"The Institute of International Education, or IIE, has announced the launch of a new training course for ministry officials and university representatives in developing and transitioning countries on how to create and manage an effective international relations office. To be piloted in Myanmar over the next few months, the course ?Connecting to the World: International relations for higher education institutions” is expected to meet a vital need identified during an IIE-led higher education delegation visit to the country earlier this year. It will also allow universities in Myanmar to link up with institutions in America and other countries so that they can increase institutional capacity and help prepare students to meet workforce needs and support rapid economic development, the IIE said in a statement. On a visit to Myanmar in February this year by a delegation of 10 universities, led by IIE CEO Allan Goodman, the country?s universities highlighted their need to develop existing internal processes and procedures to coordinate international relations and enter into productive partnerships as Myanmar reopens to the world. The IIE said that while the course was intended to address an immediate need in Myanmar, it would ?shape similar initiatives that can be used in a number of other transitioning countries in the future”."...