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 harmonisation of higher education in ASEAN (such as AQAN and the

developed ASEAN Qualification Assurance Framework or AQAF, the
ASEAN Qualification Reference Framework or AQRF, the AUN-QA

programme), and a few credit transfer systems including AUN-ACTS
(ASEAN Credit Transfer System), UMAP-UCTS by the University Mobility

in Asia-Pacific, the ACTFA (Academic Credit Transfer Framework), etc.;

 intra-ASEAN cooperation in higher education (scholarships via bilateral and
sub-regional agreements, leadership building programmes, research

collaboration, TVET training), etc.; and so on.

Table 1: Corresponding Efforts in Higher Education between ASEAN and the
EU.

ASEAN-initiatives EU-initiatives

ASEAN Vision 2020 and 3-pillars, Europe Strategy 2020 (Education),

Ministerial agreements, Ministerial involvement,

Common Higher Education space European Higher Education Area
in ASEAN (EHEA)

ASEAN Qualification Reference Bologna 3-cycles, European
Framework (AQRF) Qualification Reference Framework
(EQF) /

Life Long Learning, and
the Lisbon Recognition Convention

ASEAN Quality Assurance European Association for QA in HE
Network (AQAN) (ENQA), and
the European QA Register in HE
(EQAR)

ASEAN Quality Assurance European Quality Assurance
Framework (AQAF) Framework (EQARF) + VET, and

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