External Final Evaluation of the ASEAN-EU University Programme (AUNP)

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The ASEAN-EU University Network Programme (AUNP) is a higher education co-operation programme jointly funded and implemented by the European Commission (EC) and the ASEAN University Network (AUN), assisted by a Programme Management Office (PMO) in Bangkok. The AUNP provides under its Partnership Projects’ Grant strand (PP) funding for university collaboration in Human Resources Development, Curriculum Development and Common Applied Research. Under a second strand, the Network Initiatives (NI), AUNP organizes rectors’ conferences, round table meetings and workshops on higher education (HE) topics of mutual interest for ASEAN and EU, further, Technical Assistance Mission (TA) to the benefit of the AUN. While the first activity provides financial support to collaborative projects of higher education institutions from both regions, the second, facilitates knowledge sharing and exchange of experience between universities and other HE stakeholder institutions and organisations of the two regions.

The Programme started in April 2002 and finalised in January 2006; four annual work plans were implemented including several events and 20 HE cooperation projects.

The objective of this evaluation is to evaluate the results and impact of the AUNP with regard to:

• ASEAN and EU areas of mutual understanding in HE cooperation;
• Established inter-ASEAN and ASEAN-EU university partnerships andacademic networks;
• Status of established/coordinated relations between institutions in higher education.

And as appropriate based on the evaluation to propose possible future strategic key areas of cooperation in the HE sector.

Type of services provided

PROMAN provides the services of Senior Education Policy/Institutional Expert whocarries out following activities:

• Preparation and planning;
• Desk Study;
• Questionnaire survey amongst: Partnership Projects, national authorities, Rectors’ Conferences, HE agencies and individual AUN Member Universities and non-AUN (EU and ASEAN) universities;
• ASEAN/EU stakeholder visits;
• Deliver an External Evaluation Report.