Training On SEAMEO Financial Operational Manual, two finance officers

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C. SEMINARMEETINGCONFERENCE

In the Fiscal year 2005-2006, SEAMOLEC conducted some seminars national and international, meetings, and conference. SEAMOLEC also has participated in various seminarworkshop and meeting.

1. Seminar a. The Asian Association of Open Universities AAOU Annual

Conference at Jakarta 15-17 September 2005 In this conference, SEAMOLEC staff gave presentation of their papers. Ms. Herawaty Research Officer presented her paper, which is titled: “The use of Learning Resources to Support the Quality of Learning” and Ms. Dina Mustafa Research Manager presented a paper titled: “Implementation of Information and Communication Technology in Teaching and Learning: Are we Ready? Dr.Mardhatillah Mardjohan also participated in this conference. b. Preparing the Future Human Resources through the Application of ICT- based ODL at UNY Yogyakarta 4 March 2006 The ninth anniversary of SEAMOLEC was celebrated in 2006 through a collaborative seminar with UNY on “Preparing the Future Human Resources through the Application of ICT Based ODL” in Yogyakarta on 4 March 2006. Basically the seminar was to explore ideas on preparing human resources through the implementation of ICT and open distance learning. The seminar was officially opened by Rector of Yogyakarta State University, Prof. Sugeng Mardiyanto, Ph.D. It was attended by about 120 participants from various educational institutions. The speakers of the seminar were: 1 Prof. Fumihiko Shinohara from Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan; 2 Dr. Ir. Gatot Priyowirjanto Head, Bureau of Planning and International Cooperation; 3 Mr. Agus Kanda Staff, Directorate General of Higher Education: 4 Dr. Sumarno Lecturer, UNY; 5 Mr. Priyanto M.Kom Lecturer, UNY, and from SEAMOLEC Prof. Paulina Pannen, Dina Mustafa, and Herawati. SEAMOLEC Annual Report July 2005 – June 2006 25

2. Meeting a. Centre

’ s Director Meeting Malaysia, 11-15 July 2005 The 2005 CDM was held on 11-15 July 2005 at Park Royal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The meeting was attended by SEAMEO Secretariat Director, Dr. Edilberto C de Jesus, SEAMEO Secretariat staff, the centre’s directors, representatives of World Bank, and KEDI as observers. SEAMOLEC was represented by Mrs. Paulina Pannen Director and Mr. Timbul Pardede PR Marketing Manager. In the meeting, SEAMOLEC Director as Task Force Coordinator for SEAMEO Proposal on HELP for Aceh and North Sumatera reported that SEAMOLEC has received proposals from 7 seven SEAMEO Centre’s. The proposals were developed based on each Centre’s strength and excellence, to be submitted for funding to donor agencies.

b. High Official Meeting Thailand, 14 November 2005

SEAMOLEC Director, Paulina Pannen and Mr. Abubakar SEAMOLEC IT Manager participated in the High Officials Meeting. Concurrent to the HOM, SEAMEO was also conducted regional workshop on “value- based Water and Sanitation Education in Southeast Asian School on 21-24 November 2005. From SEAMOLEC participated by Ms. Isti Rokhiyah SEAMOLEC Expert.

c. SEAMEO Council Conference Singapore, 22-24 March 2006

The 41 st SEAMEO Council Conference was held in Singapore. It was jointly organized by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Singapore and SEAMEO Secretariat and was held at the Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore. A total 129 participants attended the Conference among them representatives of the 10 SEAMEO Member States, the newly proclaimed Member State of Timor Leste. The conference was ended by the Council acclaimed decision to hold the 2 nd ASED and 42 nd SEAMEO Council Conference in Indonesia in 2007.