This Department provides the international interface of NUEPA. The six-month International Diploma in Educational Planning and Administration (IDEPA) for senior educational policy makers, planners and administrators is the flagship programme of the Institute. Fifty-one developing countries have benefited from the programme. In addition, the Department offers, on demand, tailor-made country-specific programmes on educational planning and management. Comparative research on educational planning and management is another unique feature of this Department. This Department, on behalf of NUEPA, brings out a biannual Newsletter - Asian Network of Training and Research Institutions in Educational Planning (ANTRIEP) - for dissemination of information on research and innovation in educational planning and administration among member institutions.