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the European Standards and
Guidelines (ESG) for QA

ASEAN University Network European University Association
(AUN)

ASEAN Credit Transfer System European Credit Transfer System
(ACTS), and etc. (ECTS)

Student mobility programmes Eramus Mundus  Erasmus+
e.g., AIMS programmes

(Adapted and modified from Zita, 2016)
Table 1 illustrates all relevant higher education efforts in both ASEAN and the

EU, and the resemblance between them. This similarity has been instrumental
towards greater inter-regional cooperation in higher education in contemporary

areas of concern such as internationalisation of education, cross-border

mobility, research collaboration (to solve global challenges), harmonisation of
higher education (to fertilise knowledge and expertise), and intercultural

exchange of experiences.

ASEAN-EU Cooperation in Higher Education

Based on the current ASEAN initiatives and a successful paradigm shift in
European higher education stemming from the Bologna process and driven by

the external dimension of the Europe 2020 Strategy for education, several on-
going ASEAN-EU cooperations are underway. The synergies between related

initiatives as shown in Table 1 have paved the way towards a long and lasting
relationship and effective cooperation between stakeholders in higher

education between both regions. This cooperative environment has motivated

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