Regional integration is at the heart of our ASEAN Community efforts. Thailand sees the
emerging ASEAN Community as another important milestone in an evolving process towards
closer regional integration.
The ASEAN Community is envisioned to be a peaceful, stable and prosperous community that
can effectively address present and future challenges, play a constructive role in the global
community and make meaningful contributions to regional and international peace and
security
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The strategy analyses the expected scenarios in ASEAN in 2015 and their impacts to Thai people and Thai higher education system. The liberalisation of trade in education services and the future employment in ASEAN are among the important scenarios in the strategy. The liberalisation of trade in education services will increase the flow of education services in both electronic and tradition. Hence, the OHEC expected the increasing mobility of student and degree programme in the region. The mobility of student includes the vertical (going aboard for higher degree) and horizontal (going aboard for the part of the expecting degree) mobility. While the mobility of programme consists of joint programme, on-line programme, and the establishment of foreign institutions in the region. The future employment in ASEAN will require the graduates to have additional skills apart from their professional skill such as English and other languages used in ASEAN and inter-cultural skill.