
π°ππ’ Cambodia National Dialogue β Strengthening Higher Education through Internationalisation and Communication
The Cambodia National Dialogue on Higher Education through Internationalisation and Communication brought together over 100 participants and an impressive lineup of experts shaping the future of Cambodian higher education.
β¨ Key Themes:
π Southeast Asian perspectives on internationalisation
π Quality assurance & academic excellence
π Curriculum design & modernization
π£ Strategic communication for HEIs
π€ Featured Speakers Included:
H.E. Dr. Som Ratana, Under-Secretary of State, MoEYS
Dr. Laurene Chua-Garcia, CHED Philippines β Internationalisation expert
Dr. Mean Sothy, President, USEA
Dr. Ek Pichmony, ITC β Curriculum innovation
Dr. Kao Sovansophal, MoEYS β OBE & FutureFit frameworks
H.E. Dr. Rath Chhang, Secretary General, ACC
Ms. Sear Niya, DGHE/MoEYS β Quality assurance
Prof. Dr. Juan Llopis, University of Alicante, Spain
Prof. Dr. Astrid Fellner, Saarland University, Germany
TamΓ‘s KersΓ‘nszki, Γbuda University, Hungary
Across two days, speakers shared regional insights, institutional experiences, and forward-looking strategies that will directly support Cambodiaβs Education Strategic Plan 2024β2028.
For UNICATION, this Dialogue reinforced our mission to strengthen communication, collaboration, inclusiveness, and international engagement across Cambodian HEIs.
Together with CHAIn and MoEYS, we continue building a more international, modern, inclusive, and impact-driven higher education ecosystem for Cambodia.
π Key Outcomes & Contributions
The Dialogueβs discourse was strongly shaped by the combined expertise of both projects:
β CHAIn Contributions:
π§ Development of the HEI Internationalisation Toolkit
π₯ Training & capacity building for IRO teams
π Strengthening ASEANβEU and PhilippinesβCambodia cooperation
π Creation of institutional communication strategies tailored for Cambodian HEIs
β UNICATION Contributions:
π Launch of UNICARD β a gamified collaboration tool
π Practical guides for inclusive communication & Internationalisation@Home
π§βπ« Intensive training programmes on HE communication and international project management
π£ Enhanced visibility, digital competency, and innovation across Cambodian HE sectors
π± Shared Vision & Strategic Impact
Participants affirmed a shared vision for Cambodiaβs higher education ecosystem centred on four pillars:
π Internationalisation
π‘ Strategic Communication
π Quality & Governance
π©βπ Inclusion & Student Participation
This vision reinforces Cambodiaβs path toward a modern, inclusive, international, and impact-oriented HE system supported by European cooperation.
π€ European Collaboration & Policy Alignment
The Dialogue highlighted the vital role of EU support through:
π Erasmus+ CBHE as a key driver of Cambodian HE reform
π§ Steering and quality assurance by EACEA
π€ Enhanced cooperation between Cambodian institutions and EU partners
π Transfer of European best practices into Cambodian institutional strategies
The event strengthened ties between national priorities and global trends in higher education, aligning with Cambodiaβs strategic goals for 2024β2028.
π Remarks from Participants
Speakers emphasised:
βCollaboration must be reinforced through capacity building, knowledge exchange, and inclusive governance. This Dialogue serves as a foundation for long-term partnerships across ASEAN and Europe.β β UNICATION & CHAIn presenters
βCambodiaβs higher education transformation will benefit from structured support, regional collaboration, and innovative communication strategies.β β MoEYS and international partners
π Final Reflection
The Cambodia National Dialogue was a pivotal milestone in Cambodiaβs HE development. By uniting policymakers, academic leaders, and international partners, the event fostered meaningful dialogue, promoted strategic initiatives, and reinforced Cambodiaβs position within ASEANβEU education cooperation.
As the CHAIn and UNICATION teams continue their mission, the eventβs insights will directly support MoEYSβs policy recommendations and the implementation of future IRO strategies in Cambodian universities.
