Vision

PEHEIC’s vision is to become the Philippines’ leading community of higher education institutions (HEIs) that accelerates human resource development, socio-cultural advancement, and economic progress in the BIMP-EAGA. 

Mission

Through joint collaborations and inclusive partnerships among HEIs and other key stakeholders in EAGA, the Consortium’s mission is to champion EAGA: Establish international engagements among higher education institutions across BIMP-EAGA, Advance quality of instruction, research and development, extension and production services, and internationalization among HEIs, Generate globally-competitive human resource needed by the sub-region, and Accelerate socio-economic development of EAGA communities.

Objectives

The Consortium aims to:

  1. Facilitate people-to-people connectivity through mobility programs for students, faculty, and staff between Philippine-East ASEAN Growth Area (P-EAGA) higher education institutions and their counterparts in the BIMP-EAGA region;
  2. Promote and strengthen collaborations on programs, projects, and activities that foster developments in instruction, research and innovation, extension services, and production;
  3. Develop joint, diversified, and inclusive curricular and non-curricular programs and initiatives responsive to the needs of various BIMP-EAGA Clusters/Working Groups and Stakeholders;
  4. Facilitate sharing of best practices on governance and leadership, quality assurance, among other aspects of higher education management;
  5. Facilitate sharing of resources including manpower expertise, library holdings, learning and research facilities, technologies, and funding, among other resources; and 
  6. Promote the P-EAGA HEIs as study destinations for international students.