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Hideki Shimazu, Project Coordinator of AUN/SEED-Net, presented highlights and achievements of AUN/SEED-Net at the 13th AUN Rectors’ Meeting in September 2022. In relation to the sub-agenda, “Driving World-Class Study Programme and Student Mobility”, he explained the features and practices from the Collaborative Education Program to show how it enhanced the engineering field within Japan and ASEAN countries.

The 27th AUN/SEED-Net Steering Committee Meeting was conducted on 16 December, 2022 and was a momentous occasion that marks the 20th year since the establishment of the AUN/SEED-Net, a thematic network of AUN. The Signing Ceremony of Cooperative Framework in the meeting will ensure the continuation of AUN/SEED-Net into its transitional period, where it will be smoothly transferred to the AUN Secretariat and continue to strengthen and utilize the networks among universities of ASEAN countries and Japan through the transitional period starting in 2023.

The 2nd Focus Group Meeting of AUN/SEED-Net Transitional Plan took place last month on 18 August. The meeting was to inform the concrete transitional plan after reaching a consensus among concerned parties. In the on-going process of Phase 4 of the AUN/SEED-Net project, there are 7 active programs and achievements, all of which respond to the objectives of this 5 year period. The objective of the 2nd Focus Group Meeting was to collect opinions from AUN Member Universities regarding the programs that will be implemented during years of the transitional period throughout 2023 to 2026.

As a part of AUN/SEED-Net, ASEAN Engineering Journal (AEJ) serves as an official publication to enhance engineering education within the region and plays a crucial role in the success of the network. Since 2011, the journal has gradually developed its maturity and reputation through a holistic and integrated approach. It marked a milestone for being officially included in the Scopus database in 2019. At the moment, AEJ is transferred to Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) under its well-known and professional journal management. The AUN/SEED-Net Secretariat will continue working with the UTM team to ensure the continuity and reliability of the journal and the greater participation of member institutions throughout this seamless transfer period.

As COVID-19 swept across the globe in the past few years, JICA Project for AUN/SEED-Net strongly believes that scientific research is the key not only to the alleviation of the current impact, but also to the more effective and accessible diagnosis and treatment process in the future. In response to this current dreadful pandemic threat, the “Special Program for Research against COVID-19 (SPRAC)” was created. The program offered a maximum of $50,000 grant for researchers from Member Institutions to conduct an engineering-based research on any COVID-19-related topics.