JAKARTA, 20 May 2020 - The ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) and the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) held their first webinar on May 20, underscoring the linkages of biodiversity and health and regional efforts to integrate biodiversity conservation into the COVID-19 response. Gathering a panel of experts, the webinar entitled “Biodiversity and Preventing Future Pandemics” took [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, 19 May 2020 - The ASEAN Emergency Operations Centre Network for Public Health Emergencies (ASEAN EOC Network) hosted another video conference among ASEAN Member States (AMS) health officials focusing on major government policies for containment, mitigation, and recovery phases in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials from Thailand and Viet Nam described the implementation [...]
The ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting met virtually on 15 May 2020 to further discuss the defence sector’s response to COVID-19, the impact of the pandemic on regional security and the way forward for defence cooperation.
JAKARTA, 14 May 2020 - The ASEAN Secretariat and Infrastructure Asia1 launched the inaugural session of the ASEAN Infrastructure Discussion Series through a webinar. Over 150 participants, including representatives from the ASEAN Member States, financiers, multilateral development banks, private investors, and other infrastructure solution providers, participated in the webinar held on 14 May. The platform [...]
JAKARTA, 4 May 2020 – The ASEAN Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation (COSTI), the U.S. Government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Underwriters Laboratories, are proud to announce the national finalists for the 2020 ASEAN-U.S. Science Prize for Women. Selected from 50 eligible applicants, the following national finalists from each of [...]
JAKARTA, 1 May 2020 - The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has now sadly resulted in infections and caused deaths across the globe, including in the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). We express our serious concerns about the spread of COVID-19 and its negative effects on the lives and well-being [...]
