HA NOI, 23 October 2020 - The General Statistics Office (GSO) Viet Nam, in collaboration with ASEANstats and supported by the ARISE Plus Project, convened in a virtual conference to launch the ASEAN SDG Indicators Baseline Report 2020 and the ASEAN Online Database for SDG Indicators. Director General of GSO Viet Nam Dr. Nguyen Thi Huong opened the event, along with [...]
JAKARTA, 23 October 2020 - ASEAN Economic Ministers signed the ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement (ATISA) on 7 October 2020. The agreement affirms ASEAN’s commitment to free and open trade and regional economic integration, against the present multifaceted challenges of trade tensions, global pandemic and economic uncertainties. ATISA deepens the integration of the services sectors, and [...]
JAKARTA, 22 October 2020 – ASEAN education ministers shared their experiences in integrating technology in education and pledged to improve the resilience of ASEAN education systems at the “Conference on the Digital Transformation of Education Systems throughout ASEAN”. The online Conference took place in Ha Noi, Viet Nam on 15 October, and was attended by over 100 participants representing youth, academia, the private sector, [...]
JAKARTA, 20 October 2020 – Today, the Secretariat hosted the 4th Forum of Entities Associated with ASEAN. This annual forum provides a platform for the ASEAN accredited Entities to bolster further cooperation with ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN sectoral bodies and ASEAN related centres, and among themselves. About 150 participants representing ASEAN parliamentarians, judiciaries, youth, civil societies, [...]
JAKARTA, 19 October 2020 – ASEAN and the Republic of Korea (ROK) reaffirmed commitment to enhance cooperation and further strengthen their partnership at the 7th ASEAN-ROK Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting held via video-conference, today. The meeting welcomed the substantive progress made in the implementation of the ASEAN-ROK Plan of Action 2016-2020 to enhance cooperation [...]
JAKARTA, 19 October 2020 - Representatives from ASEAN sectoral bodies on disaster management, health and social welfare development convened in a high-level roundtable on 14 October to discuss accelerated actions in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. The roundtable took place during the official launch of the ASEAN Guidelines on Disaster Responsive Social Protection to Increase Resilience, [...]
