The ASEAN University Network - Board of Trustees
Standing,
from left to right: Mr. Somchai Charanasomboon - Director of Social,
Culture & Information Division Department of ASEAN Affairs, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Thailand; Mr.Ronee San Agustin - Assistant for Academic
Linkages, De La Salle University, Philippines; Professor Dato' Dr. Osman
Bakar - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), University of Malaysia, Malaysia;
Assistant Professor Dr. Supachai Yavaprabhas - AUN Executive Director;
Professor Dr. Ansary Ahmed - Dean, Institute of Postgraduate Studies
and Research, University of Malaysia, Malaysia; Professor Jacob Phang
- Director of University Relations, National University of Singapore,
Singapore; Dato Professor Dr. Haji Mahmud Saedon Othman - Vice-Chancellor,
Univeriti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
Seated, from left to right: Prof.Dr.Ichlasul Amal, MA. - Rector,
Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia; Bro. Rolando Dizon, FSC - President,
De La Salle University, Philippines; Dr. Azmi Mat Akhir - Director,
Bureau of Economic and Functional Cooperation, ASEAN Secretariat; Professor
Dato' Dr. Annuar Zaini Md Zain - Vice-Chancellor, University of Malaysia,
Malalysia; Dr. Vanchai Sirichana - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
University Affairs, Thailand and Chairman of AUN Board of Trustees;
Professor Nguyen Duc Chinh - Vice-President, Vietnam National University,
Hanoi, Vietnam; Professor Shih Choon Fong - Vice-Chancellor; National
University of Singapore, Singapore; Professor Pit Chamnan - Rector,
Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Background
The
Fourth ASEAN Summit held in Singapore in January 1992 directed that ASEAN
should help hasten the solidarity and the development of a regional identity
through the promotion of human resources development by considering ways
to further strengthen the existing network of leading universities and
institutions of higher learning in the ASEAN region with a view to ultimately
establishing an ASEAN University based on this expanded network. To implement
this decision, the ASEAN Secretariat, in coordination with the ASEAN Sub-Committee
on Education (ASCOE), prepared the draft Charter of the ASEAN University
Network and the draft Agreement on the Establishment of the ASEAN University
Network. These were reviewed by an ASEAN experts Group Meeting on ASEAN
University Networking held at Bangkok from 20 to 21 April 1995 and subsequently
adopted at the Third Meeting of the ASEAN Sub-Committee on Education held
at Manila from 20 to 22 June 1995. The Charter of the ASEAN University
Network has been signed by the ASEAN Ministers responsible for higher
education, while the Agreement on the Establishment of the ASEAN University
Network has been signed by the Presidents/Rectors/Vice - Chancellors of
the eleven participating universities in November 1995.
Objective
The general objective of the AUN is to strengthen the existing network of cooperation among universities in ASEAN by promoting collaborative studies and research programs on the priority areas identified by ASEAN. The specific objectives are to promote cooperation and solidarity among scientists and scholars in the ASEAN Member Countries; to develop academic and professional human resources in the region; and to produce and transmit scientific and scholarly knowledge and information to achieve ASEAN goals.
Structure
The
structure of AUN is composed of a Board of Trustees (BOT), Participating
Universities, and a Secretariat. The BOT is composed of one representative
from each of the ASEAN Member Countries, as designated by the respective
governments, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the Executive Director
of the AUN as ex-officio members.
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