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5.2 ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) ............................................................. 152
5.2.1 What is OECD? ................................................................................................................................... 152
5.2.2 History and creation of OECD ............................................................................................................ 153
5.2.3 A glance at the OECD ......................................................................................................................... 154
5.2.3.1 Governance .............................................................................................................................................. 154
5.2.3.2 Council ..................................................................................................................................................... 155
5.2.3.3 Secretariat ................................................................................................................................................ 155
5.2.3.4 Secretariat ................................................................................................................................................ 156
5.2.3.5 Committees .............................................................................................................................................. 157
5.2.3.6 Relations with non-member states and enlargement of OECD ............................................................... 158
5.2.4 Work and Function of OECD............................................................................................................... 159
5.2.4.1 How does OECD act? ................................................................................................................................ 160
5.2.4.2 Approaches towards knowledge sharing ................................................................................................. 161
5.2.4.3 OECD Budget ............................................................................................................................................ 161
5.2.4.4 How the budget is managed .................................................................................................................... 161
5.2.5 Role of OECD in education ................................................................................................................. 161
5.2.5.1 OECD Directorate for Education .............................................................................................................. 162
5.2.5.1.1 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) ....................................................................... 163
5.2.5.1.2 Program on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) .................................................. 165
5.2.5.1.2.1 How does IMHE achieve its objectives? ....................................................................................... 166
5.2.5.1.3 Center for Effective Learning Environments (CELE) ............................................................................ 166
5.2.5.1.4 Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) ..................................................................... 167
5.2.5.1.4.1 CERI, higher education and E-learning.......................................................................................... 167
5.2.6 Role of OECD in Higher Education ...................................................................................................... 168
5.2.6.1 a) Thematic review of tertiary education ................................................................................................. 168
5.2.6.2 b) The Guidelines for Quality Provision in Cross-border Higher Education ............................................. 168
5.2.6.3 c) Thematic Review on Adult learning ..................................................................................................... 169
5.2.6.4 d) AHELO-Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes ............................................................. 169
5.2.6.5 e) Quality Teaching in Higher Education .................................................................................................. 170
5.2.6.6 f) The OECD Global Forums ...................................................................................................................... 171
5.2.6.6.1 The Global Forum on Education ......................................................................................................... 171
5.2.7 OECD and other IGOs ......................................................................................................................... 172
5.2.7.1 OECD Partner Organizations .................................................................................................................... 176
5.2.7.2 OECD and UNESCO ................................................................................................................................... 176
5.2.7.3 OECD and the World Bank ....................................................................................................................... 176
5.2.8 OECD in the World and its enlargement ............................................................................................ 177
5.2.9 OECD in Asia ....................................................................................................................................... 177
5.2.10 Asia in OECD .................................................................................................................................. 178