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A Resilient and Net-Zero ASEAN Community is Still Possible: The Global Stocktake Shows the Way

Eight years have passed since the world committed to keep the Earth’s temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees Celsius during the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in 2015. At the COP28 held in Dubai from 30 November to 13 December 2023, parties acknowledged that despite progress in mitigation, adaptation, and means of A Resilient and Net-Zero ASEAN Community is Still Possible: The Global Stocktake Shows the Way

ASEAN-Japan Fair 2023: Celebrating 50 Years of Friendship and Cooperation

The ASEAN-Japan Fair 2023 took centre stage at the Main Atrium of Plaza Senayan in Jakarta from 29 September to 1 October 2023. Organised by the Mission of Japan to ASEAN and the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF) Management Team, this event marked five decades of robust collaboration, a significant milestone in the enduring friendship between ASEAN-Japan Fair 2023: Celebrating 50 Years of Friendship and Cooperation

Golden Bridge Short Video Campaign

From March to June 2023, the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) ran the Golden Bridge Short Video Campaign on Instagram. The campaign invited creatives to produce a 15-to-30-second video visualising how ASEAN and Japan have built bridges of understanding and friendship and created heart-to-heart connections over the past 50 years.

Ending Misinformation through Digital Literacy

Gathering over 70 participants from across ASEAN, the ASEAN Foundation hosted the ASEAN Digital Literacy Programme Impact Forum in Bali, Indonesia, on 14-16 November 2023. The participants consisted of partner organisations, master trainers, mentors, youth advisors from all 10 Member States. Resource persons from the private sector, ASEAN’s Committee of Permanent Representatives, and the ASEAN Ending Misinformation through Digital Literacy

Nizam Razak: Animating and Celebrating Southeast Asia’s Cultural Riches

In the first episode of the much-loved Malaysian television series, the title character, BoBoiBoy, goes on a train journey to his grandfather’s house on Rintis Island. Upon arrival, BoBoiBoy eagerly gets off the train and mistakenly hugs a stranger, thinking it’s his grandfather. In a humorous and delightful twist, his real grandpa, Tok Aba, also Nizam Razak: Animating and Celebrating Southeast Asia’s Cultural Riches