AEI supports the internationalisation of Australia’s education and training system, and the reduction of barriers to trade in education and training services. We create relationships that aid the development and sustainability of national security and international trade.
AEI guides Australia’s education and training participation with the following organisations.
AEI negotiates with the World Trade Organisation
for more favourable access for Australia’s education service providers.
AEI is the Australian focal point for the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation Forum's (APEC) Human Resource Development Working Group, and the Working Group’s Education Network.
AEI facilitates Australia’s involvement in the South East Asia Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO).
Participation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD) provides AEI with access to leading edge policy thinking in the world’s most developed economies.
AEI provides support for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation(UNESCO) activities, particularly in the Asia Pacific.
AEI provides the Australian National Secretariat for University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP) and manages Australia's involvement in regional UMAPactivities. Through the Australian UMAP Program, AEI provides subsidies to Australian higher education providers to help meet the costs of staff visits to counterpart higher education institutions in eligible countries to set up the institution-to-institution student exchange arrangements that form the basis of the Program; and the costs to Australian undergraduate students of participating in UMAP student exchanges.
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