ASEF’s Executive Director, Amb MORIKAWA Toru, was invited to speak at the official launch event of the Student Thinktank on Europe-Asia Relations (STEAR) on 6 November. Amb MORIKAWA delivered a keynote that can be read here.
The conference was attended by young people across Asia & Europe on topic of “The Future of Asia-Europe Relations in the Post COVID-19 World”.
Amb MORIKAWA commended all the Asian and European young leaders of STEARS for the vision, the leadership and the dedication for the event.
STEAR is a recently formed policy institute aiming to strengthen multilateral cooperation for students and young professionals in the 2 continents. Two alumni from ASEF’s Education Department are part of this new initiative – as co-founder, Mr Dao NGUYEN (Vietnam) and a board member, Ms Alicia JOHO (Switzerland).