Australia-ASEAN BRIDGE School Partnerships Program

The Australia-ASEAN BRIDGE Program is an initiative of the ASEAN-Australia Centre at the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and is being implemented by Asialink Education (formerly the Asia Education Foundation) at the University of Melbourne.

The Australia-ASEAN BRIDGE Program 2024 - 2026 will facilitate people-to-people connections between educators and students across Australia and ASEAN Member Countries (except Indonesia and Myanmar) and Timor-Leste.

36 schools will be selected to participate in this exclusive opportunity and gain the following benefits:

• people-to-people connections for educators and students in primary and secondary schools
• a chance for educators and students to visit partner schools and learn about their host country
• sustained partnerships between schools that benefit students and educators
• opportunities for students to engage with their peers through interactive forums
• build relationships with peers, learn about social and cultural dynamics and enhance connections across the region.

Program outcomes

• Stronger relationships with peers in Australia and throughout Southeast Asia
• Professional opportunities to exchange know-how and good practices between schools
• People-to-people connections for educators and students that add regional contexts to their learning
• A stronger global focus in the learning opportunities offered to your students

Participating schools involvement

Each school selected to participate in the 2024-2026 Australia-ASEAN BRIDGE Program will nominate one representative teacher to:

• participate in eight two-hour virtual professional learning sessions
• share what they have learned during professional learning sessions with other teachers in their school
• coordinate partnership activities between their school and the partner school
• visit their partner school for one week (if possible during a vacation period)
• host a visiting teacher from their partner school for one week.

Each school will also select a group of 8 students to:

• participate in a series of four virtual forums with students from all participating schools
• work with their peers on project activities for sharing with other schools. 

An information session for prospective schools was held on Monday 18 November. The recording can be accessed here (Passcode: fbG!7kqM) and the slides presented here, for reference.

For all enquiries, please email our friendly team at asean-bridge@unimelb.edu.au.