Facilitating good regulatory practices for trade and investment in higher education services in the APEC region

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1 The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Facilitating good regulatory practices for trade and investment in higher education services in the APEC region Regional Policy Symposium August 2013 Kulala Lumpur, Malaysia THE AUSTRALIAN APEC STUDY CENTRE

2 Facilitating good regulatory practices for trade and investment in higher education services in the APEC region Regional Policy Symposium 20 & 21 August 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia INTRODUCTION This symposium is funded by AusAID under the Public Sector Linkages Program (PSLP). It will bring together APEC trade and education officials, regulators, academics and industry representatives to discuss the exchange of cross-border higher education services in a practical, collaborative atmosphere. The symposium will identify and discuss how market access in these sectors is regulated, key impediments to further trade in these services and their impact on mobility, and consider how to resolve these issues. The outcomes of the symposium will inform a Compendium of Good Practice Guidelines which will be shared with symposium participants and representatives of the APEC Group on Services. This symposium will support the APEC cross-border education agenda set by Leaders in 2012 and is designed to help promote trade and investment of higher education services in the region s economies, and to understand how policies and regulations which limit cross-border mobility of higher education services can impact adversely on overall human capital, economic growth and productivity. It will examine good practices in regulation and review policies on higher education services and provide opportunities to share experiences to assist participants to consider possible measures for their respective economies to promote open, accessible, high quality cross-border education in the region. It will also strengthen linkages and networking capacities between policy makers, regulators and academics in regional economies and across the region. Each session of the symposium will include presentations by experts from relevant fields of activity. We intend the program to be highly interactive and each presentation will be followed by a Q and A period facilitated by Associate Prof Christopher Ziguras, the symposium coordinator. To facilitate business awareness of policies and regulations in APEC economies in services sectors, APEC has developed business friendly website ( which has been expanded to cover all APEC economies and the majority of major service sectors. The relevance and utility of the STAR database website will be discussed at the symposium.

3 SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM DAY ONE: 20 August 2013 Session 1: Welcome and Introduction am, Overview - Higher education services as a market and cross-border aspects, brief outline of activities APEC has undertaken to date on this issue, overview of Annex D agenda, overview of what the two days will cover, Tanya Spisbah, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia am, Presentations - STAR Database access, usage and value as a business tool, Margot Kilgour, the Australian APEC Study Centre, RMIT University - Beneficiaries of cross-border provision of education: students, professional bodies, economic growth, government, institutions, Maria Vu, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia - Recent trends in internationalisation of higher education in APEC and its contribution to economic development, Christopher Ziguras, RMIT University Morning Tea: am Session 2: Student mobility in the Asia-Pacific: Regulation of inward and outbound degree mobility (mode 2) Chair: Professor Yang Rui, University of Hong Kong 11.00am-12.00pm, Presentations - The Higher Education Diploma Supplement and qualifications recognition, Dr Megawati Santoso, Ministry of Education and Culture, Indonesia - Expanding inward degree mobility in non-traditional destinations, Assoc. Prof. Dr Sukhgij Ysothonsreekul, Naresuan University, Thailand - Policy frameworks to enhance international student recruitment, Dr Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Nagoya University, Japan pm: Discussion Lunch: pm Session 3: Student mobility in the Asia-Pacific: Enhancing Inward and outbound credit mobility (mode 2) Chair: Dr Christopher Ziguras, RMIT University pm, Presentations - The five primary obstacles are to increasing student mobility, Professor Kent Anderson, University of

4 Adelaide - Regional benefits of enhanced credit mobility, Dr Gordon Cheung, Asia Pacific Association for International Education; The Chinese University of Hong Kong pm Facilitated Discussion on Regulatory Impacts on Short-Term Mobility, led by: - Jan Drew, JMD Consulting Limited, Kuala Lumpur - M A Junaidi, Universitas Indonesia - Hon. Phil Honeywood, International Education Association of Australia - Professor Imran Ho-Abdullah, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia - Professor Kent Anderson, University of Adelaide pm: Discussion Afternoon Tea: pm Session 4: Mobility of academics and researchers in the Asia-Pacific (mode 4) Chair: Louise McSorley, Australian High Commission, Malaysia pm, Presentations - International mobility of educators: benefits and challenges, Professor Edilberto De Jesus, Asian Institute of Management - International mobility of researchers: benefits and challenges, Professor Yang Rui, University of Hong Kong pm, Discussion and Day One Wrap Up DAY 2: 21 August 2013 Session 5: Effectively harnessing online provision (mode 1) Chair: Hon. Phil Honeywood, International Education Association of Australia am, Presentations - Cross-border online education as curriculum mobility: patterns, trends and regulatory challenges, Dr Christopher Ziguras, RMIT University - Cross-Border Provision of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) and Online Programs, Kevin Kinser, State University of New York at Albany am: Discussion Morning Tea, am Session 6: Effective regulation of transnational campuses (mode 3)

5 Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr Sukhgij Ysothonsreekul, Naresuan University, Thailand pm, Presentations - Private Transnational Providers, Michael Mann AM, Laureate International Universities - Regulatory Challenges and the Multinational University, Dr Christopher Hill, University of Nottingham, Malaysia - Trends in transnational delivery: off-shore campus partnerships, Jason Lane, State University of New York at Albany pm: Discussion Lunch: pm Session 7: Cross-border partnerships (various modes) Chair: Dr Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Nagoya University, Japan pm, Presentations - Transnational education partnership patterns, trends and regulatory challenges, Dr Christopher Ziguras, RMIT University - Establishing Robust Regulatory Frameworks for Assuring the Quality of Transnational Education in Hong Kong, Peter P. T. Cheung, Federation for Self-Financing Tertiary Education - Opportunities and challenges in expanding international study options in Vietnam, Dr Nguyen Luu Bao Doan, Hoa Sen University, Vietnam pm: Discussion Afternoon Tea: pm Session 8: Key regulatory practices to facilitate greater international engagement in higher education in APEC Chair: Dr Christopher Ziguras, RMIT University pm, Open discussion led by expert panel: - Prof. Gordon Cheung, Asia Pacific Association for International Education; The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Dr Megawati Santoso, Ministry of Education and Culture, Indonesia - Jason Lane, State University of New York at Albany pm, Thank you and Wrap-up PROGRAM CONCLUDES