Activities in the Philippines

b. ASEAN University Network / Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network (AUN/SEED-Net)

The Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network (SEED-Net) Project was officially established as an autonomous sub-network of the ASEAN University Network (AUN) in April 2001. The AUN/SEED-Net project aims at promoting human resources development in engineering in ASEAN for the region's sustainable economic development. The Network consists of 19 leading institutions from 10 ASEAN countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam) and 11 leading Japanese Supporting Universities. In the Philippines, University of the Philippines – Diliman and De La Salle University are involved in the Project. The project is mainly supported by the Japanese Government through JICA and partially supported by the ASEAN Foundation and the governments of the ASEAN through Member Institutions.

Activities of the project have been managed by the AUN/SEED-Net Secretariat with support of the JICA, now based at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

The Missions of the Project are:

1. To activate internationally competitive personnel in leading engineering educational institutions in the region
   
   • for advancing academic cooperation on an equal footing
   • for providing educational and technical assistance to less advanced engineering institutions.
2. To promote collaboration and solidarity between academics and professionals in the region through the cross-border and region-wide development of engineering education and research capabilities.

For more information about the AUN/SEED-Net, kindly visit the following link:
ASEAN University Network / Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network (AUN/SEED-Net)