The First Working Group Meeting convened on 30 September 2013 in Tokyo, Japan. The Meeting was attended by delegates from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam. Representatives of the ASEAN University Network (AUN), Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization – Regional Centre for Higher Education and Development (SEAMEO-RIHED) and ASEAN Quality Assurance Network (AQAN). Staff members of the ASEAN Secretariat were also in attendance.
The Meeting’s discussion focused on the Future Direction of the Working Group: (1) to develop Guidelines on Student Exchanges by 2017, and (2) to establish an ASEAN Plus Three Quality Assurance Expert Meeting (APT QA Expert Meeting), where representatives from quality assurance agencies and, as needed, government officials from ASEAN Plus Three countries met on a regular basis.
