What is SEAMEO? The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) is a regional intergovernmental organization established in 1965 among governments of Southeast Asian countries to promote regional cooperation in education, science and culture in the region.
SEAMEO Charter The signing ceremony of the SEAMEO Charter took place at the Singapore Conference Hall during the Third SEAMEO Council Conference in Singapore, 1968
SEAMEO COUNCIL (11 Ministers of Education) SEAMEO SECRETARIAT SEAMEO CENTERS
SEAMEO MEMBER COUNTRIES (11) SEAMEO ASSOCITATE MEMBERS (7) SEAMEO AFFILIATE MEMBERS (3)
SEAMEO has 20 specialist institutions that undertake training and research programs in various fields of education, science, and culture
SEAMEO TROPMED NETWORK SEAMEO TROPMED REGIONAL CENTERS TROPMED MALAYSIA TROPMED PHILIPPINES TROPMED THAILAND
Each Regional Centre has a Governing Board composed of senior education officials from each SEAMEO Member Country. The Governing Board reviews the Centres operations and budget and sets their policies and programmes.
SEAMEO S Work on Education, Science and Culture in Southeast Asia
SEAMEO s Work on Education
A. SEAMEO s Priority Areas (Education) 1. 21 st Century Skills Character Education Entrepreneurship Education Information and Communications Technology Language and Literacy Scientific and Technological Literacy 2. Continuous Professional Development for Teacher and Education Personnel 3. Education For All (EFA) Basic Education Early Childhood care and Education Education in Emergencies Lifelong Learning Reaching the Unreached Special Education Needs 4. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) 5. Higher Education 6. Technical and Vocational Education
B. 12 SEAMEO Regional Centres (Educational Development) RIHED (Thailand) Higher Education RETRAC (Vietnam) Training and Education Management CELLL (Vietnam) Lifelong Learning INNOTECH (Philippines) Innovative and Technological Education SEN (Malaysia) Special Education RECSAM (Malaysia) Science and Mathematics RELC (Singapore) Language VOCTECH (Brunei Darussalam) Vocational & Technical Education & Trainingng QITEP-Mathematics (Indonesia) SEAMOLEC (Indonesia) Open and Distance Learning QITEP-Science (Indonesia) QITEP-Language (Indonesia)
C. Training Courses and Programmes 1. Diploma and Degree Programmes (25 degree programmes for at least 400 educators and school leaders annually) 2. Regular and Specialized Training Courses (400 courses for approximately 4,000 educators annually) 3. International and Regional Conferences and Forums on various education topics and themes (15 were organized in 2011/2012 which were attended by over 3,500 participants) 4. 50 countries beyond Southeast Asia benefited from the capacity building programmes of the Centres
D. Research and Development 1. Policy Development and Education Reforms 2. Curriculum Development 3. Teaching Strategy Development 4. Innovative Learning Solutions 5. Instructional Design and Materials Development 6. Education Assessment, Evaluation and Standardization 55 R&D activities on Education were conducted in 2011/2012
E. Some Recent Regional Projects (Education) 1. Reaching the Unreached: Collaborative Projects to Achieve the Education for All Goals by 2015 2. Climate Change Education for SEAMEO Member Countries: Teachers Guide Book Integrating Climate Change Issues in Southeast Asian Schools
E. Some Recent Regional Projects (Education) 3. Establishment of Southeast Asian Vocational Education Research Network (SEAVERN) 4. Southeast Asian Regional Assessment for Science and Mathematics (SEARA) and Standards for Science and Mathematics Teachers 5. Human Values-based Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Education in Southeast Asian Schools 6. Text2teach: A Technology Solution for Better Teaching and Learning in Southeast Asia
SEAMEO s Work on Science
A. SEAMEO s Priority Areas (Science) 1. Agriculture 2. Biodiversity and Biotechnology 3. Disaster Management 4. Food and Nutrition 5. Natural Resources and Environmental Management 6. Preventive Health, Reproductive Health Education and Life Skills Development
B. 6 SEAMEO Regional Centres (Science) TROPMED Network (Thailand) Headquarters of the TROPMED Centres TROPMED Thailand Tropical Medicine SEARCA Agriculture TROPMED Philippines Public Health TROPMED Malaysia Microbiology, Parasitology And Entomology BIOTROP Tropical Biology and Biotechnology RECFON Food and Nutrition
