ASEAN Foundation signs Contract with Thailand’s NECTEC for Avian Flu Project

Avian Influenza (AI), or bird flu, has recently emerged as a disease of worldwide significance in both the animal as well as human health sectors resulting in tremendous losses in the poultry industry. Majority of the incidences and fatalities since 2003 had occurred in several Southeast Asian countries, comprising almost 3/4 of the human cases and approximately 4/5 of the deaths, thus making the region a “hotspot” for AI infections and a reason for global health concern. More...

Workshop on Youth, Culture and Development

The ASEAN Foundation has given a grant to the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization - Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts (SEAMEO-SPAFA) for the implementation of the project “Workshop on Youth, Culture and Development”. The grant amounting to USD 212,006 is made possible through the Japan-ASEAN Solidarity Fund.

This workshop on youth, culture and development is a follow-up to the 10 successful workshops on the theme Managing the Integration of Culture into Development Programmes, held during 2002-2005, which was also funded by the ASEAN Foundation through the Japan-ASEAN Solidarity Fund. More...