The Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education (CPSC), an Inter-Governmental International Organization, hosted by the Republic of the Philippines, is set to convene the 2005 Senior Administrators' Conference (SAC 2005) in Manila, Philippines from 6-9 December 2005.

The SAC carries the theme "A Review of CPSC Relevance and Responsiveness to Environmental Changes in Asia and the Pacific Region."

CPSC is at the midpoint of its Corporate Plan (CorPlan) 2003-2008 implementation. The first tier of review of the current CorPlan was undertaken during the Eminent Experts Group Meeting (EEGM) held from 10-15 November 2005.

Sixteen delegates from the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Higher Education and Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 12 member countries will validate the CorPlan 2003-2008 in the light of EEGM recommendations and country status report. The SAC will further solicit the senior administrators' views in enhancing CPSC's relevance and responsiveness as an inter-governmental institution for human resources development.

Specifically, the SAC will discuss new needs and demands of member countries in the area of human resources development (HRD) through TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) based on new paradigm shift and trends. It seeks to further draw suggestions from MCs for enhancing CPSC's relevance and responsiveness to their expressed needs and prevailing environmental changes to be implemented under CPSC CorpPlan 2003-2008.

Dr. Mona Valisno, Presidential Adviser on Education of the Office of the President, Government of the Philippines and former Commissioner of the Philippine Commission on Higher Education (CHED), will be the Keynote Speaker and Chief Guest for the SAC.

H.E. Mr. W.M. Senevirathna, Vice Chairman of the CPSC Governing Board and Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Philippines will be the Inaugural Speaker and Guest.