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Issue 26
March 2023
Youth Speak We Act
Inside this Edition
Themes
21 Mar 2023
Youth
Promoting Healthy Competition among the Youth
Youth competitions keep young people involved in ASEAN while developing their social skills, confidence, and resilience. In 2022, three region-wide youth competitions were held: 6th ASEAN Youth Video Contest, ASEAN Youth Photo Competition 2022, and ASE
23 Mar 2023
ASEAN Identity and Community Building, Youth
Engaging the Youth in ASEAN Community Building
As future leaders of their countries and the ASEAN region, the youth is a key priority for ASEAN. The ASEAN Work Plan on Youth focuses on enhancing the capacity of youth through education, health and well-being, employment and opportunity, participatio
23 Mar 2023
ASEAN Identity and Community Building, Youth
ASEAN Work Plan on Youth 2021 – 2025: Summary of Programmes and Activities
23 Mar 2023
Youth
Youth Statistics
23 Mar 2023
Labour and Future of Work, Youth
The 1st ASEAN Youth Dialogue: Addressing Challenges, Seizing Opportunities in the 4IR Era
Each generation is shaped by unique experiences and circumstances, and there is no better way to understand each other except through dialogue.
23 Mar 2023
Youth
Reflections on the 1st ASEAN Youth Dialogue: The Digital Divide, Youth Delegates Push for More Equality
As of 2021, almost half or 44.7 per cent of the ASEAN population live in urban areas. With more than half of the population living in rural areas, including young people, they very likely experience the problems typically associated with rural and remo
23 Mar 2023
Youth
Insight: Towards More Meaningful Dialogue with the Youth
It is not a rare occurrence for the youth in ASEAN to have the opportunity to voice their ideas and opinions in front of high-level officials in the region. On occasions such as the ASEAN summits in 2019 and 2020, youth representatives interfaced with
23 Mar 2023
ASEAN Identity and Community Building, Youth
1st ASEAN Youth Dialogue: Recommendations Presented to the ASEAN Youth Ministers
23 Mar 2023
Youth
The Youth are the Future of Today
6 months—6 themes—90 youth: A contribution to ASEAN-EU relations It is no coincidence that both the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU), two of the world’s most advanced examples of regional integration, celebrate
23 Mar 2023
ASEAN Identity and Community Building, Youth
ASEAN-EU Youth Summit Recommendations
23 Mar 2023
Culture, Youth
Fighting Disinformation and Misinformation: Digital Literacy for the Young and Marginalised
The new age of digitalisation has redefined and significantly widened access to information for many citizens in the ASEAN region. However, the threat of misinformation and disinformation is also an increasing concern in the digital landscape. In respo
23 Mar 2023
ASEAN Identity and Community Building, Youth
ASEAN Youth Voices at the G20 Summit
The historic Asian-African Conference Building in Bandung, Indonesia, witnessed yet another notable moment on 24 July 2022 when hundreds of G20 Youth Summit (Y20) delegates gathered and declared a joint resolution for a better future. The communiqué wa
23 Mar 2023
Youth
4th ASEAN-India Youth Summit: Building Blocks for Partnerships
Around 100 youth from ASEAN and India gathered in Hyderabad to explore new initiatives to enhance the connection between ASEAN and India during the 4th ASEAN-India Youth Summit. From 12 to 16 February 2023, young people of diverse backgrounds participa
23 Mar 2023
Youth
ASEAN-India Media Exchange Programme: CONNECTING ASEAN JOURNALISTS TO INDIA
Sixteen journalists and media officials from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam travelled to New Delhi and Hyderabad, India, between 9 and 15 February 2023 as part of the ASEAN-India Media
23 Mar 2023
ASEAN Identity and Community Building, Education, Environment, Gender, Poverty Alleviation, Social Protection
Social Issues and Progress in ASEAN
Key facts and figures from the ASCC Fact Sheet, produced and published by the ASCC Analysis Division
23 Mar 2023
Disaster
ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Policy Brief #2: Common Resilience Challenges in ASEAN and Potential Areas of Collaboration in Disaster Management
This policy brief recommends a focus on institutions, financing, and technology to improve disaster resilience
23 Mar 2023
Youth
A Regional Identity in the Making
What is ASEAN identity? ASEAN culture ministers and senior officials have spent the past two years grappling with the question. They coalesced around the idea that ASEAN identity is derived from two sources. One, the historical connections and common c
23 Mar 2023
ASEAN Identity and Community Building, Culture, Youth
Sarong Diplomacy: Unity in Cultural Diversity
The 20th century saw the gradual waning of the popularity of the traditional clothing, such as the sarong, in ASEAN metropolitan cities.
23 Mar 2023
Youth
ASEAN Youth Publications
Interviews
21 Mar 2023
ASEAN Identity and Community Building, Youth
Dr. Kao Kim Hourn
Dr. Kao Kim Hourn began his five year-term as Secretary-General of ASEAN on 1 January 2023. He served two terms as Secretary of State of Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (2003-2013) and two terms as Minister Delegate
23 Mar 2023
ASEAN Identity and Community Building
India’s G20 Presidency and Its Relevance to ASEAN
India assumed the presidency of the G20 in December 2022 and is set to host the G20 Summit in 2023 after year-long deliberations on macroeconomic issues and inter-alia trade, sustainable development, health, agriculture, energy, environment, and climat
Conversations
21 Mar 2023
Youth
Empower the Youth, Empower the Community
Participating in a youth programme can profoundly impact the course of one’s life. Take for example the story of Brunei native, Iqbal Damit.
23 Mar 2023
Culture, Environment, Youth
Dorcas Tang Wen Yu: Climate activist, artist, and writer
On Instagram @earthtodorcas, Dorcas Tang Wen Yu creates stories and advocates for a better world through her illustrations and poems. Her activism brought her to Egypt to attend the United Nations Conference of Youth (COY) 17, which was held on the sid
23 Mar 2023
Social Protection, Youth
Margianta Surahman J.D. : Youth activist, Emancipate Indonesia
In 2021, an online petition called #LindungiKurir, revealed troubling work conditions of Indonesian couriers. It quickly went viral. The petition stated that these platform workers were often verbally and physically threatened by Cash On Delivery (COD)
23 Mar 2023
Culture, Youth
Airliftz, a.k.a Aliff Aolani: Musician, Singer, Rapper
As a young musician, 25-year-old Aliff Aolani or Airliftz, has witnessed how the internet could be a double-edged sword for aspiring artists.
23 Mar 2023
ASEAN Identity and Community Building, Youth
ASEAN Youth Forum: A Movement for Change and Solidarity
The ASEAN Youth Forum (AYF) was first held in 2009 in sync with the ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, Thailand. AYF is a youth movement that aims to provide a safe space for young ASEAN people to gather, connect, and build solidarity.