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EU extends support for ASEAN higher education
The European Union (EU) has extended its support for higher education in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) region until the end of 2022, helping to keep a programme running that allows students to get scholarships at or transfer between universities across the region, writes Jayanty Nada Shofa for the Jakarta Globe.First launched in 2015, the EU Support to Higher Education in the ASEAN Region (SHARE) programme facilitates intra-mobility for students in the ASEAN region via credit transfer and scholarship schemes. The EU-funded programme also seeks to bolster the harmonisation of higher education across the ASEAN region.
“The extension period will support ASEAN higher education institutions and stakeholders to create a sustainable ASEAN higher education space, drawing lessons from Europe's experience in the Erasmus programme and the Bologna Process,” EU Ambassador to ASEAN Igor Driesmans told an online press conference.
Full report on the Jakarta Globe site