The ASEAN Committee in Canberra (ACC) has held a working session with the group of eight leading universities of Australia (Go8) on opportunities for education cooperation between ASEAN member countries and Australia in the context of ASEAN and Australia having already or going to re-open their borders.
ASEAN and Australian representatives pose for a photo (Photo: VNA)
Sydney (VNA) - The ASEAN Committee in Canberra (ACC) hasheld a working session with the group of eight leading universities of Australia(Go8) on opportunities for education cooperation between ASEAN member countriesand Australia in the context of ASEAN and Australia having already or going tore-open their borders.
At the session, held on March 16, the two sidesaffirmed their commitment to support the bilateral partnership in research andhigh-quality education in the framework of the ASEAN-Australia comprehensivestrategic partnership set up in October last year. They agreed that researchand education are important pillars in the linkage of their people.
The two sides recognised the importance of scholarships in ensuring equal andsuitable access to education, and acknowledged the strong collaboration betweenthe ACC and Go8 in facilitating ASEAN students’ safe return to Australia aftera period of disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Go8 pledged to work together with the ACC to promote research and educationcooperation in the post-pandemic period.
The 10-member ASEAN is currently the third largestmarket of Australia in terms of education.
The ACC and Go8 pledged to join hands to seek opportunities to further expandthe bilateral partnership in the field, with the first step being theorganisation of a strategic dialogue this year with the participation of ACC,Go8, ministries, agencies and localities of ASEAN and Australia. The dialoguewill focus on education cooperation and the role of research in enhancingskills and promoting economic growth and trade.
Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Tat Thanh reported that education-training is alsoa top priority in the newly-approved Vietnam-Australia EnhancedEconomic Engagement Strategy. He said Go8 have so far had 56 joint projectswith Vietnamese partners, and proposed that Go8 pay more attention to thefields of digital transformation, green growth and technical-vocationaltraining with deeper engagement of the business community.
The diplomat also suggested that Go8 and other Australian universities considertripartite and quadripartite cooperation frameworks, especially with Mekongsub-region countries./.
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ASEAN and Australian representatives pose for a photo (Photo: VNA) 