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β¨ αααααΆαααααααΆααα:
π ααααααα’αΆαααΈα’αΆααααααα’αααΈα’ααααααΆαα·
π ααΆαααΆααΆαα»αααΆα αα·αααΆαααα’α₯αααα
αααα·ααααΆααΆααααα
π ααΆααα
ααΆαααααΆααα·ααααΆ αα·αααΆαα’αΆααααα
π£ ααΆαααααΆαααααααα»αααααΆααααααααααΆααααααΆαααα’ααααααααα
π€ α’ααααα·ααΆαααααΆαααα½αααΆαα
- H.E. Dr. Som Ratana, α’αα»αααααααααααΈααααα½αα’αααα
- Dr. Laurene Chua-Garcia, CHED Philippines β ααααΆαα’ααααααΆαα·
- Dr. Mean Sothy, αααααΆα USEA
- Dr. Ek Pichmony, ITC β αααΆαα»αααααααααΆααα·ααααΆ
- Dr. Kao Sovansophal, MoEYS β ααααΌ OBE αα·α FutureFit
- H.E. Dr. Rath Chhang, Sekretari Jeneral, ACC
- Ms. Sear Niya, DGHE/MoEYS β ααΆαααΆααΆαα»αααΆα
- Prof. Dr. Juan Llopis, ααΆαααα·ααααΆααα Alicante, αααααΆα
- Prof. Dr. Astrid Fellner, Saarland University, α’αΆααααΊαααα
- TamΓ‘s KersΓ‘nszki, Γbuda University, α α»αααααΈ
αααα»ααααααα ααΈααααα α’ααααα·ααΆαααΆαα αααααααααααααααααα, αααα·αααααααααΆααα, αα·ααα»αααααΆααααααα»αααΆααααΆααα»ααααααΆαααααα»αααααΆαααααα’ααααααΆαα·ααααααααα»ααΆ α’α α’α€βα’α α’α¨α
αααααΆαα UNICATION, αα·α αα ααααααΆαααααΆααααααΎαααααααααααααααΎααααα»αααΆααααααΉαααΆαααααΆαααααα, ααΆααα ααΆααα, ααΆααα½ααααα αΌα, αα·αααΆαα αΌααα½αα’ααααααΆαα·αααα»αααααΆαααα’αααααααααααααα»ααΆα
ααΆαα½α CHAIn αα·α MoEYS, ααΎααααααααΆαααααααααα’ααααααααααααααΆαααΆαα’ααααααΆαα·, αααΆαα»αααα, αα½ααααα αΌα, αα·αααΆαα₯αααα·αααααααΆααααααα»ααΆα
π ααααααααααΆαα αα·αααΆααα½αα
αααα
ααΆαααααααΆααααΌαααΆααα½ααααααΎααααααααΆααα½αααΈααααααααΆααααΈαα
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ααΆααα½αα
αααα CHAIn:
π§ ααΆαα’αα·αααα HEI Internationalisation Toolkit
π₯ ααΆαααααα»ααααααΆα αα·ααααααααΆααααααΆαααααα»α IRO
π ααΆααααααΉααα ααααα·ααααα·ααΆααααΆα ASEANβEU αα·α PhilippinesβCambodia
π αααααΎααα»αααααΆαααααααααΆααααααααααΆααααααααΆαα HEIs ααααα»ααΆ
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ααΆααα½αα
αααα UNICATION:
π ααΎα UNICARD β α§ααααααα ααΆααααααΆαααΆααααααααα
π ααααα»αααααααααα·ααααα·ααΆααααααΆααααΆαααααΆαααααααα½ααααα
αΌα αα·α Internationalisation@Home
π§βπ« αααααα·ααΈααααα»ααααααΆαααΉαααΉαα’αααΈααΆαααααΆαααααα HE αα·ααααααααααααααααα’ααααααΆαα·
π£ ααΆααααααΉαααΆαααΎα, αααααααΆαααΈααΈαα, αα·ααααΆαα»αααααααα»ααα·αααα’αααααααααααααα»ααΆ
