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ASEF eNewsletter: Inaugural issue (July 2010)

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Welcome to the inaugural edition of the
ASEF eNewsletter!


We have moved from the traditional print
edition of our ASEFnews to this new
quarterly e-newsletter. Through this, we
hope to provide you with the latest
information about ASEF events and how you
can get involved.


We welcome your feedback on our new
newsletter, as well as any interesting
first-person accounts of your involvement
with ASEF-related activities for future
publication. We look forward to hearing
from you.


The ASEF editorial team joins me in
wishing you, “Happy Reading!”


Tan Lian Choo, Director,
Public Affairs


Is ASEM a platform
for
“soft” dialogue,
or should
it aspire to achieve a greater
role as a forum to more actively
encourage convergence on global
issues?


A long, hard look at ASEM


The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) will
undergo its third round of enlargement
with the entry of Australia, Russia and
New Zealand at the 8th ASEM Summit, which
will be held in Brussels on 4-5 October
2010. In view of this important juncture
in ASEM’s development, the
ASEM Outlook Workshop
explored how ASEM can further enhance its
relevance, responsiveness and
effectiveness as a dialogue process.
More…

 


16th ASEF University


About 40 university undergraduates
from ASEM member countries are
currently in Poland to participate
in the
16th ASEF University
programme. See
photos
from the opening ceremony.
More…

 


ASEMUS: Bridging Asian and
European museums


As the
Asia-Europe Museums Network
(ASEMUS)

celebrates it’s 10th Anniversary
this year, we look back at how
ASEMUS has been at the heart of
greater interaction between
museums in Asia and Europe.
More…

 


International Freedom of Speech
Prize


ASEF congratulates Ms Elif Kayi, a
French freelance journalist and
alumna of the
8th ASEF Journalists’
Colloquium

in Spain, who received the Prix de
la Parole Libre (International
Freedom of Speech Prize) given by
the French Press Club of
Marseilles.
More…

 


Centuries of Asia-Europe
relations through the
arts


ASEF proudly supports “A Passage
to Asia: 25 Centuries of Exchange
between Asia and Europe”. The
exhibition, which opened on 25
June 2010 at the Centre for Fine
Arts (Brussels) highlights 2,500
years of exchanges between the two
regions.
More…

 


Culture360.ORG portal’s new
look


ASEF revamps its multi-disciplinary
cultural portal.
More…


2009 ASEF Annual Report is
online


Read or download the annual report online.
More…


Lingua Comica: Graphic novels from Asia
and Europe


The latest publication featuring artistic
collaborations of participants from the
2nd Asia-Europe Comics Project
held in London.
More…

 


Experts assess impact of crisis
on higher education


The
1st ASEM Education Workshop
held in Manila on 25-26 March 2010
concluded that Asian countries
were less severely affected by
this crisis than by the Asian
financial crisis which occurred in
late 1997.
More…

 


Young journalists, religious
leaders call for joint action to
promote interfaith
cooperation


The utilisation of the internet
and social media were one of the
many ideas to improve media
coverage of religious affairs
identified by participants of the
8th ASEF Journalists’
Colloquium

held on 5-6 April 2010 in
Madrid.
More…

 


Experts meet on challenges and
opportunities for bi-regional
cooperation in disease
control


Initiated during the Advisory
Group meeting of the ASEF Network
for Public Health in November
2009, the
Expert Meeting on Regional
Integration and Infectious
Diseases

was held on 18-20 May 2010 in
Luxembourg.
More…

 


Towards a comprehensive and
integrated approach for cultural
cooperation between Asia and
Europe


Participants of the
Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
Workshop on Enhancing ASEM
Visibility through Cultural
Activities

held in Vietnam on 28-29 April
2010 called for better
coordination to promote cultural
cooperation in a more
comprehensive and integrated
manner.
More…

 


How should the EU “package” itself to
Asia?


“Stakeholders” Roundtable in Brussels
discussed the visibility of the EU
throughout Asia and examined EU external
relations policy.
More…


ASEMUS preparatory meeting


Preparations are underway for ASEMUS’
General Conference in September, which
also marks the museum network’s 10th
anniversary.
More…


Preventing conflicts: From early
warning to response


Experts examined best practices for
predicting and preventing minority
conflict, and drew relevant lessons that
could be used to inform a regional set of
policy options.
More…


Network of ‘creative producers’


The need to establish an alliance to
encourage ‘creative producing’ was
highlighted during the “Creative Producers
Initiative Network” satellite meeting in
Indonesia.
More…


ASEF Network for Public Health:
Multi-sector pandemic planning and
response


Participants of the Network’s 2nd
Scenario-Building Workshop worked on the
scenarios they have earlier developed
during the first workshop in Siam Reap.
More…


SPH article


The Straits Times’ Senior Writer Cheong
Suk-Wai sat down with ASEF Executive
Director Ambassador Dominique
Girard to discuss his thoughts on
Asia-Europe relations.
More…


SPH article


The ASEF flagship programme, the
Asia-Europe Museum Network (ASEMUS), is
featured in The Straits Times Life!
Section on 1 July 2010 under the report
which highlights the exhibition, “A
Passage to Asia”, which has just opened in
Brussels.
More…


Can Asia and Europe agree on freedom of
faith?


The Jakarta Post’s Ary Hermawan, a
participant of the 8th ASEF Journalists’
Colloquium writes about how cultural
dialogue is crucial.
More…


SPH article


The Straits Times’ Ng Tze Yong shares on
how interfaith dialogue should be brought
out to the public rather than be contained
within the confines of conference halls.
More…


Talk is crucial to unity


The Star’s Hariati Azizan highlights the
continuing relevance of interfaith
dialogue in creating harmony between
religions.
More…


Stronger ties through the arts


Kim Mi-ju of the JoongAng Daily reports on
the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Workshop on
Enhancing ASEM Visibility through Cultural
Activities.
More…


More news clippings of ASEF
activities…


33rd Asia-Europe Lecture Tour – Regional
Integration by Luk Van Langenhove


13-26 JUL 2010


Singapore, Jakarta,


Bangkok, Seoul, Shanghai

 


Asia-Europe Young Leaders Symposia: 2nd
Asia-Europe Young Urban Leaders Dialogue


26-29 JUL 2010


Shanghai, China

 


ENVforum 2010 Conference
A Green Future:
Asia and Europe Growing Sustainably


1-3 Sep 2010


Munich, Germany

 


The Cultural Heritages of Asia and Europe:
Global Challenges and Local Initiatives


5-6 SEP 2010


Poznan, Poland

 


10th ASEMUS General Conference


8-11 SEP 2010


Paris, France

 


ASEF Network for Public Health TWG 2nd
Scenario Building Workshop


28-30 SEP 2010


Singapore

 


4th Connecting Civil Societies of Asia and
Europe Conference


2-3 OCT 2010


Brussels, Belgium

 


More upcoming projects…

 


We welcome your feedback on how the ASEF
Newsletter can be improved.
Send us your thoughts
on what you would like to see in the newsletter’s
future editions.

 
 


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The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) promotes
greater mutual understanding between Asia
and Europe through intellectual, cultural
and people-to-people exchanges. Through
ASEF, civil society concerns are included
as a vital component of deliberations of
the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). ASEF was
established in February 1997 by the
participating governments of ASEM and has
since implemented over 450 projects,
engaging over 15,000 direct participants
as well as reaching out to a much wider
audience in Asia and Europe.


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