EU-ASEAN Young Leaders Forum
“Scenarios for the Future of EU-ASEAN Relations”
“In 2022, the EU and ASEAN mark the 45th anniversary of their partnership. Over these years, EU-ASEAN relations have grown into strong, multifaceted and comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Building on this momentum, we look to the next generation of leaders from across the EU and ASEAN to share their ideas and hopes for the future. With this in mind, the EU is pleased to organise this year, in cooperation with ASEAN, a new edition of the EU-ASEAN Young Leaders Forum”.
Igor Driesmans, EU Ambassador to ASEAN
“As strategic partners, ASEAN and the EU continues to enjoy a long-standing and robust relationship, with cooperation expanding in many areas in the past 45 years. This includes promoting initiatives in strengthening youth engagement and people-to-people connections such as the EU-ASEAN Young Leaders Forum. I believe that the youth should play a larger and meaningful role in building a more participatory, inclusive, sustainable, resilient, and dynamic global community. To foster stronger ties between ASEAN and EU, it is important for the youths of ASEAN and Europe to learn from each other and develop networks for collaboration.”
Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General of ASEAN
The programme combined online and hybrid sessions, with a series of capacity building programmes run by renowned experts, where youth developed skills for problem-solving through critical strategic thinking, teamwork, policy research and proposition.
Participants had the chance to make their voices heard by putting forward their proposals and taking part in shaping the future of EU-ASEAN relations.
They will present a set of strategic policy recommendations to Leaders at the EU-ASEAN 45th Anniversary Summit which will be held in Brussels in December 2022.
The Forum was funded by the EU and organised in close contact with the ASEAN Secretariat.
Partners of the programme: the ASEAN Foundation, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), College of Europe in Bruges and in Natolin, Asian Vision Institute and the New Horizon Project.
Programme
Part I: Launch of the EU-ASEAN Young Leaders Forum
26 April 2022
09.00 – 10.30 CEST – 14.00 – 15.30 WIB.
Opening remarks
H.E. Igor Driesmans
EU Ambassador to ASEAN
H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi
Secretary-General of ASEAN
Keynote speech
Federica Mogherini
Rector, College of Europe
former EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
and Vice-President of the European Commission
Part II: Capacity-Building Programme
Introduction to the EU-ASEAN Young Leader Capacity Building Programme and Activities
An opportunity for Young Leaders to meet and greet, get to know each other, and be introduced to online tools to stay connected.
Audience: Young Leaders
10 May 2022
09:30 – 11:00 CEST
Virtual (Zoom)
Sustainable Lifestyle Challenge 1: Plastic Free Week
Audience: Young Leaders
10 May – 24 May 2022
Exploratory webinar 1: Debating the Future of EU-ASEAN Relations
An opportunity for Young Leaders to meet and debate with Federica Mogherini, Rector of the College of Europe and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission from 2014 to 2019.
Audience: Young Leaders
24 May 2022
09:30 – 12:00 CEST
Virtual (Zoom)
Sustainable Lifestyle Challenge 2: Reduce Your Food Footprint
Audience: Young Leaders
24 May – 7 June 2022
Exploratory webinar 2: Organic and Sustainable Food: What is it & why is it important for society and the environment?
The Young Leaders will learn more about organic farming and how it contributes to mitigating climate
change.
Audience: Young Leaders
28 June 2022
09:30 – 12:00 CEST
Virtual (Zoom)
Young Leader Representative Election Campaign
4 youth representatives to be selected to participate at the EU-ASEAN Summit in December 2022
Audience: Young Leaders
DATE TBC
Virtual (Slack)
Participation at the EU-ASEAN Higher Education Fair
Audience: Young Leaders
7 August 2022
Virtual (Zoom)
Training workshop 1: Cross-Boundary Leadership
Audience: Young Leaders
11 August 2022
09:30 – 12:00 CEST
Virtual (Zoom)
Training workshop 2: Solving Complex Problems
Audience: Young Leaders
18 August 2022
09:30 – 12:00 CEST
Virtual (Zoom)
Sustainable Lifestyle Challenge 3: Dress Sustainably
Audience: Young Leaders
23 August – 6 September 2022
Training workshop 3: A Case Study on Cyber Diplomacy
Audience: Young Leaders
14 September 2022
09:30 – 12:00 CEST
Virtual (Zoom)
Exploratory Webinar 3: Zooming in on the EU-ASEAN policy priorities
Audience: Young Leaders
26 September 2022, 09:30 – 11:00 CEST, Virtual (Zoom)
- Political Perspective: Democratic Governance and Basic Rights in EU-ASEAN relations
- Security in the Indo Pacific Region: Which role for the EU and ASEAN?
