The SEAMEO High Officials Meeting (SEAMEO HOM) is the forerunner to the annual SEAMEO Council Conference. It is conducted annually by the SEAMEO Secretariat. The first SEAMEO HOM was convened in 1978 in Bangkok, Thailand.
The SEAMEO HOM is a preparatory meeting during which senior education officials review and plan the programs and operations of the Organization. Decisions and recommendations from this Meeting will set the agenda and issues for discussion in the SEAMEO Council Conference, which is the meeting of the organization’s governing body consisting of all the Education Ministers of the Member States.
The delegates of the SEAMEO HOM are high-level officials or representatives from the Ministries of Education of SEAMEO Member States, Associate Members and Affiliate Members; Directors of the SEAMEO Secretariat and the Regional Centre/Network; staff of the SEAMEO Units; and observers from partner organizations. As the SEAMEO Secretariat is located in Bangkok, Thailand, the city has been chosen as the meeting venue.
The 37th SEAMEO High Officials Meeting was held from 25 to 27 November 2014 at the Plaza Athenee Bangkok, A Royal Meridien Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. The SEAMEO QITEP in Science representatives were Dr Maman Wijaya, Dr Indarjani, Ms Lili Indarti, Mr Reza Setiawan, Mr Zuhe Safitra, and Ms Lidiya Sinulingga.