The EU Support to Higher Education in ASEAN Region (EU SHARE) is a 48-months project which Financing
Agreement was signed 28 March 2014 with the total EU contribution of EUR 10 million.
The Programme aims at strengthening regional cooperation, enhance the quality, regional
competitiveness and internationalisation of ASEAN higher education institutions contributing to an
ASEAN Community in 2015 and beyond.
The Specific objectives of the programme to be evaluated are:
1. To contribute to the harmonisation of ASEAN higher education area through the formulation of
ASEAN higher education frameworks taking into account the EU experience and
2. To support mutual recognition and student mobility among higher education institution in ASEAN to
strengthen people-to-people connectivity.
The expected results are:
1. Policy dialogue on strategic issues of the harmonisation of ASEAN higher education enhanced
2. ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework and ASEAN Regional Quality Assurance further
developed and supported;
3. ASEAN Credit Transfer System (ACTS), which can also be linked to an ASEAN-EU Credit Transfer
System (AECTS) further developed and tested through mobility with scholarships.
4. An intra-ASEAN student mobility scheme as well as an ASEAN-EU student mobility scheme, which
both also serve to test credit transfer.
The main objectives of this evaluation are to provide the relevant services of the European Union, the
interested stakeholders with:

• an overall independent assessment of the performance of the EU Support to Higher Education in

ASEAN Region, paying particular attention to its intermediate results measured against its
objectives;

• Key lessons learned and recommendations in order to improve current (if relevant) and future

Programmes.

• Assess the benefits and propose scope / contents of potential limited extension of programme.

In particular, this evaluation will serve as a means to assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency,
impact, sustainability and visibility of the Programme.
The main users of this evaluation will be the European Union, the ASEAN Secretariat, Committee of
Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR), Directorate of Human Development Directorate and Head of
the Education, Youth and Sport Division (EYSD) of ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN Member States, the Senior
Official Meeting on Education, the grant contractor and its consortium members and other relevant
stakeholders.