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APEC Human Resources Development Working Group  
URL:http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/international_education/organisations_contacts/apec_human_resources_development_working_group/default.htm
Category:Multilateral 

The Working Group's work encompasses all aspects of human resources development: primary, secondary, vocational and tertiary education, managerial and executive development and labour market issues.

Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding  
URL:http://apceiu.org/
Category:Multilateral  Ethical behaviour 

Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding was established in 2000 under the agreement between UNESCO Headquarters and the Korean government, to carry out the mandate of promoting and developing education for international understanding towards a culture of peace.

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)  
URL:http://www.apec.org/
Category:Multilateral  National Government  World Trade Organisation and Free Trade Agreements  Multilateral  Senior secondary politics  International organisations 

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, is the premier forum for facilitating economic growth, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region. Its goal is to advance Asia-Pacific economic dynamism and sense of community. The site provides access to a range of publications, news, business and investment information, databases, and more.

Brisbane Communique Initiative  
URL:http://www.brisbanecommunique.deewr.gov.au/
Category:Multilateral 

The Brisbane Communique initiative was launched at the inaugural Asia-Pacific Education Ministers' Meeting in Brisbane, in April 2006. Ministers and senior officials from twenty-seven countries across the region issued the Brisbane Communique in which they agreed to collaborate on key goals related to the recognition and quality of education and training in the region. This website provides information on the developments of the initiative.

Ministerial Round Table on Education and Economic Development, 19 and 20 October 2007, Paris, Communique  
URL:http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001542/154229e.pdf
Category:Multilateral 

The Ministerial Round Table on Education and Economic Development at the 34th session of the UNESCO General Conference, 19-20 October 2007 issued this Communque. Member States call on UNESCO to strengthen multi-stakeholder co-operation in education; to initiate a reflection process on the roles of the State and other stakeholders in private sector initiatives in quality education; give particular attention to least developed countries (LCDs) and to reinforce its coordination role in the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), in Education for All (EFA) and the United Nations Literacy Decade (UNLD).

Sharing Quality Higher Education Across Borders: A Statement on Behalf of Higher Education Institutions Worldwide  
URL:http://www.unesco.org/iau/p_statements/index.html
Category:International Higher Education initiatives  Multilateral  Higher Education 

This document, prepared by the International Association of Universities (IAU), the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), the American Council on Education (ACE), Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), was circulated as a draft to higher education membership associations worldwide for comment from May to September 2004. This final version has benefited from their commentary. The document outlines principles for cross-border higher education and makes recommendations for higher education institutions and other providers and to governments. All stakeholders engaged in planning, providing, monitoring, and negotiating higher education across borders are urged to adhere to the principles articulated in this statement and to implement the action items.

Teacher and Educational Quality: Monitoring Global Needs for 2015  
URL:http://www.uis.unesco.org/ev_en.php?ID=6509_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC
Category:International school sector research  Multilateral  School education research 

This UNESCO report provides global and regional assessments on the state of teachers and education quality. By highlighting trends in teacher quantity and quality, it explores the policy implications of bridging the gap between the two, especially in developing countries. It also compares the strengths and shortcomings of recruitment and deployment policies as well as working conditions around the world. Countries across the world will need to recruit more than 18 million teachers over the next decade. In general, the countries needing the most teachers have the least qualified personnel. The report recognises that para-teachers can provide countries with the flexibility to respond to urgent needs. But it is important to provide adequate training and equitable compensation.

Universities Australia - International Activities  
URL:http://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/content.asp?page=/policies_programs/international/activities/index.htm
Category:Multilateral 

Australian universities are involved in a wide range of international activities with the support of Universities Australia. The number and scope of such involvements are increasing rapidly as the importance of activities crossing national boundaries is more widely recognised both within Australia and in the large number of countries with which Australia has dealings.

University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP)  
URL:http://www.umap.org/
Category:Australian Government sponsored  Multilateral  International 

This voluntary association of government and non-government representatives of the higher education (university) sector in the region aims to achieve enhanced international understanding through increased mobility of university students and staff. A range of documents are available from the site, including the Strategic Plan, Declarations, Credit Transfer Scheme (UCTS), and others.

World Declaration on Higher Education for the Twenty-First Century  
URL:http://www.unesco.org/education/wche/declaration.shtml
Category:Multilateral 

Declaration adopted by the World Conference on Higher Education convened by UNESCO on 9 October 1998. Everywhere higher education is faced with great challenges and difficulties related to financing, equity of conditions at access into and during the course of studies, improved staff development, skills-based training, enhancement and preservation of quality in teaching, research and services, relevance of programmes, employability of graduates, establishment of efficient co-operation agreements and equitable access to the benefits of international co-operation.