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ASEF has been able to engage more than 17,000 direct participants with over 550 different projects in the fields of arts and culture, public health, environment, economy, education and human rights.
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ASEF celebrates its 15th Anniversary
To commemorate its 15th Anniversary, ASEF organised the Award Ceremony for the first Asia-Europe Short Films Contest in Singapore on Thursday, 17 May at the National Library. Former Prime Minister and currently the Emeritus Senior Minister (ESM) of Singapore, Mr Goh Chok Tong was the Guest-of-Honour and the Keynote Speaker for this event. More…
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Perceptions matter!
ASEF, in partnership with the EU Centre in Singapore and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) will organise a public briefing to analyse the “Perceptions of the EU in Asia?” at the ASEF Conference Room in Singapore (6 June 2012). More…
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ASEM Travelling Exhibition begins journey
The exhibition examines Asia-Europe relations aligned with the priorities of the Asia-Europe Meeting. It looks at the past and present activities of ASEF and the EU Centre in Singapore in the last 15 years. More…
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Full house for ASEF 15th Anniversary film screening
More than 250 guests came to the National Museum of Singapore for the opening of “When Strangers Meet: Visions of Asia and Europe in Film”, the launch of a series of film screenings about perceptions on films. More…
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Sustainable Development Delivery
The Asia-Europe Environment Forum will organise two official side-events of the United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development (known as Rio+20) in Rio Centro (15 and 18 June 2012). More…
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ASEF’s cultural heritage exhibition arrives in Singapore
The Singapore leg of “Shared Heritage: As we see it” travelling exhibition was officially launched at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Museum (11 May 2012). The opening was attended by diplomatic corps, artists and students. More…
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Images of a rising Giant
ASEF will launch the publication the “Asia in the Eyes of Europe – Images of a Rising Giant” during a series of briefings in Paris, Brussels and Berlin to highlight the findings of the unique “Asia in the Eyes of Europe” research project.. More…
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Professor Tommy Koh shares his views on Asia-Europe relations
Prof Tommy Koh shared his opinion on the Asia Europe relations during the ASEF 15th Anniversary Panel Discussion “Asia and Europe: Coming Together or Drifting Apart?”, where the Panel also presented insights from ASEF’s on-going perceptions research on the current state of Asia–Europe relations. More…
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Emerging Social Entrepreneurs in Myanmar
ASEF collaborated with the British Council to gather a dynamic group of 30 emerging social entrepreneurs from Asia and Europe participated in the workshop “Skills for Social Entrepreneurs” celebrated in Yangon, Myanmar. More…
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Winners of Asia-Europe Short Films Contest participate in an international filmmaking workshop
Five awardees of the Asia-Europe Short Films Contest, from Portugal, Malaysia, Italy, and Indonesia, participated in the international filmmaking workshop at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia. More…
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First ASEF Workshop in New Zealand
Taking place in the idyllic Hamner Springs area on the South Island, the workshop brought together the research teams from 10 countries to analyse the latest data and plan the final research reports. More…
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Irish Minister of State supports ASEF’s “vital task”
Ms. Lucinda Creighton TD, the Irish Minister of State for European Affairs, spoke at length about the work of ASEF during a public talk for the Economic Society of Singapore (24 April 2012). She participated in this talk whilst en route to the ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting in Brunei. More…
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Preventing spread of communicable diseases through air travel
The International Civil Aviation Organization invited ASEF to the 5th Meeting of the Cooperative Arrangement for the Prevention of Spread of Communicable Disease through Air Travel Asia Pacific (CAPSCA-AP), in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. More…
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Asia-Europe Foundation celebrates 15th anniversary
Channel NewsAsia, 18 May 2012, Singapore. Read…
Awards given out for first-ever Asia-Europe Short Films contest
AsiaOne, 17 May 2012, Singapore. Read…
Small business can make big impact
The Myanmar Times, 3 June 2012, Myanmar. Read…
For-profit business model sees citizens reap dividends
Bangkok Post, 3 June 2012, Thailand. Read…
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28th ASEF Board of Governors Meeting
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When Strangers Meet
This selection of articles and film reviews, curated by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC).
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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 500 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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