Initiated by the ASEAN Foundation Secretariat, this project aims at promoting the ASEAN Foundation among the ASEAN member countries, its programme, and its role in the work of ASEAN. The regional seminars will be carried out in all the 10 member countries and participated by representatives from the relevant government agencies, academic and cultural institutions, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, and other foundations. While the seminar aims primarily at promoting the ASEAN Foundation and how the peoples of ASEAN will benefit from the work of the Foundation, it also aims at enticing the private sector and other foundations to contribute financially to the Foundation. The first Seminar was implemented in Hanoi, Vietnam, last November 2001.
Implementing Agency: National Youth Council, Singapore
The Youth@ASEAN website was proposed during the 15th ASEAN Sub-Committee on Youth meeting held in Brunei in April 1999. Phase I involved the setting up of a regional homepage with hyperlinks to the existing sites of ASEAN youth focal point member countries. The Youth@ASEAN website was subsequently launched at the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting Yangon, Myanmar in November 2000. The website provides a regional overview of ASEAN cooperation in youth matters, as well as information on existing resources, programmes and activities pertaining to youth, caried out by the member countries. The URL of the Youth@ASEAN website is located at http://www.aseanyouth.org
Implementing Agency: ASEAN Foundation and DLSU-CREM, Philippines
The ASEAN region has a total population of over 550 million, of which over 60% belong to the age group of 15 to 60 years. The region therefore has a relatively young population, of which the youth (40 years and below) constitutes a major sector. The region has a relatively high literacy rate ranging from 80.2% to 99% among males and 60.1% to 99.3% among females. The rate of urbanization in the region is high, with one country (Singapore) being 100% urban, another (Brunei Darussalam) with 74% urban population, and two countries (Malaysia and Philippines) with over 60% urban population. The growth of information technology in the region has been phenomenal, particularly in the urban areas, with a rapidly growing number of people using computers, the Internet and mobile phones, and a large segment of the youth playing computer video games.
Implementing Agency: Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization - Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts (SEAMEO-SPAFA), Thailand
The project in general aims to promote a sense of social responsibility and leadership amongst youth in order to bring about more sustainable development outcomes in their own country as well as the ASEAN region and to promote common goals that transcend cultural values and identities in order to build/ develop a shared Southeast Asian vision and purpose that encapsulate core human values.
Specifically, the project aims:
? To encourage young people to become active participants in development processes while maintaining and promoting respect for the diversity of the region;
? To encourage young people to explore, develop, and express their own values and opinions;
? To encourage young people to make informed decisions about the challenges they face now as well as in the future;
? To facilitate a greater understanding through dialogue and teamwork; and
? To develop skills which can enable them to participate fully and make a positive contribution to improve the lives of people within their communities.
Implementing Agency: Indonesian Traditional Textile Symposium and Museum Foundation of the Philippines
In recent decades, with the rise of tourism and demand for tourism-related items in Southeast Asia, there has been a marked increase in production of cheap but poor quality traditional textile made to resemble those made and woven by centuries-old traditional textile communities. This problem, along with the lack of concerted efforts to support this industry, the lack of opportunities for production skills training among traditional weavers and artisans and inadequate consumer information results to the accelerating decline of traditional textile industry in Southeast Asia.
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About The ASEAN Foundation
The ASEAN Foundation was established by the ASEAN Leaders in December 1997 during ASEAN’s 30th Anniversary Commemorative Summit to help bring about shared prosperity and a sustainable future to all 10 ASEAN Member Countries, namely, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.
