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In the next two years the universities of SAARC countries are planning to share a common syllabus for five different curriculums. The shared courses like corporate governance, digital governance, regional economic planning, sustainable development and heritage and culture will be implemented in the Master's level if it is agreed upon by member countries. This initiative will get its final shape in Sri Lanka in 2015 in the vice chancellors conference of SAARC universities. Innovative Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd. feels it's a good initiative to boost development in the region. Education will help build understanding and as the theme of International Day of Peace this year being Education for Peace suggest will help maintain peace in the region. The SAARC member states are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal and Maldives. The observer nations are Australia, China, USA, Japan, European Union, Iran, Mauritius, Myanmar and South Korea. China and Myanmar has shown interest in becoming a full member while Russia has expressed interest in becoming an observer. The educationists in the two day conference in Udaipur agreed to join hands on the theme of First cooperate, then collaborate with Udaipur being the headquarters of the common curriculum agenda. Academicians and experts have expressed their views in the brain storming sessions of the conference in terms of higher education in developing nations. Besides the conventional syllabi the members urged upon the need to bring in courses like resource management and sustainable development that would motivate the youth towards these issues. Every country has their specific need, that's why courses that had maximum consensus among the members were chalked out. According to Innovative Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd., an organization that is working in the social development sector says resource mobilization and sustainable development will help eradicate poverty in the region. The idea of an online forum for exchange of thoughts to bridge communication gap among the universities was also suggested in the conference. There will be common publisher for the shared courses to rule out the probability of publishing errors. In order to benefit the students the universities also agreed to have a cultural and sports exchange programme on an international level. Vice chancellors will also visit various universities to analyze the management and working of institutions at various levels. The South Asian region has been facing challenges in terms of cooperation. Like the European Union it also has the potential to be united according to Innovative Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd., and have greater cooperation and fight terrorism. There are 24 categories of entitled persons that exempt them from visas in the region. The categories include Dignitaries, Judges of higher courts, Parliamentarians, Senior Officials, Businessmen, Journalists, Sportsmen etc. Author Bio:- As one of the India’s leading resource mobilizing company, Innovative Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd. welcomes you aboard. We offer integrated innovative resource mobilization and project management solutions for civil society organizations across India.
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