1. UNESCO Higher Education Division Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic
UNESCO-OECD guidelines on Quality Provision in Cross-border Higher Education Drafting Meeting 2 Tokyo, Japan October 2004
Opening Address
UNESCO Higher Education Division
Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic ,

2. Drafting Meeting 2: Participants 2nd Drafting Meeting, Tokyo:
Some participants
All UNESCO regions represented
Higher education stakeholders: governments, higher education institutions and their associations, students. recognition bodies, professional bodies
International partners: NGOs, IGOs
We wish them a hearty welcome and
THANK YOU JAPAN!

3. New developments: within UNESCO
UNESCO 1st and 2nd Global Forum on International Quality Assurance (Paris, October 2002; Paris, June 2004)
UNESCO/Norway Forum on ‘Globalization and Higher Education: (Oslo, May 2003)
OECD/Norway Forum : initiative for joint guidelines with UNESCO (Trondheim, November 2003)
32nd General Conference of UNESCO (Paris, October 2003): resolution giving UNESCO a stronger mandate in HE;
UNESCO-OECD Guidelines on Quality Provision in Cross-border Higher Education institutions: 1st Drafting Meeting (Paris, April, 2004);

4. Context and Outcomes of 1st Global Forum
1st Global Forum launched as a response to ethical challenges facing higher education in an era of globalization. Main outcomes:
Platform for exchange for at least four years;
Building bridges between education and trade;
Promote research to inspire policy developments;
Action Plan: standard-setting (conventions, recommendations, guidelines, codes of good practice) ; capacity-building (training workshops, advocacy, seminars etc.) and clearinghouse activities (information gathering and dissemination, data-bases, knowledge bases, portals, publications)

5. 2nd Global Forum (Paris, 28-29 June 2004): Context
UNESCO figures presented in the Synthesis Report (WCHE+5):
Massive increase in demand for HE with a view to development: 40-50% enrolment rates needed; some countries below 5%
Demographic expansion: developing countries population 7 – 8 billion people in 2025
Growth of student enrolments; historic threshold of 100 million students worldwide has been crossed, 125 million before 2020.
Access and equity: sustainable development of higher education systems

6. 2nd Global Forum: Context
1st Global Forum: higher education and commercialization/GATS – UNESCO conventions on the recognition of qualifications as educational agreements to promote international standards;
2nd Global Forum Widening Access to Quality Higher Education: for minorities, ICT-assisted; lifelong learning
2nd Global Forum particular focus: capacity-building;

7. WHY CAPACITY BUILDING?
As determined by its Medium-Term Strategy, UNESCO has 5 basic functions:
a laboratory of ideas
a standard setter
a clearinghouse
a capacity-builder in Member States
a catalyst for international cooperation
Capacity-building for quality assurance and qualifications recognition: towards strengthening national higher education frameworks as elements of sustainable societal development

8. THE GUIDELINES: FROM APRIL TO JANUARY AND BEYOND
April 2004: 1st Drafting Meeting, UNESCO, Paris
June2004: UNESCO, Paris, 20 experts met to assist the two secretariats in the elaboration of the 1st draft guidelines and information tool;
August 2004: UNESCO/OECD/experts work on the 1st draft guidelines and information tool;
September 2004: 24 September final draft available;
October 2004: 2nd Drafting Meeting, Tokyo
November 2004: Information Strategy for all UNESCO Member States: information/dissemination meetings; inputs from networks etc.
January 2005: OECD, Paris: Final Conference;
January-December 2005: Adoption procedures in OECD and UNESCO
: implementation phase

9. Guidelines: more information
Inclusive drafting process: all stakeholders are involved
Active participation through:
(a) UNESCO web-site:
(b) OECD web-site:
(c) An Electronic Discussion Group (EDG) has been set up for all participants in the drafting sessions.
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