With PSU as the ASEA-UNINET Thailand National Coordinator, Asst. Prof. Dr. Thakerng Wongsirichot, PSU Vice President for International Affairs, has attended the ASEA-UNINET National Coordinators Meeting in Brescia, Italy, in November 2019. Dr. Thakerng presented a number of relevant concepts from a Thai perspective in a broad range of topics, starting with the university’s research institutes, research projects and collaboration with Austria and South-East-Asian-Universities, followed by a summary of scholarships and funds from received from ASEA-UNINET, and lastly touching upon the realistic possibilities for future cooperation.
ASEA-UNINET National Coordinators Meetings take place between the Plenary Meetings. The November meeting focused on the theme “The UN Agenda 2030 on SDGs and higher education”, and included the National Coordinators’ reports, a deliberation on strategies for network growth and sustainability, among discussions of other relevant issues. The work will continue at the next ASEA-UNINET meeting, the 18th Plenary Meeting, which will take place in July 2020.