Conference Information

MOET and SEAMEO RETRAC will jointly organize the International Conference on Decentralization in Higher Education from a Global Perspective: Implications for Vietnam and the Region in Ho Chi Minh City, from July 29-30, 2010.

The global education has witnessed a remarkable growth and change in higher education recently. There exists an increasing competition on the global arena among higher education institutions (HEIs) in terms of training quality. The competition requires that a greater concern should be paid to the role of HEIs in terms of curriculum improvement, personnel recruitment and resource allocation. This fact has urged HEIs to be more independent and accountable, and to be able to diversify external and internal resources for their institutional development, leading to the reality that decentralization in higher education has become more and more crucial than ever.

SEAMEO Regional Training Center is privileged to organize the International Conference on “Decentralization in Higher Education from a Global Perspective: Implications for Vietnam and the Region” in the hope that this international conference will act as a major forum for the presentation of innovative ideas, approaches, best practices, , and research findings in the area of decentralization in higher education. The conference will also provide an opportunity for the exchange of information and network building among educational leaders, researchers, educators, administrators and practitioners.

The main theme of the conference is decentralization in higher education from global perspectives and its implications for Vietnam and the region.

Through the best practices, lessons presented, network expansion, this educational conference is expected to make contribution to improving the quality of higher education not only in Vietnam but also in the region which currently confronts a wide variety of challenges and opportunities where decentralization is in operation.

Sub themes

The conference has the following sub themes:

1. Institutional Autonomy and Accountability;
2. Diversification of Resources;
3. Curriculum Development and the Labor Market;
4. Quality Assurance and Accreditation.

Conference Objectives

• To provide a forum for educational administrators, educators to share theories, practices and lessons learned, and to present their research as well as to exchange information on the decentralization in higher education and its related subthemes;
• To share the best practices and lessons learned on how decentralization impacts the their institution’s development;
• To promote collaboration and cooperation among educational institutions at national, regional, and global levels through net working activities at the conference.

Participants

The conference attracts the participation of senior administrators, professors, educational experts, practitioners, etc. from different institutions of higher education (IHE) both locally and internationally.

Venue and Date

• SEAMEO Regional Training Center, 35 Le Thanh Ton, district 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• The Conference will be on July 29-30, 2010.

Registration and Fee

Registration is very simple and you can register either on line or via email. Please complete the registration form which can be found on our website for the conference.

The registration fee is as follows:
Early Bird registration (Before March 31, 2010): 200USD
Regular registration: 250USD

The registration fee is to cover conference materials, lunches, tea breaks, and conference certificates.

Organizers:
The conference is co-organized by:

1. The Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam
2. SEAMEO Regional Training Center