Themes Home About Us Themes Interviews Conversations Editions Contact Us Home About Us Themes Interviews Conversations Editions Contact Us Search result All CategoriesASEAN Identity and Community BuildingChildrenCivil serviceCultureDisasterEducationEnvironmentGenderHealth and COVID-19Labour and Future of WorkPoverty AlleviationRural DevelopmentSocial ProtectionSportsYouth Themes List All CategoriesASEAN Identity and Community BuildingChildrenCivil serviceCultureDisasterEducationEnvironmentGenderHealth and COVID-19Labour and Future of WorkPoverty AlleviationRural DevelopmentSocial ProtectionSportsYouth 25 Jan 2021 Environment Treating Nature Better: Lessons from 2020 The year 2020 was supposed to be the environment’s “super year,” as named by the UN Environment Programme (United Nations Environment Programme 2020: A Crunch Year for the Biodiversity and Climate Emergencies, 2019). This milestone was set way before there was any indication of a virus that would cause a global pandemic. 25 Jan 2021 Environment Towards a Haze-Free ASEAN: Strengthening Regional Collaborative Action in Addressing Transboundary Haze Pollution The ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Pollution (AATHP), signed by the ASEAN Member States in 2002, is a global model and the first regional arrangement in the world. The AATHP has played a crucial role as a primary driver of ASEAN to tackle the haze challenges in the region jointly. 25 Jan 2021 Environment Significant Achievements in Environmental Cooperation in ASEAN The year 2020 has been a year of unprecedented events, brought on by the spread of COVID-19 across the world. The pandemic has significant impacts not only on public health and economic growth but also on the environment. 25 Jan 2021 Labour and Future of Work Putting Workers First In response to the rapidly changing work landscape in the region, ASEAN’s labour sector has been working hard to ensure that people in the region, especially its youth, will be well equipped with needed skills. 25 Jan 2021 Sports, Youth Moving Forward Together: We Are Better Together With Sports Year 2020 was a year fraught with unprecedented challenges in the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet it is the throes of adversity that bring out the best in us, no better exemplified than by how ASEAN has weathered many crises and emerged even stronger and more confident together over the past decades. 25 Jan 2021 Children, Education, Health and COVID-19, Youth Preparing ASEAN Learners for the Future Delivering quality education to prepare today’s learners for the challenges of a rapidly changing, highly globalised, and technology-driven world has been the overarching goal of ASEAN Member States for many years. 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031