The ASEAN Plus Three Forum

The ASEAN Plus Three Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education, held in Kuala Lumpur from 10th to 11th October 2012 was organized by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA). The forum themed - „Building Regional Confidence towards Harmonizing Higher Education of the ASEAN Plus Three Countries‟- was attended by the representatives of quality assurance agencies, institutions and ministries of higher education from the ASEAN Plus Three and ASEAN Quality Assurance Network (AQAN) member countries. The forum was also attended by MQA‟s quality partners as well as local participants from the higher education institutions.
The two-day program was officiated by the Honorable Minister of Higher Education Malaysia, Dato‟ Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.
Professor Dr. Andrejs Rauhvargers, Secretary General of the Latvian Rectors‟ Conference and Chairman of the Bologna Follow Up Group delivered a keynote address on the theme of the forum. This was followed by four plenary sessions addressing the four subthemes of the forum: “Revisiting the Principles of Qualifications Framework System”, “Revisiting the Principles of External Quality Assurance Agency”, “Revisiting the Principles of External Quality Assurance Processes” and “Revisiting the Principles of Institutional Quality Assurance System”.
The forum also included a special session on the ASEAN-QA Project. It was continued with the 2012 AQAN Roundtable Meeting. Here you will find more information.