Overview

“We need to take actions to enhance international cooperation in higher education, reinforce knowledge sharing, academic exchanges and mobility, and create a fair, transparent and inclusive global campus that offers quality, inclusive and lifelong learning opportunities for all.”   (Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education)

The higher education landscape is rapidly changing due to internationalization of curricula, diversification of providers, and new modes of learning. Some 220 million students are currently enrolled in higher education worldwide, twice as many as ten years ago, and further growth is expected. Institutions face the challenge of providing quality education to an increasingly diverse student population, including non-traditional learners and disadvantaged groups

The Tokyo  Convention  provides  a  mechanism  for  countries  in  the  Asia-Pacific  region  to  facilitate  the fair recognition of education qualifications through  basic  principles,  increased  information provision, and transparency. The APNNIC portal is a gateway to better understand the diversity of higher education systems in the Asia-Pacific region and the importance of recognition for all learners.

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• Tokyo Convention on recognition
• Global Convention on recognition
• Guidelines on Developing and Strengthening Qualifications Frameworks in Asia and the Pacific: Building a Culture of Shared Responsibility (UNESCO, 2018)
• Developing Holistic Indicators to Promote the Internationalization of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific (UNESCO, 2018)
• Guidelines on Implementing Qualifications Frameworks in Asia and the Pacific at Subject Level: Educational Studies and Cultural Heritage Management (UNESCO, 2020)