ACC Representative Attended the 5th High Officials Meeting (HOM) on SEA-TVET 2019

From 9 to 10 September 2019, the 5th High Officials Meeting (HOM) on SEA-TVET was successfully held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. It was co-hosted by the Ministry of Education of Brunei and the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO).

Dr. Ethel Agnes P Valenzuela, Director of the SEAMEO Secretariat, and Mr. YB Dato Seri Setia Haji Hamzah, Minister of Education of Brunei Darussalam, delivered remarks respectively. Ms. Zhou Hui, Deputy Director of Education, Culture and Tourism Division of the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) attended the meeting and delivered a speech entitled “Towards a Community with a Shared Future: ASEAN-China TVET Collaboration”. During the meeting, Ms. Zhou Hui exchanged views with other participants on further strengthening TVET collaboration and exchanges between ASEAN and China.

Around 200 representatives from 11 Southeast Asian countries, international organizations, TVET institutions and research institutes attended the meeting and shared views on “Strengthening Efforts Towards TVET 4.0”. The Meeting also adopted a Joint Declaration.