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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.
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D. IT DEVELOPMENT
In the area of IT system development and consulting services, the Centre has started on exploring the development of virtual campus, using Web Course
Tools WebCT as the learning management system. SEAMOLEC provides an incubator system for education institutionsindividuals who are interested in
developing and trying out web-based courses or e-learning initiatives. In Indonesia, the provision of the incubator virtual system has been carried out
through a collaboration with Directorate General of Higher Education, MONE. Furthermore, SEAMOLEC has signed Memorandum of Understanding MoU
with Harvest International Theological Seminary Institute HITS to offer online course for its ODL program. At the Regional level, SEAMOLEC, has signed
MoU with SEAMEO SEARCA, Philippines to offer e-learning course of Natural Research Management NRM.
In addition, the Centre also hosts the Teaching Clinics in its website. The teaching clinics is a collaborative project among Directorate General of Higher
Education DGHE, MONE, provincial government, universities teachers colleges, and UNDP-Bappenas to provide a referral center for teachers in
remote areas to be involved in continuous professional development, via the use of ICT network.