34 GTDEE INSIGHT
ASEAN TVET Officials Meeting On 3 August 2019, GTDEE Senior Manager, Dr. Kamonsak Suradom, participated in an ASEAN TVET Officials Meeting which was organised by Dr. Boonr ux Yodphet, the Secretar y-Gener al of the Bureau of Co-operation, Office of the Vocational Education Commission, Ministry of Education. The meeting focused on “Advancing TVET towards Internationalization of Vocational Education Qualification and Standards for Sustainable Development”. Fur thermore, Dr. Kamonsak was one of the keynote speakers in the panel discussion of “Challenges in Development on Vocational Education an d Skills Tr ain in g focu s i n g o n TV E T Qualification”. More than 100 participants attended the meeting from the public as well as private and international organisations such as the United Nations Educational, S cie n tific an d Cu ltu r a l Or g a n i z a t i o n , International Labour Organisation, German International Cooperation (GIZ) and Thailand Professional Qualification Institute. In addition,
the par ticipants included vocational education exper ts from ASEAN members (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Laos, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) and China, Germany and Japan. The meeting was held at the Empress Hotel, Chiang Mai.
Dual Studies for Agricultural Engineering Programme at German Standard Meeting On 21 August 2019, CIM Integrated Expert and GTDEE Project Director, Mr. Markus Hoffmann, Dr. Kamonsak Suradom and GTDEE Department Manager, Mr. Katiphot Kanoknorrasade had a meeting on the “Dual Studies for Agricultural Engineering Programme at German Standard” with a focus on the undergraduate level in Thailand. The meeting participants included:
(a) German Embassy – Ms. Claudia Ebach, Counsellor for Food and Agriculture and Mr. Reinhard Paichrowski, Second Secretary (Economics and Commercial); (b) Kasetsart University Kamphaeng Saen – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chouw Inprasit, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering (Kamphaeng Saen), Asst. Prof. Dr. Wanrat Abdullakasim, Associate Dean for International Affairs, Faculty of Engineering (Kamphaeng Saen), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pratuang Usaborisut, Chairman, Depar tment of Agricultural Engineering and Asst. Prof. Dr. Siwalak Pa t h av e e r a t , A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r, Department of Agricultural Engineering; (c) German Expert – Prof. Dr. Manfred Manthay. The meeting was held at the German-Thai Chamber of Commerce office.
UPDATE 1/2020
