Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste has been a member country of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO), SEARCA's mother organization, since 2006.
SEAMEO is an intergovernmental treaty body founded in 1965 to foster cooperation among Southeast Asian nations in the fields of education, science, and culture. SEARCA was founded a year later and is hosted by the Philippine government on the campus of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB).
Timor-Leste is represented in the SEARCA Governing Board by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Acacio Cardoso Amaral, President of Instituto Politecnico de Betano, School of Agronomy and Animal Science, Department of Animal Production, Instituto Politecnico de Betano, Rua Suco de Betano.
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