AEI Post Vol 6 - 2013

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1.0 HIGHLIGHTS
AEI and Balanced Mobility:
Beyond ASEMME4
1On 13 th – 14 th May 2013, the then
Ministry of Higher Education
convened the 4 th ASEM Ministers
of Education Conference,
popularly referred to as ASEMME4, in
Kuala Lumpur. The Conference was
preceded by the 2 nd Senior Officials
Meeting hosted by Malaysia held on 12 th
May 2013. The Conference which was
attended by 140 participants from 17
Asian and 20 EU member countries of
ASEM was a success notwithstanding
the fact that the Malaysian Government
had not appointed the Cabinet Ministers
as the 13 th general election was only held
on 5 th May 2013.
2The ASEMME4 was an
encouraging development for
AEI (and much more to other
stakeholders in Malaysia) for two
main reasons. Firstly, it had portrayed its
developments in the exhibition held in
conjunction with the Conference, as a
postgraduate centre devoted to Social
Science to promote further cooperation
between Asia and Europe and secondly,
it’s proposal in respect of the agenda
on promoting Balanced Mobility was
accepted by the Conference.
3The Chairman Conclusions
issued at the end of ASEMME4
stated interalia “The Ministers
welcomed the willingness of
Malaysia and its Asia-Europe Institute
(AEI) to develop – in cooperation with
other interested ASEM members – a
strategy on better balancing mobility for
ASEMME5 in Latvia. The strategy will
include proposals for concrete activities
to overcome the imbalance in mobility
between Asia and Europe”.
AEI Post Volume 6 June 2013