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BACKGROUND

On 30 November 2021, the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) marks the 56th anniversary of its operation. As a regional inter-governmental organization established among Southeast Asian countries, SEAMEO takes pride in its achievements over the years as Southeast Asian’s leading organization in promoting regional cooperation and human resource development in education, science, and culture, through the mandates and commitments of 26 SEAMEO Regional Centres, located in the Southeast Asian countries.

To celebrate the 56th Anniversary of SEAMEO and to purposefully start the new decade of SEAMEO Strategic Plan, the SEAMEO Secretariat in collaboration with the SEAMEO Regional Centres will conduct a SEAMEO Symposium on SEAMEO Centres: Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, and the Launch of SEAMEO CARES Toolkit on Remote Teaching and Learning on Thursday 25 November 2021 at 09.30-11.30 hrs (Bangkok Time) via the SEAMEO Youtube Live Channel.

The forum aims at discussing the most remarkable achievements and present the future plans of SEAMEO Regional Centres for the development of education, science and culture for the Southeast Asian countries.  The Directors of SEAMEO Regional Centres will also highlight their contributions and discuss forward-looking innovations that could reshape the region in a post-COVID world. 

In addition, the Symposium will serve as a venue to launch a SEAMEO new initiative for youth called “SEAMEO Youth ConneX”. The SEAMEO Youth ConneX aims at enhancing SEAMEO communication capability by exploring and exploiting popular communication platforms for youth such as ClubHouse and TikTok.    

 

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the SEAMEO Symposium are:    

  • To commemorate the SEAMEO’s achievements and highlight its significant future plans and fast-looking innovations that could reshape the Southeast Asian region in a post-COVID world; 
  • To provide a platform to highlight SEAMEO’s contributions to the Member Countries and beyond; and
  • To enhance the SEAMEO’s profile, recognition and visibility nationally, regionally, and internationally.

 

SCHEDULE AND PLATFORM

The SEAMEO Symposium on SEAMEO Centres: Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow and the Launch of SEAMEO CARES Toolkit on Remote Teaching and Learning will be virtually organised on: 

  • Date: Thursday 25 November 2021
    Time: 09.30-11.30 hrs (Bangkok Time)
    Platform: Live by the SEAMEO YouTube Channel

HOW TO JOIN THE SESSION: 

Link to join by YouTube Live
https://link.seameo.org/webinar/20211125

 

PARTICIPANTS

The SEAMEO Symposium is offered for free and on first come, first serve basis.  We are pleased to invite:

  • Teachers/ Lecturers from schools, TVET institutions, and universities.
  • Educators, Educational Personal, Ministry Officials, Researchers and Practitioners

The pre-registration is required before 24 November 2021.  It is expected that the SEAMEO Symposium will be attended by approximately 500- 1,000 participants via the SEAMEO Secretariat YouTube Live.

The e-Certificate of Participation will be provided to the participants who fill-up the “Certificate Validation Form” of which details will appear at the end of the event.

 

PRE-REGISTRATION

To participate in the session, the pre-registration is required thru the following link/QR code before 24 November 2021:

https://link.seameo.org/webinarreg/20211125 

 

SPEAKERS

Speakers:

  • The speakers of the SEAMEO Symposium will include the SEAMEO Centre Directors
  • SEAMEO Regional Centres for Education:
    SEAMEO INNOTECH, SEAMEO RECSAM, SEAMEO RELC, SEAMEO VOCTECH, SEAMEO RIHED, SEAMEO RETRAC
  • SEAMEO Regional Centres for Science and Technology: 
    SEAMEO SEAMOLEC, SEAMEO RECFON, SEAMEO BIOTROP, SEAMEO SEARCA, SEAMEO TROPMED Network
  • SEAMEO Regional Centres for Culture:
    SEAMEO SPAFA, SEAMEO CHAT, SEAMEO QITEP IN LANGUAGE, SEAMEO CELLL

Session Moderator:

  • Mr Francis Jim Tuscano
    GS EdTech Coordinator-Xavier School San Juan, and 2017 Global Teacher Prize Finalist, Philippines

TENTATIVE AGENDA

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FOCAL PERSON

Ms Pichayawadi Arreenich
SEAMEO Secretariat 
Email: webinar@seameo.org