MANILA, 31 August 2017 – The ASEAN Women’s Business Conference concluded today in Manila, the Philippines. This commemorative activity for ASEAN’s 50th anniversary is in line with the Philippines’ priority as this year’s Chair of ASEAN to showcase the multi-sectoral high-level discussions aimed at promoting economic empowerment for women. Policy makers, women business leaders and [...]
MANILA, 30 August 2017 – In response to ASEAN Chair President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for gender equality at the 30th ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines, some 150 leading figures from ASEAN countries gathered at a forum to explore public-private partnership strategies to overcome discrimination of women and barriers in accessing economic opportunities, particularly trade. The forum [...]
JAKARTA, 30 August 2017 - Senior officials and media representatives from the ASEAN Member States and representatives of dialogue partners to ASEAN gathered to discuss ways to further strengthen collaboration on promoting ASEAN awareness and identity at the ASEAN Information and Media Dialogue held on August 28 in Jakarta. “Much of ASEAN’s future rests on [...]
PHNOM PENH, 25 August 2017 – ASEAN Plus Three Young Entrepreneurs Forum under the theme of “Enhanced Roles of Young and Women Entrepreneurs in East Asia Economic Community” was held on 23-25 August 2017 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The opening ceremony of the forum was graced by the presence of Dr. Sok Siphana, advisor to [...]
PHNOM PENH, 24 August 2017 – Coinciding with the 50th year anniversary of the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia and the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF) Management Team of the ASEAN Secretariat jointly organised the 4th JAIF Caravan in Phnom Penh Hotel on [...]
SINGAPORE, 23 August 2017 – Building on efforts to improve the engagement of the people and communities of ASEAN, the ASEAN Foundation organised the 2nd S Rajaratnam Endowment – ASEAN Community Forum (SRE-ASEAN Community Forum), in partnership with Temasek Foundation Connects, on 23-24 August 2017 in Singapore. This event is part of a series of [...]