π± αααααααα½α αα·αα₯αααα·αααα»αααααΆααααα
α’αααα
αΌααα½αααΆααααααΆαααααααααα½ααααααΆααααααααααα’αααααααααααααα»ααΆ ααα’ααααΎ α€ ααααΉαααααΆαα
π α’ααααααΆαα·
π‘ ααΆαααααΆαααααααα»αααααΆααααα
π αα»αααΆα & α’αα·ααΆαααΆα
π©βπ ααΆααα½ααααα
αΌα & ααΆαα
αΌααα½ααα·αααα·α
ααααααααααααααΆααα ααα»α ααααΌαααααα»ααΆαα ααΆαααααααααα HE αααααΆαααααα, αα½ααααα αΌα, α’ααααααΆαα·, αα·αααΆαα₯αααα·αα αααααΆααααααααα ααααα·ααααα·ααΆαα’αΊααα»αα
π€ αα ααααα·ααααα·ααΆαα’αΊααα»α & ααΆααααααααααα½αααααααααΆα
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ααααααΆααΆααααα αΆααα½ααΆααΈααααΆααααααΆαααΆααααααα EU ααΆααααα
π Erasmus+ CBHE ααΆαααΌαααααααΆαααααα»αααΆααααααα’ HE ααααα»ααΆ
π§ ααΆαααααααααα αα·αααΆααΆαα»αααΆαααα EACEA
π€ ααΆααα ααααα·ααααα·ααΆαααΆααααααααΆαααααΆαααααΆαααααααα»ααΆ αα·αααααΌ EU
π ααααααααα·αααααααα’αααα»αα’αΊααα»ααα
αααα»ααα»αααααΆαααααααααΆαααααααα»ααΆ
ααααΉαααα·ααΆααααααααΆααααααΉαααααΆαααααααααΆαα’αΆαα·ααΆαααΆαα·αα·ααα·ααααΆααΆααα·ααααααααα»αα’ααααααααα ααααααααααααα½αααΆαα½αααααααααα»αααααΆαααααααααα»ααΆ α’α α’α€βα’α α’α¨α
π ααα·αααααααΈα’αααα
αΌααα½α
α’ααααα·ααΆαααΆαααΎαααααΆααα
βααΆααα ααΆαααααΌααααααααΉαααΆααααααΆαααααα»ααααααΆα, ααΆααααα
ααα
ααααααΉα, αα·αα’αα·ααΆαααΆααα½ααααα
αΌαα αα·α
αα
ααααααΆαααααΆααΌαααααΆααααααΆααααΆαααΆααααΌαααααααααα»α ASEAN αα·α α’αΊααα»ααβ β α’ααααα·ααΆα UNICATION & CHAIn
βααΆαααααααα’αααααααααααααα»ααΆααΉαααα½αααααΈααΆαααΆααααααααα
ααΆαααααααα, ααΆααα ααΆαααααα, αα·ααα»αααααΆαααααααααΆαααααααααΆαα»αααααβ β MoEYS αα·αααααΌα’ααααααΆαα·
π ααΆααααα»ααααα
αΆααα
α»αααααα
αα·α
αα
ααααααΆααΆαα·ααααα»ααΆααΊααΆα
ααα»α
ααααΆαααααα»αααΆαα’αα·αααα HE ααααα»ααΆα αααααααα½αααααα½αα’ααααααααααααααααααααΆα, ααααΉαααΆααα·ααααΆ, αα·αααααΌα’ααααααΆαα· ααααΉαααα·ααΆααααααααΆαααΎαααααααααΆαααααααΆααΆαα’αααααα, ααααααααααΆααα»αααααΆααααααααΆααααααααααα»αααααΆααααα, αα·ααααααΉαααΈααΆααααααα»ααΆ αααα»ααα ααααα·ααααα·ααΆαα’αααα ASEANβEUα
ααΆαα½ααααα»α CHAIn αα·α UNICATION, αα»αααααΆααααααααααΉαααΆαααααααΆαααΆα αααΆααααααΆαααααΆαααααααααΆα MoEYS αα·αααΆαα’αα»αααααα»αααααΆααααα IRO ααΆαααα’ααΆαααααα»αααΆαααα·ααααΆαααααααα»ααΆα
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