Deadline: 31-Jul-22
Nominations are now open for The SEAMEO-Australia Education Links Award (SAELA) to provide opportunities to the individuals or educational institutions to submit a proposal idea on education-related activities or education policy, according to the annual theme that will strengthen collaboration and partnership between Southeast Asian countries and Australia.
The Award aims to highlight that education cooperation between countries can transfer new ideas, broaden educational opportunities, improve education quality, form long-term people-to-people links, and improve mutual understanding for the benefit of all parties.
Aims
Specifically, SAELA aims to:
- Showcase education, training and research cooperation activities and the value these have in fostering stronger people-to-people and institutional links;
- Provide the opportunity for sharing and learning of new ideas on education cooperation; and
- Promote the development of effective educational partnerships between countries, organizations, and communities.
Theme for 2022: Building Back Better through Partnership – “”Building Back Better”” can be defined as a holistic concept using post-disaster reconstruction and recovery as an opportunity to improve a community’s physical, social, environmental and economic conditions to create a more resilient community in an effective and efficient way.
Priorities
Australia’s priorities for this year’s SAELA are:
- Forging stronger people-to-people and institutional links through international education mobility
- Enhancing innovation and growth to meet education, training skills and labor market needs for economies within the region
- Fostering research and collaborative partnerships between Australia and Southeast Asian countries.
- Thus, the theme for the 8th cycle of SAELA is “Building Back Better through Partnership”.
Details and Prizes of the Award
- The applicants are required to submit a written proposal, detailing the concept, implementation process, including information on how the grant money will be used.
- For this Award cycle, one winner will be chosen and receive a grant worth AUD$ 10,000 to implement/mainstream activities in relation to the winning project or idea.
- The prize will be given in three batches: 70 percent shall be given after the Awarding Ceremony while the remaining 20 percent shall be given upon the submission of the progress report (after the project implements 6 months) and the rest 10 percent shall be provided upon the completion of the project and the submission of the final report.
- The winner will also receive a Plaque of Recognition during a major SEAMEO event such as the SEAMEO High Officials Meeting or SEAMEO Council Conference.
- The shortlists will receive a Certificate of Recognition
- “Certificates of Participation” will be provided to the applicants whose proposal meets the minimum requirements such as the proposal is relevant to the theme, and follow the instructions of proposal submission.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Award welcomes individuals who are education leaders, educators, teachers, researchers, and students, represented by any educational institutions (all levels of education) to submit a proposal related to the theme.
- The Award is open to all nationals of 11 Southeast Asian countries, namely, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Timor-Leste.
- The applicants should not be a staff member of any private company.
- The applicants should have never received any SEAMEO Awards within the past 3 years.
- Staff members of the SEAMEO Secretariat and the SEAMEO Regional Centres/Network and their immediate family members are not qualified to apply for this Award.
For more information, visit https://www.seameo.org/Main_programme/338