27 September 2022, 09:30 – 11:00 CEST, Virtual (Zoom)
- Economic Perspective on EU-ASEAN Relations: Challenges and Opportunities of the next Generation of Free Trade Agreements
- Green transformation in Europe and ASEAN: How to cooperate to accelerate green transition in ASEAN and the EU?
Part III:
One Week Forum from 4-7 October 2022
(4 half-days from 09.30-12.45 CEST)
and Closing of the Forum on 11 October 2022
(09.30-12.00 CEST)
Day 1, 4 October 2022
09:30 – 11:40 CEST, Virtual/Hybrid, Public event
Opening of the EU-ASEAN YLF 2022
INTRODUCTION
09:30 – 09:40
Shada Islam
Founder and Director, New Horizons Project
KAS ENGAGE ROUND
09:40 – 10:30
LINK
Representatives from different research clusters from KAS’s EANGAGE project (security, sustainable development and connectivity) will present their research outcomes conducted during 2021-2022, demonstrating committed engagement with these 2018 recommendations and paving the way for the thematic debates in the following days. A 15-minute Q&A session will follow.
Moderated by
Dr Chheang Vannarith
President, Asian Vision Institute
Panel Discussion ASEAN-EEAS
10:35 – 11:35
LINK
Peteris Ustubs
Director for the Middle East, Asia and Pacific, Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA)
Mr. Bala Kumar Palaniappan
Director of External Relations, ASEAN Political-Security Community Department, ASEAN Secretariat
Moderated by
Shada Islam
Founder and Director, New Horizons Project
Closing Remarks
11:35 – 11:40
Shada Islam
Founder and Director, New Horizons Project
Day 2, 5 October 2022
Audience: Young Leaders
Theme 1: Political Perspective: Democratic Governance and Basic Rights in the EU and ASEAN
09:30 – 11:00 CEST
Virtual (Zoom)
Moderated by
Isabel Weininger
Interim Director, Department of Asia and the Pacific, KAS
Introductory Statements
Dr. Neth Thida Chanthima
Research Fellow, Asian Vision Institute
Theme 2: Security Perspective: Security in Indo-Pacific Region
11:15 – 12:45 CEST
Virtual (Zoom)
Moderated by
Christian Echle
Head of Asia/Pacific Department, KAS
Introductory Statements
Dr. Christian Schultheiss
Visiting Scholar, Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge
Day 3, 6 October 2022
Audience: Young Leaders
Theme 3: Economic Perspective: Future of FTAs between EU-ASEAN and ASEAN Member States
09:30 – 11:00 CEST
Virtual (Zoom)
Moderated by
Dr. Maria Garcia
Head of Department & Associate Professor/Sr Lecturer, Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies, University of Bath
Introductory Statements
Jitana Khumnirdpetch
Head of Commercial Affairs, Office of Commercial Affairs, Royal Thai Embassy, Brussels
Theme 4: COVID-19 Mitigation and Recovery: An EU-ASEAN Health Partnership
11:15 – 12:45 CEST
Virtual (Zoom)
Moderated by
Dato’ Dr Chong Chee Kheong
Senior Advisor for Health Security in ASEAN for Mitigation of Biological Threats (MBT) Programme
Introductory Statements
Ines Prainsack
Member of Cabinet of the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides
Day 4, 7 October 2022
Audience: Young Leaders
Theme 5: How can the EU and ASEAN through multilateralism and climate governance support the objectives of the Paris Agreement?
09:30 – 11:00 CEST
Virtual/Hybrid
Moderated by
Michał Kurtyka
Professor, College of Europe
Introductory Statements
Dr Mirza Sadaqat Huda
Lead Researcher, Climate Change in Southeast Programme, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
Theme 6: EU-ASEAN People-to-People Connectivity (Partnership in digitalisation, education, employment, and cultural exchange)
11:15 – 12:45 CEST
Virtual (Zoom)
Moderated by
Dr. Roger Yap Chao Jr.
