SINGAPORE, 17 December 2018 – ASEAN youth representatives convened for the 2nd ASEAN University Student Council (AUSCU) Conference to discuss challenges and opportunities of Industry 4.0 on 15-16 December in Singapore. The 2-day event brought together around 100 youth participants, including university student leaders from across ASEAN Member States and advisors from the ASEAN Senior [...]
JAKARTA, 14 December 2018 – ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards and Quality (ACCSQ) endorsed the revised ASEAN Guidelines on Good Regulatory Practices (GRP) during its 50th meeting held 11 to 13 December in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The revised GRP guide was developed by ACCSQ Working Group on Standards (WG 1) in collaboration with Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt [...]
JAKARTA, 12 December 2018 - The ASEAN Safe Migration Campaign was launched today at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta to raise public awareness on safe labour migration that benefits all. More than 120 participants representing governments of ASEAN Member States, ASEAN Dialogue Partners, employers, workers, civil society groups and media attended the launch. It was [...]
PUTRAJAYA, 11 December 2018 - The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and the Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (CACJ) co-hosted the “AICHR-CACJ High Level ASEAN Human Rights Dialogue: The Rights of Accused Persons in Criminal Cases” on 11 December 2018 in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Chief justices, senior judges and members of the CACJ; representatives [...]
JAKARTA, 11 December 2018 - The ASEAN Secretariat, Canada Mission to ASEAN, and University of Indonesia (UI) jointly organised “Talkshow on the 70th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights" on 10 December, at UI campus in Depok. The talkshow provided an avenue for learning, exchanges and engagement of young people to learn about HeForShe [...]
JAKARTA, 10 December 2018 - The ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (ASEAN-IPR) and the United Nations Department of Political Affairs co-organised a workshop on conflict management and resolution in the Southeast Asian region in Jakarta from 5 to 7 December. More than 50 participants from ASEAN Member States – including government and military officials, [...]
