SEAQIS has successfully convened the 13th Governing Board (GB) Meeting on 14 September 2022. The meeting was conducted in hybrid mode at SEAQIS’ office in Bandung, Indonesia, and officially opened by Mr Anang Ristanto, the Acting Head of Bureau of Cooperation and Public Relations (Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology). In his speech, he encouraged all SEAMEO Centres to work together. “We would like to cordially encourage all SEAMEO member countries to work together guided by the spirit of gotong royong in developing programmes to bring our education quality to an excellent level,” stated Mr Anang. He also thanked all parties for their continuous support on the Centre’s programmes.
The Director of SEAQIS, Dr Indrawati, expressed her appreciation for the support from all parties. “It is an honour and a privilege for me to work with all of you and look forward to more engaging collaboration and warmer relationships in the next year.”
There were nine GB Members joining in this meeting along with three observers from the Bureau of Cooperation and Public Relations; Secretariat of Directorate General of Teacher and Education Personnel; Balai Besar Guru Penggerak; and Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology.
At this meeting, nine working papers were presented and all the GB Members endorsed the papers.
At this meeting, nine working papers were presented, such as a follow-up action from previous SEAMEO meetings; SEAQIS’ financial report; SEAQIS’ programmes and activities last year; and proposed programmes for next year. Gladly, all the GB Members endorsed all the papers.
There was also one working paper to nominate the Deputy Director for Programme of SEAQIS in the period 2023-2025. As a result, Mr Reza Setiawan is chosen to serve as the Deputy Director for Programme of SEAQIS for 2023-2025 period.
The meeting was finally closed with conducting voting for the date of meeting next year. As a result, the third week of September 2023 was chosen as the week for the 14th GBM.
