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1.     Background

 

Technical Education and Vocational Training (TVET) has been identified as one of the seven priority areas of SEAMEO Education Agenda for development in Southeast Asia, which were agreed at the Strategic Dialogue of Education Ministers (SDEM) meeting in September 2014.

 

To promote the internationalisation of TVET institutions, and leverage the global competitiveness and 21^st century skills of TVET students in Southeast Asian countries, the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) in collaboration with Ministries of Education and related Ministries and TVET institutions developed a network of TVET institutions called SEAMEO Polytechnic Network for enhancing internationalisation and partnership of TVET institutions (colleges, polytechnics and university of technologies) in the Southeast Asian region through cross-country exchange programme and other collaboration. 

 

In addition, the 3^rd High Officials Meeting on SEA-TVET hosted by the Ministry of Education of Malaysia in May 2017 also recommended to improve the student mobility and suggested that the   SEAMEO Secretariat serve as a Coordinator to facilitate the implementation process of TVET Student Exchange Programme. 

 

Since 2018, the SEAMEO Secretariat in collaboration with TVET institutions, and relevant Ministries of Education and Technical Education has organised the “SEAMEO Polytechnic Meeting” twice a year as a “Meeting Platform” to discuss the implementation process and seek commitments from the participating institutions for SEA-TVET Student Exchange Programme. As a result, the SEA-TVET Student Exchange Programme has been implemented for 4 batches with the total number of 1,143 TVET students exchanged in 2018-2019.   

 

The current 4^th batch is being implemented with the participation of approximately 542 students from 90 institutions in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippine, Thailand and Vietnam.  

 

 

 

 

 

SEAMEO Polytechnic Network Meeting	Outputs	Number of Participating Institutions	Number of Student Exchange	Exchange Period
1st SEAMEO Polytechnic Network Meeting, Brunei Darussalam, June 2016	6 Frameworks of Cooperation were signed.	62 participants from 6 Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand	The exchange was implemented by bilateral agreements	2017
2nd SEAMEO Polytechnic Network Meeting, Chiangmai, Oct 2017	Letter of Agreement for 1st Batch of SEA-TVET Student Exchange Programme	12 institutions from 4 countries: Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam	55	Jan- Feb 2018 for 30 days
3rd SEAMEO Polytechnic Network Meeting, Surabaya, Apr 2018	Letter of Agreement for 2nd Batch of SEA-TVET Student Exchange Programme	49 institutions from 5 countries:  Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam	233	Aug-Sept-Oct 2018 for 30 days
4th SEAMEO Polytechnic Network Meeting, Pangasinan, Oct 2018	Letter of Agreement for 3rd    Batch of SEA-TVET Student Exchange Programme	50 institutions from 5 countries: Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam	313	Jan-Feb-Mar-April 2019 for 30-90 days
5th SEAMEO Polytechnic Network Meeting, Ipoh, Malaysia, 26-27 March 2019	Letter of Agreement for 4th  Batch of SEA-TVET Student Exchange Programme	90 institutions from 5 countries: Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam	500-542  (On-going)	Aug-Nov 2019 for 30-90 days
6th SEAMEO Network Meeting, Danang, Vietnam, October 2019	Letter of Agreement for 5th   Batch of SEA-TVET Student Exchange Programme	100 institutions from 5 countries: Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam	Estimation of 400  students to be exchanged	April- 2020

 

 

To evaluate and improve the collaboration of TVET institutions, the SEAMEO Secretariat in collaboration with Duy Tan University, Vietnam will organise the “6^th SEAMEO Polytechnic Network Meeting: Agreement for SEA-TVET Network Action Plan” at Magnolia Hotel, Da Nang City, Vietnam

     

In response to the recommendations from the 5^th High Officials Meeting on SEA-TVET, held on 9-10 September 2019 in Brunei Darussalam, the High Officials Round Table suggested to optimise the collaboration of TVET institutions from the student mobility to the areas of Teacher Development/Exchange; and Research and Development. Therefore the 6^th SEAMEO Polytechnic Meeting will expand the collaborative discussion to the mentioned areas.           

       

 

2.     Objectives of the Meeting

The 6^th SEAMEO Polytechnic Network Meeting aims to:

 

1)    Share and learn the successful practices of collaboration from the participating institutions;

2)    Identify the SEA-TVET Network Action Plan of 2020 to 2023 for a) Student Mobility; b) Teacher Development/Faculty Exchange, and c) Research and Development, among the participating institutions.

