 2010) Senior Officials Meeting 2011 Ministerial Meeting on Education ASEM Ministerial Meeting on Education (ASEMME3) in Denmark 2011 …… ASEM EMM: Activities 2009 - 2011

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