Brunei Delegates Take Part In 7th AGBEP Network In Jakarta
By Jon Tam poi

Bandar Seri Begawan - Three representatives from Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) took part in the 7`h Annual Meeting of the Asean Graduate Business/Economic Programme (AGBEP) Network that was held from January 29 to 31 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Hosted by the Faculty of Economic, University of Indonesia, Depok, the AGBEP Network is one of the many collaborative projects and activities held within Asean and between Asean and its dialogue partners under the Asean University Network (AUN).

Dr Azman Ahmad, Dean of Faculty of Business, Economic and Policy Studies and two other senior lecturers, Dr Hj Zainuddin Hj Jaafar and Dr Habrizah Hussin, represented UBD.

The mission of the AGBEP Network is to improve the quality of graduate programmes at these universities that offer Master Degree programmes in Business and Economics as well as to promote them in the world of education. AGBEP conducts several exchange programmes for students, faculty members, and other resources to achieve its goals and hold annual meeting to discuss progress.

Three main activities were discussed during the meeting namely AGBEP Dean's Meeting that was devoted to discussing progress of AGBEP Network activities and possibilities of bilateral cooperation among members, AGBEP Academic Seminar of academic research papers from all members and Business Games Simulation, a competition among student groups of member countries to test their business skill, performances and strategy implementation.

The delegates in the 7th AGBEP Annual Dean's Meeting were AUN Secretariat and representative Dean and Directors of Post Graduates programmes from UBD (Brunei Darussalam), University of Indonesia and University of Gadjah Mada (Indonesia), University of Malaya and University Sains Malaysia (Malaysia), National University of Singapore (Singapore), Burapha University and Chulalangklorn University (Thailand), and De La Salle University and University of the Philippines (Philippines).

Fourteen research papers in the areas of accounting, business management, and economics from seven universities from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines were presented at the Academic Seminar.

Dr Habrizab Hussin's papers entitled `Liberating the Entrepreneurial Spirit and Creating Enterprising Culture in Brunei Darussalam: The Challenges Ahead' was awarded the Best Paper. She was presented with a certificate and prize money. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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