3)    Seek commitments from participating TVET institutions in the implementation of a) 5^th batch of SEA-TVET Student Exchange Programme in 2020, b) Teacher Development/Faculty Exchange; and c) Research Development; and

4)    Strengthen partnership among participating institutions.   

 

3.     Host Organisation and Partners

 

Host Organization:               Duy Tan University, Vietnam 

 

Co-organiser                       SEAMEO Secretariat

 

4.     Date and Venue

 

Date:                                  16-19 October 2019

·         16 Oct 2019 (Arrival of participants) 

·         17 Oct 2019 (Workshop: 09.00-17.00 hrs)

·         18 Oct 2019 (Study Visit/ Departure of participants)

·         19 Oct 2019 (Departure of participants)

 

Meeting Venue:                   Magnolia Hotel
                                          Address: 06 Le Loi, Hai Chau District, Da Nang City, Vietnam

                                          https://magnoliahoteldn.com/

 

Meeting Room:                    Sakura-Camellia Conference Room

     

 

5.     Participants

     

The meeting will be attended by approximately 120 participants from TVET Institutions/Polytechnics/Universities in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand; and 30 representatives from TVET Colleges/Community Colleges/ Polytechnics in Vietnam. 

 

Since the meeting will require the decision from the TVET institutions during the meeting, the participants should be from the management level such as Director, Deputy Director, Head of Programme, Head of International Relations, Head of Academic Affairs, and others.    

 

The participating TVET institutions should provide Diploma/Higher Diploma, and TVET Bachelor in the following priority study areas. 

·          Mechatronics/Electronics and Manufacturing

·          Computer Science/IT/ Informatics

·          Agriculture/Animal Science 

·          Hospitality and Tourism

·          Business    

·          Health Science

 

Limited Number of Participant: 

·          The host organisation can accept only 60 institutions or 120 international participants to participate in the meeting.

·          The acceptance of registration and hotel reservation will be based on a first come, first serve basis.     

·          Due to the budget constraints, the host organisation would like to request the maximum participation of 2 persons from each institution for both local and international participants. 

·          Additional participants will need to pay the registration fee of meeting package which is 70 USD/ person to Duy Tan University at the on-site registration desk on 17 October.      

 

   

6.     Expected Outcomes

 

1)    Experiences and lessons learned on institutional collaborations are shared.

2)    SEA-TVET Network Action Plan of 2020-2030 for a) Student Mobility; b) Teacher Development/Faculty Exchange; c) Research and Development

3)    A Letter of Agreement for the 5^th batch of SEA-TVET Student Exchange Programme, Teacher Development/Faculty Exchange; and Research and Development is agreed/signed at the meeting. 

4)    Bilateral agreements are signed between institutions.  

 

7.     Funding Support

 

• The Host Organisation will support the airport transfers, meals on 17 Oct, meeting venue, and meeting kits
  
  
• A maximum of 2 participants from each institution will be waived for the meeting package.  The additional participants from the same institution will be charged the meeting package of 70 USD per person for meals and coffee break. The payment can be provided at the on-site registration table. 
  
  
• The travel expenses of international and local participants such as return airfare ticket, and hotel should be supported by the participant’s institution.   

 

 

8.     Focal Persons

 

1)    SEAMEO Secretariat

 

Ms Piyapa Su-angavatin: Project Officer/SEA-TVET Programme Coordinator

Mobile/Whatsapp: +66 95 165 5002 I Email: piyapa@seameo.org

 

Mr Nithan Tienhirun: Project Assistant

Email: tvetmeeting@seameo.org

 

2)    Duy Tan University

 

Mr. Tuan LE: General Coordination and Programme:

Mobile: +84 90 5469 433 I Email: letuan15@dtu.edu.vn / tuanle119@gmail.com

 

Mr. Noo Nguyen: Registration, Transportation, Meeting Venue/IT/Documentation:

Mobile: +84 93 5292 284 I Email: phuocdtu@gmail.com

 

Ms. Anh Nguyen: Hotel Reservation

Mobile: +84 85 6538 874 I Email: nguyenthilananh@duytan.edu.vn