JAKARTA, 30 October 2017 - The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Department of the ASEAN Secretariat launched the maiden issue of VOICES: Bulletin of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) today. This is a new quarterly bulletin which serves as a communication tool to keep ASEAN people informed on issues that have a direct impact on their lives. [...]
KOTA KINABALU, 27 October 2017 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)’s Regional Consultation on the Right to Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation in ASEAN (with emphasis on rural communities) gathered more than 50 stakeholders to discuss ASEAN Member States’ work in delivering safe drinking water and sanitation to the peoples of the [...]
JAKARTA, 27 October 2017 - The year 2017 marks a three-fold anniversary: 50 years of ASEAN, 40 years of ASEAN-EU relations and 30 years of ERASMUS+, the EU’s student mobility scheme. In this relation, the regional office of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Embassy Jakarta and the ASEAN Secretariat jointly organised “50 [...]
SIEM REAP, 27 October 2017 – In the global economy today, public-private partnerships (PPP) are becoming more important. In light of this, more than 90 delegates from public and private sectors of ASEAN and Korea met in a forum to develop a mutually beneficial cooperation for SME development, export, and linkages for ASEAN and the [...]
YANGON, 27 October 2017 – Around 50 participants took part in a seminar that discussed the importance and benefits of international standards and conformity assessment. The seminar is a joint event of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) - the National Metrology Institute of Germany, and the Department of Research and Innovation of Myanmar. [...]
HA NOI, 25 October 2017 – The ASEAN Secretariat in collaboration with the ASEAN Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam convened a project proposal development training in Ha Noi on 24-25 October. The training aimed to enhance capacity of the project proponents in Viet Nam in developing [...]
