Milestones of ACD:
On 6th April 2005, at the 4th ACD Ministerial Meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the 26 (now 31) member countries accepted the proposal on the formation of AeU and reaffirmed their countries' commitment with the following declaration:Declaration No. 6:Resolve to ensure the provision of easily accessible and expanded educational opportunities for the people of Asia with the proposal for the establishment of an Asia e University (AeU) which will be an instrument for greater Asia-wide cooperation in closing the digital divide and spearheading e-Education efforts to meet future challenges, for the benefit of the region.
On 23-24th May 2006, at the 5th ACD Ministerial Meeting in Doha, Qatar, the representatives of the 28 ACD governments unanimously accepted Malaysia's proposal to implement the proposed AeU and this was reflected in the Doha ACD Declaration 1.5:Declaration No. 1.5:We agree to support the successful implementation of Asia e University (AeU) as an instrument for human capacity building, closing the digital divide, increasing higher education accessibility, and spearheading e-Education efforts for the benefit of all member countries.
On 5-6th June 2007, at the 6th ACD Ministerial Meeting in the Republic of South Korea, the representatives of the 30 ACD governments unanimously accepted Malaysia's proposal on the establishment and implementation of AeU and this was reflected in the Seoul IT ACD Declarartion 4:
Declaration No. 4:Support joint IT study and research projects among member countries while encouraging strong partnership in IT field both at the government and private levels; in which the Asia e University platform could be effectively utilized to promote and facilitate such initiatives.
Asia e University is a G2G project among the ACD member countries.Ref www.acddialogue.com for more details.
On 6th April 2005, at the 4th ACD Ministerial Meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the 26 (now 31) member countries accepted the proposal on the formation of AeU and reaffirmed their countries' commitment with the following declaration:Declaration No. 6:Resolve to ensure the provision of easily accessible and expanded educational opportunities for the people of Asia with the proposal for the establishment of an Asia e University (AeU) which will be an instrument for greater Asia-wide cooperation in closing the digital divide and spearheading e-Education efforts to meet future challenges, for the benefit of the region.
On 23-24th May 2006, at the 5th ACD Ministerial Meeting in Doha, Qatar, the representatives of the 28 ACD governments unanimously accepted Malaysia's proposal to implement the proposed AeU and this was reflected in the Doha ACD Declaration 1.5:Declaration No. 1.5:We agree to support the successful implementation of Asia e University (AeU) as an instrument for human capacity building, closing the digital divide, increasing higher education accessibility, and spearheading e-Education efforts for the benefit of all member countries.
On 5-6th June 2007, at the 6th ACD Ministerial Meeting in the Republic of South Korea, the representatives of the 30 ACD governments unanimously accepted Malaysia's proposal on the establishment and implementation of AeU and this was reflected in the Seoul IT ACD Declarartion 4:
Declaration No. 4:Support joint IT study and research projects among member countries while encouraging strong partnership in IT field both at the government and private levels; in which the Asia e University platform could be effectively utilized to promote and facilitate such initiatives.
Asia e University is a G2G project among the ACD member countries.Ref www.acddialogue.com for more details.
