3rd APEC Conference on Cooperation in Higher Education in Asia-Pacific Region
“Developing Cooperation in the Field of Education and Educational Mobility
in the Asia-Pacific Region”,
Thursday, September 25, 2014
07:45
Departure from the Hotel to the Conference Venue
08:00-09:00
Registration of participants
Opening Ceremony
Welcome Remarks
1.
Sergey Ivanets (Russia), FEFU President
2.
Zabolotnaya Tatiana (Russia), Vice Governor of Primorsky Territory
3.
Park Jae Kyu (R.Korea), the former Unification Minister and National
Security Council Chairman of South Korea
4.
Viktor Gorchakov (Russia), Chairman of Primorsky Territory Legislative
Assembly
09:00–09:30
09:30-10:00
10.00-11.00
11:00-12:30
Group Photo, Coffee-break
Session 1. Potential of Educational Systems Interaction – New Requirements
Discussion Topics:
1. Changing market demands
2. Advantages of national systems:
- strengthening process of interaction in APEC;
- improving potential for implementing international education programs, as
well as developing the image of the country for recruiting foreign students;
- widening authority and importance of higher education in APEC countries;
- positive influence of mobility on academic and cultural development, as well
as political and social spheres;
- practical exchange in the field of national systems of higher education.
1. Boris Zhelezov (Russia/ Ministry of Education)
2. Vladimir Kurilov (Russia), FEFU Vice President for International Relations
3. LIU Qiang (China) – Student Mobility between Mainland China and other
APEC Members: Situations, Strategies and Prospects
4. Natalia Stapran (Russia) - Current situation in Education in APEC
Session 2. Mobility Schemes: coordination of educational policy and
cooperation of universities as a resource of development
Discussion Topics:

Advantages of higher education institutions
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improving the potential of higher education institutions for recruiting
foreign students, exchange of best student mobility practices;
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developing of international atmosphere of higher education institutions
with cultural exchange of students from foreign countries as well as Russian
students returned from abroad;
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setting up contacts with higher education institutions of APEC countries
for further cooperation in mobility development;
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methodological and legislative support to higher education, at the
national level, opportunities to coordinate systems of education among various
economics, countries;
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social, economic, cultural and political factors of university development
12:30-14:00
14:00-15:30
15.30-16.00
16.00-17.00
1. Dr. Anita Aziz (Brunei Darussalam/ Ministry of Education) - Megaminx
Impact of Student Mobility: Key Role for Tertiary Learning
Dr. Joyce Teo (Brunei Darussalam) - Megaminx Impact of Student
Mobility: Key Role for Tertiary Learning
2. Dr. Minella C. Alarcon (Philippines/ Ministry of Education) - Working
towards an APEC mobility scheme in science and technology
3. Fermin Maximo Saavedra Cano (Peru) Cooperation and
development on higher education matters in Peru under the APEC
Lunch
Session 2. (Continuation) Mobility Schemes: coordination of educational policy
and cooperation of universities as a resource of development
Discussion Topics:
 new forms of education;
 APEC cooperative educational projects: history and prospects;
 student, faculty and staff mobility;
 development of cooperation in the field of mutual credit, qualification and
diploma recognition;
 quality assurance in higher education;
 challenges of networking cooperation between universities in education and
research.
1. Michele Robinson (Australia/ Macquarie University) – Student mobility at
Macquarie University - best practice
2. Naina Ksenofontova (Russia/Director of the Institute of the East, NorthEastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosov) - University - as
the territory of friendly dialogue and international cooperation
3. Valeriy Temchenko (Russia/Training Center for Customs Control of
Fissionable and Radioactive Materials, Vladivostok Branch, Russian
Customs Academy) - The Educational Technologies Transfer in the Area
of Radiation Safety and Radiation Control at the Border: the Contribution
and Potential of the Vladivostok Branch of the Russian Customs Academy
4. Valentin Shipulin (Russia) - On the prospects of cooperation between the
North-Caucasus Federal University and universities in the APEC region
5. Sergey Pishun (Russia) – Universities Network Cooperation in terms of
world universities differentiation
Coffee-break
Session 3. Initiative on development and introduction of APEC Academic
Mobility Card in formation of educational systems mobility in the APEC region
Discussion Topics:
 promotion individual and socio-cultural ties with students from other
countries;
 expansion of academic horizons and enhancement the prospects for future
employment;
 developing the ability to work in an international environment;
 enhancing personal and intellectual maturity through the development of
flexibility, resilience, cross-cultural communication skills, an ability to adapt to
new circumstances and to constructively solve problems based on cultural
differences;
 use of best practices for development and introduction of region-wide and
joint education programs;
 opportunities and barriers to intensification of cross-border exchanges in the
field of education;
 case studies on cross educational interaction, as well as research, information
and knowledge sharing.
