SEAMEO RIHED is the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Regional Centre specialising in higher education and development. We were first conceived as a Regional Institute for Higher Education Development (RIHED) in 1959 by UNESCO and the International Association of Universities (IAU) in collaboration with the Ford Foundation. The Institute was later re-established in 1993 under SEAMEO in Bangkok, Thailand, where we are currently hosted by the Royal Thai Government and continue to serve as the region's partner in higher education.