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the EU-SHARE, Erasmus+, Horizon 2020, Newton Fund, and the ASEAN-

QA programmes.

EU-SHARE (EU Support to Higher Education in ASEAN Region)

This is a 10-million European grant that funds projects from 2015–2019 to
strengthen the regional cooperation, enhance the quality, competitiveness and

internationalisation of ASEAN higher education institutions and students, that
complement the ASEAN Community beyond 2015. EU-SHARE comprises a

consortium of EU partners including the British Council, ENQA, DAAD,
EUA, Nuffic and Campus France, ASEAN players (AUN, AQAN, SEAMEO,

etc.) including the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), and all other relevant

national level target beneficiaries and stakeholders (governmental bodies,
university leaders and managers, higher education experts, quality assurance

agencies, students, and industrial employers) (EU-SHARE, n.d.). All partners
work together to enhance cooperation between the EU and ASEAN Economic

Community, in order to provide lasting benefits from the harmonisation of
higher education across ASEAN. Hence, EU-SHARE’s Result Areas dictate

the level of cooperation and intervention in all spheres of higher education

including:

 policy dialogues with high-level-ministries to implement joint actions;

 harmonising efforts to align national QFs to AQRF and learning efforts for
quality assurance agencies (AQAF and ESG/ENQA); and

 mobility programmes involving the ASEAN Credit Transfer System (ACTS)
and the ASEAN-EU Credit Transfer System (AECTS), as well as the SHARE

Scholarships for the ASEAN community.

Erasmus+ Programmes

This is an EU programme dedicated for education, training, youth and sports
during the period of 2014–2020, which supports the European policy agenda

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