1. Natalia Stapran (Russia) - APEC Academic Mobility Card
2. Evgenia Vorontsova, Ilia Krasilnikov, (Russia) – First Steps in APEC
Academic Mobility Card Implementation
17.00-18.00
18.30
Closing Session
Wrap-up, Adoption of recommendations
Welcome Dinner
Friday, September 26, 2014
10.00 – 14.00
Vladivostok sightseeing tour
14.00 – 15.00
Lunch
15.30 – 21.00
Bilateral meetings (optional)
Departure
SUMMARY REPORT
of THE 3rd APEC CONFERENCE ON COOPERATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE
ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
«DEVELOPING COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL MOBILITY IN
THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION»
The 3rd APEC conference on cooperation in higher education in the Asia-Pacific Region (APEC CCHE
APR’2014) was organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation together
with the Far Eastern Federal University and took place on Russky Island, Vladivostok on 25 September,
2014.
The APEC CCHE APR’2014 was attended by delegations from 10 APEC economies: Australia,
Brunei Darussalam, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Peru, Philippines, Thailand, Russia, Vietnam,
USA.
APEC CCHE APR’2014 addressed:
1. Potential of Educational Systems Interaction – New Requirements
2. Mobility Schemes: coordination of educational policy and cooperation of universities as a
resource of development
3. Initiative on development and introduction of APEC Academic Mobility Card in formation of
educational systems mobility in the APEC region*
The Conference stimulated productive and useful discussion of government and academia
representatives that provided many useful ideas for potential consideration within APEC. Some
of these ideas have been captured below.
Recommendations:
• To promote academic (students, researchers, providers) mobility through:
- addressing various barriers (language, financial, bureaucratic etc.)
- developing short-term mobility programmes
- providing international students scholarships
- mapping quality assessment systems across APEC economies
- engaging students and researchers in cross-boarder science and technology
collaboration in person or virtually;
- promoting joint research and publication among researchers across APEC economies;
- establishing scientific networks and supporting cross-border networking of scientists
through scholarships and mobility funds;
- eliminating negative consequences of academic mobility by promoting fair intellectual
property agreements for researchers;
•
To encourage activities of newly established APEC Higher Education Research Centre
(AHERC) such as:
- mapping regulations and practices across APEC economies in higher education
cooperation and academic mobility;
- identification of individual capacity building and technical assistance needs in market
access and trade facilitation in education services in the APEC region;
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study and exchange of best practices
and successful mechanisms of crossborder research collaboration
identify promising research areas for collaboration;
benchmarking and identification of best practices in APEC on quality assurance
systems
•
To support further activities aimed at elaboration of APEC Academic Mobility card that
potentially can provide rewards and incentives for creation of open educational resources and
intensify exchange of educational content (online courses, digital databases and libraries,
digitized texts etc.) with respect to the intellectual property rights.
•
To support Philippines’ plan to host the High Level Policy Dialogue in Science and
Technology in Higher Education on July 6-7, 2015 during APEC 2015 and discuss the
following topics, respectively:
• Ensuring Relevance, Utilization and Contribution of Products of S&T in Higher
Education to Economic Development in the APEC Region, in the context of
Environment, Disaster Prevention, Climate Change and Energy
• Technologies and S&T Concerns of the Future: Implications for Future Careers, in
the context of Smart Analytics and Engineering Innovations
•
To organise in September 2015 the 4th annual APEC conference on cooperation in higher
education in Vladivostok, Russian Federation, with possible topic “Quality assurance in
higher education in Asia-Pacific ”
Resolution:
In the reality of the XXI century mobility of education is of great importance for economic
development. Economic rationales are increasingly driving a large part of the cross border
supply of education.
In the Information Age the role of virtual exchange of educational content has increased that
adds a new dimension to the customary interpretation of academic mobility. Various academic
mobility schemes and mechanisms should be elaborated, including voluntary implementation of
‘Virtual’ Academic Mobility Card (VAMC).