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policy reforms. APEID is contribut<strong>in</strong>g to higher <strong>education</strong> <strong>in</strong> Asia through different projects that<br />

focus promotion <strong>of</strong> mobility, teacher <strong>education</strong>, technical <strong>and</strong> vocational <strong>education</strong> <strong>and</strong> use <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>in</strong>formation <strong>and</strong> communication technologies. Guidel<strong>in</strong>e on cross border higher <strong>education</strong> is<br />

ano<strong>the</strong>r <strong>in</strong>itiative <strong>of</strong> APEID to support <strong>and</strong> promote higher <strong>education</strong>.<br />

UNESCO <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> World Bank have launched a jo<strong>in</strong>t program Global Initiative for Quality<br />

Assurance Capacity (GIQAC) to help member <strong>countries</strong> <strong>in</strong> development <strong>of</strong> quality assurance<br />

process <strong>in</strong> higher <strong>education</strong> by assist<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> policy reforms <strong>and</strong> develop<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>ir capacities.<br />

GIQAC program is build<strong>in</strong>g capacities <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> participat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>countries</strong> through <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>in</strong>ternational clear<strong>in</strong>ghouse <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation on quality assurance, <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> global<br />

work<strong>in</strong>g groups, regional sem<strong>in</strong>ars on quality assurance, tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g for external reviewers <strong>and</strong><br />

exchange staff. GIQAC <strong>in</strong>itiatives are implemented through global <strong>and</strong> regional partner NGOs<br />

<strong>and</strong> IGOs that <strong>in</strong>clude: International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies <strong>in</strong> <strong>Higher</strong><br />

Education (INQAAHE), Association <strong>of</strong> African Universities (AAU), Arab Network for Quality<br />

Assurance <strong>in</strong> <strong>Higher</strong> Education (ANQAHE) , Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) <strong>and</strong> La<br />

Red Iberoamericana para la Acreditación de la Calidad de la Educación Superior (RIACES)

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