The SEAMEO Centres Policy Research Network (SEAMEO CPRN) was firstly introduced as a component of the SEAMEO College, a project launched in 2013. The Network is established to enhance relevance and sharpen responsiveness of SEAMEO Centres and the Secretariat to the needs of education leaders for policy research to address regional human resource development issues in Southeast Asia.

For sustainability of the Network, SEAMEO Secretariat conducted the SEAMEO Centres Policy Research Network (SEAMEO CPRN) Symposium on last 30-31 January 2019 at the Four Wings Hotel, Sukhumvit 26, Bangkok, Thailand as the platform for SEAMEO Centres to update trends on policy research, share ongoing activities with the other Centres, and plan for future activities in 2019-2023.