8th ASEF Regional Conference on Higher Education (ARC8)
The Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF) is pleased to announce the , on the theme “Outlook 2030: Inclusive and Diverse Higher Education in Asia and Europe”, which will be held online on Friday, 10 September 2021 (09.00-15.00 CET).
The ASEF Regional Conference on Higher Education (ARC) – formerly referred to as the ASEF Rectors’ Conference and Students’ Forum – is theOfficial Dialogue Partner of the ý EducationMinisters Meeting (ýME) and the only bi-regional multi-stakeholder dialogue platformfor university and student leaders, policymakers and ministers to discuss higher education issues and shape the education landscape in Asia and Europe.
This conferenceis taking placeinthe run-up to thefirst Senior Officials meeting (SOM1)that will take place on the 14th and 15thof Septemberand the SOM2 and ýME8 taking place in December.As the Official Dialogue Partner of the ýMEs, the ARC8Conference isthereforea uniqueprojectexample ofconnecting all ý education stakeholders and channellingvoices from the civil societies to education policy makers. This event will allow senior officials to exchange with experts from universities, student leaders, representatives of non-governmental education organisations from 51 ý partner countries, the European Union and ASEAN.By creating this opportunity, the ARC8 strongly contributes tothe ý Education Process as a multi-stakeholder platform, facilitating dialogue and concrete cooperation between Ministries of Education, Higher Education Institutions and civil society organisations.
The core outcome of the ARC8 is the publication “Outlook Report 2030: Inclusive and Diverse Higher Education in Asia and Europe”, that will be launched at the Conference.The Report makes concrete policy recommendations on how to enhance inclusion by the next decade and serves as abasis for policy dialogues and input to the discussions on the ý Education Strategy and Action Plan 2030during SOM1, SOM2 and ýME8.
| Date | 10/09/2021 |
| Time | 09:00 - 15:00 |