About APARNET

The Asia Pacific Academic Recognition Network (APARNET) was established to facilitate discussion and the exchange of information amongst the National Information Centres of the UNESCO Regional Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in Asia and the Pacific .

APARNET consists of this website and a listserv (email based information sharing forum). The listserv enables members to easily exchange email messages with all other members of the Network, making it fast and simple to ask and respond to questions from any participating country in the Asia-Pacific region. Questions and comments sent to the listserv are archived on the APARNET website so that members can continue to refer to this information.

The aims of APARNET will help to achieve one of the objectives of the Regional Convention to assist in the collection, dissemination and exchange of information relating to the recognition of academic qualifications and higher education systems within the Asia Pacific region (Article 10-2).

The initiative for this discussion forum arose from the recommendations of the Sixth Session of the Regional Committee Meeting in Bangkok (November 2000) ‘to establish an electronic network of regional national information centres to facilitate exchange of information on education systems and qualifications’.

The initial development of this site was a joint initiative between the UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education as secretariat to the Regional Convention Committee and Australia as the Chair of the Regional Committee from November 2000 to March 2003.