Assistant Director/Head of Education, Youth and Sports Division, ASEAN Secretariat
Introductory Statements
Brigitte Dekker
Research Associate at the Clingendael Institute
Day 5, 11 October 2022
Audience: Young Leaders
Closing of the EU-ASEAN YLF 2022
09:30 – 11:00 CEST
Virtual (Zoom)
After a fruitful series of debates over the course of the YLF, Young Leaders will come together for this final session to exchange perspectives and produce a consolidated list of recommendations, based on the day-specific draft recommendations, taking into consideration the YLF and the previous workshops in their entirety.
Moderated by
Shada Islam
Founder and Director, New Horizons Project
Compiling and discussing ideas for recommendations
Presentation of Final Recommendations
11:15 – 12:00 CEST
Virtual (Zoom)
Lukas Gajdos
Deputy Head of Mission, Delegation of the European Union to ASEAN
Ms. Rodora T. Babaran
Director of Human Development, ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Department, ASEAN Secretariat
List of Selected Young Leaders*
From EU
- Mr Ergys Brocaj
- Ms Iliyana Nalbantova
- Ms Veronika Blablová
- Ms Zoé Elkær Nicot
- Mr Sasu Joona Kristian Katajamäki
- Ms Alma Smolander
- Ms Laila Fe Balinggan
- Mr Adrien Castermans
- Ms Louise Jeanne Marie Bouet
- Ms Juliette Loesch
- Mr Gregory Plummer
- Dr Kilian Spandler
- Mr Aaron Magunna
- Mr Simon Kaack
- Ms Celine Burke
- Mr Jonas Nitschke
- Mr Moritz Fink
- Ms Sofie Serrer
- Mr Felix Neumann
- Mrs Ioanna Nestoridi
- Mr Giorgos Verdi
- Ms Dimitra Missira
- Ms Saoirse Éireann Ní Chuilleagáin
- Ms Capucine Barcellona
- Mr Matteo Graziani
- Mr Alessandro Reali
- Mr Pierfrancesco Mattiolo
- Ms Antonella Benedetto
- Mr Aniello Iannone
- Mr Jonathan van de Gronden
- Ms Elizabeth Louise Kip
- Mr Ivo Walinga
- Mr Victor Charles Dominique de Valk
- Ms Nadia Tjahja
- Mr Łukasz Kobierski
- Ms Hanna Jadwiga Wdzieczak
- Mr Norbert Adam Kostanek
- Ms Sofia Barbeiro
- Ms Sinziana Dumitrescu
- Mr George Mihai Constantinescu
- Mrs Barbora Valockova
- Mr Roberto Giménez Llamas
- Ms Claudia Lozano
- Mr Gustavo Álvarez
- Mr Juan Carlos Mauritz
From ASEAN
- Ms Nurliyana Fatin Arifin
- Ms Khairunnisa Ash’ari
- Mr Wazif Zamri
- Mr Visa Pen
- Ms Sokneang Sam
- Ms Heng Bodalin
- Mr Raihan Ariatama
- Mr Muhammad Fahrian Yovantra
- Ms Amira Bilqis
- Ms Unaesah Rahmah
- Ms Marina Ika Sari
- Dr I Made Subagiarta
- Ms Silvi Angelia May Purba
- Mrs Khampalian NENGMONGVANG
- Ms Somphone Soukhathammavong
- Mr Zulkefli Mohd Yusof
- Dr Chern Choong Thum
- Mr Weng Lam CHU
- Mr Yohendran Nadar Arulthevan
- Ms Shasmeethaa Nair
- Mr Tseng Wen Heng
- Dr Nay Lin Tun
- Dr Aung Than Oo
- Ms Kyay Mon
- Mr Art Nel Bencolado
- Ms Sophia Mari Antoinette Ordoña
- Ms Loren Cristina Bustos
- Mr Ivan Harris Tanyag
- Mr Bertrand Michael Diola
- Mr Javier Rico Israel Tionloc
- Ms Robi Kate Miranda
- Ms Sharmishta Sivaramakrishnan
- Ms Nanthini Sambanthan
- Mr Hong Kai Tan
- Ms Farah Nadine Binte Mohamad Seth
- Mr Ming Hong Choi
- Ms Supakjira Meesakul
- Mr Pakorn Phalapong
- Ms Thatphorn Nakkarasin
- Ms Phantitra Phuphaphantakarn
- Mr Phasawit Jutatungcharoen
- Mr Dang Dao Nguyen
- Ms Ngọc Mỹ Nguyễn
- Mr Ky Nam Nguyen
- Ms (June) Tuong-Dung Nguyen
*The order of selected candidate is presented by alphabetically order of the country of origin, not by any type of ranking.