C. Training Courses and Programmes 1. Diploma and Degree Programmes (over 50 programmes were provided in 2011/2012) 2. Training and knowledge events (300 events were conducted in 2011/2012; more than 5,000 scientists, researchers, practitioners and educators were trained) 3. International and Regional Conferences and Forums on various themes and topics (25 were convened in 2011/2012 with over 4,000 participants) 4. Over 100 countries beyond Southeast Asia have benefited from the capacity building programmes of the SEAMEO Centres
D. Research and Development 1. Tropical Medicine and Public Health 2. Biodiversity and Biotechnology 3. Agriculture 4. Natural Resources and Environment 5. Food and Nutrition 6. Health and Preventive Health Education Over 500 R&D activities were conducted in 2011/2012
E. Some Recent Regional Projects (Science) 1. Shaping Nutrition Leaders in Southeast Asia The Southeast Asian Nutrition Leadership Programme (SEANLP) 2. Research Study on Strategy for Integrating Biofuels and Rural Renewable Energy Production in Agriculture for Poverty Reduction in the Greater Mekong Subregion 3. Establishment of the Joint Community Empowerment Centre for Poverty Alleviation and Biodiversity Conservation 4. First Study: Food-based intervention and psychosocial stimulation to improve growth and development of under-two-year-old children 5. Groundbreaking Research into the Treatment of Severe Malaria Comparison between Artesunate and Quinine
SEAMEO s Work on Culture
A. SEAMEO s Priority Areas (Culture) 1. Archaeology and History 2. Arts and Design 3. Cultural Diversity and Regional Identity 4. Heritage Preservation and Cultural Management 5. Traditions and Values
B. 2 SEAMEO Regional Centres (Culture) CHAT (Myanmar) ar) History and traditions SPAFA (Thailand) Archaeology and Fine Arts
C. Training Courses and Programmes 1. Capacity development programmes on cultural heritage and preservation, archaeology, fine arts and history (a total of 32 in 2011/2012 benefiting 1,800 educators, archaeologists, historians, museum professionals, practitioners, etc) 2. Other activities such as theatres, cultural performances, community seminars, competitions, exhibits held to increase public awareness on the importance of cultural heritage (6 activities conducted in 2011/2012 with over 1,000 participants)
D. Research and Development 1. Advancing Southeast Asian Archaeology 2. Religious Arts, Performances and Music Studies 3. Conservation in the Tropics 4. Southeast Asian History Studies 5. Preservation of Southeast Asian Traditions
E. Some Recent Regional Projects (Culture) 1. Research on Traditional Festivals of Southeast Asia 2. Rock Art Studies in Southeast Asia: Field School on Site Interpretation, Conservation and Community Participation 3. Asia-Pacific Underwater Cultural Heritage 4. Database of Southeast Asia Shipwrecks 5. Flooding Preparedness and Responses for Cultural Heritage 6. Religious Arts of Southeast Asia 7. Southeast Asian Performance Theatre and Dances 8. Mon Palm Leaf Manuscripts: Compilation, Conservation n and Digitization 9. Preservation of Documentary Heritage UNESCO Memory of the World Document in Six Countries (Cambodia, China, India, Korea, Thailand and Vietnam) in Asia-Pacific Region
International Collaborations SEAMEO-Australia: Tropical Health Programme SEAMEO-Canada: Institutional Partnership between TropMed Centres and Canadian Lead Institutions SEAMEO-France: Applied Epidemiology, Geographic Information System, Diagnostic Laboratory, Research SEAMEO-GTZ: Community Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, M.Sc. Epidemiology, Health Sector Development SEAMEO-Rockefeller Foundation Health Equity Project SEAMEO-ADB-UNESCO Partnership Proj. on ICT & HIV/AIDS Preventive Education
International Collaborations WHO: Roll Back Malaria, Tropical Disease Research, Research Capacity Strengthening UNESCO PROAP: Preventive AIDS Education UNAIDS: through CHASPPAR ASEAN Task Force on HIV/AIDS: through CHASPPAR European Commission: Malaria Control Asian Forum for Health Research: Equity in Health Development JICA: Japan International Cooperation Agency Liverpool Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre ACT Malaria
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