AKCF - ASEAN Korea Cooperation Fund

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[Project Completion] KONNECT ASEAN – An ASEAN-ROK Art and Culture Programme

Project: KONNECT ASEAN – An ASEAN-ROK Art and Culture Programme Proponent: ASEAN Foundation Period: 13 July 2020 - 31 January 2024 Project Summary Launched in 2020, KONNECT ASEAN is a program implemented by the ASEAN Foundation, aimed to strengthen the ASEAN Community by promoting the ASEAN Identity through cultural exchanges between ASEAN and Korea. Funded by the ASEAN – Korea Cooperation Fund (AKCF), the program aligns with…

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ASEAN – Korea Collaborative Initiative: Critical Minerals Management and Strategy for Sustainable Environment in ASEAN

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Clean Air Sustainable ASEAN (CASA): The 2nd Technical Meeting

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SEA-PLM 2024 Main Survey rolls out in Lao PDR, the Philippines, and Viet Nam

Bangkok, 31 May 2024 - Following the success of the 2023 Field Trial, the SEA-PLM programme launched its 2024 Main Survey, with Lao PDR, the Philippines, and Vietnam leading the first batch of implementation. More than 20,000 students and parents, along with over a thousand teachers from more than 500 randomly selected schools across these countries, are contributing to the comprehensive monitoring of student learning outcomes in basic education.…

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The 14th SEA-PLM Regional Steering Committee Meeting and related Meetings

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ASEAN Smart City Professional Program

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The 1st Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting of "Critical Minerals Management and Strategy for Sustainable Environment in ASEAN” Project

Bali, Indonesia - 3 May 2024 The 1st Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting of the project titled “Critical Minerals Management and Strategy for Sustainable Environment in ASEAN” was held in Bali, Indonesia on 3 May 2024. The PSC was held in a hybrid form and attended by the representatives of Vice-Chair of ASOMM, the Energy and Minerals Division of the ASEAN Secretariat, the Mission of the Republic of Korea (ROK) to ASEAN and…

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[Project] Critical Minerals Management and Strategy for Sustainable Environment in ASEAN

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[Project] ASEAN-Korea Football Interpersonal Exchange and Leadership Development (FIELD) Programme

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[Project] Feasibility Study on Establishment of ASEAN-ROK Regional e-CO Exchange Platform

Project Title: Feasibility Study on Establishment of ASEAN-ROK Regional e-CO Exchange Platform Budget: USD 0.5M Proponent: Customs UNI-PASS International Agency (CUPIA) Period: 2023-2024 Project Description The study was first proposed by the Republic of Korea (ROK) as a part of the East Asia Vision Group II (EAVG II) after ASEAN-ROK Summit in 2013 to contribute for trade facilitation in the region. During the course, the scope of the study…

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[Project] Support for the development of an ASEAN Green Map

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[Project] Digital Transformation: Facilitating ASEAN’s Inclusive and Sustainable Digital Economy

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[Project] Advancing ASEAN-Korean cooperation in Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management (IMSWM) for Environmentally Sustainable Cities

Project Title: Advancing ASEAN-Korean cooperation in Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management (IMSWM) for Environmentally Sustainable Cities Budget: USD 7.3M Proponent: Green Technology Center, ROK Period:2022-2026 Project Description This proposed project will support ASEAN Member States (AMS) in moving towards a model of resource efficient, circular society with enhanced national and local capacity to implement integrated solid waste management…

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[Project] ASEAN - Korea Music Festival 2023-2024

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[Project] Capacity Building Project for the Data-driven Smart City Planning

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[Project] ASEAN-ROK Film Community Programme 2022-2025

Project Title: ASEAN-ROK Film Community Programme 2022-2025 Budget: USD 2.5M Proponent: Busan Film Commission (BFC) Period: 2022- 2025 Project Description Busan Film Commission (BFC) and Busan Asian Film School (AFiS) planned “ASEAN-ROK Film Community Programme” which is 3-year-programme to support building strategies to actualize the ASEAN-ROK film community by establishing and advancing the foundations of the film industry…

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[Project] ASEAN Cyber Shield (ACS) Project

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[Project] Clean Air for Sustainable ASEAN (CASA)

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[Project] Capacity Building on Enhancing Resilience to Forest Fire, and Local Livelihood and Market Linkages

Project Title: Capacity Building on Enhancing Resilience to Forest Fire, and Local Livelihood and Market Linkage Budget: USD 6.5M Proponent: Asian Forest Cooperation (AFoCO), ROK Period: 2021-2027 Project Description Forests in ASEAN region are being increasingly converted and degraded to accommodate the demands of increasing human populations. These coupled by other drivers of deforestation and degradation including forest fires…

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[Project] Enhancing Digital Economy Participation for ASEAN Women MSMEs

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[Project] ASEAN Children’s Reading Culture Development Project

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[Project] Monitoring and Developing ASEAN Basic Education: Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) Programme

Project Title: Monitoring and Developing ASEAN Basic Education: Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) Programme Budget: Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) Secretariat Period: 2021-2024 Project Description The Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) is a regional learning assessment programme designed to monitor students’ learning outcomes, contributing to equitable and quality education for…

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[Project] ASEAN-IPR TRAINING & CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME

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[Project] Development of ASEAN Open Data Dictionary for ASEAN Connectivity

APSC

[Project]18th East Asia Forum: Strengthening ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation for Economic and Financial Resilience in the face of emerging challenges

The East Asia Forum (EAF) is an annual track 1.5 activity under the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) framework. The APT Leaders have consistently acknowledged the contributions made by the East Asia Forum in fostering an East Asia regional identity and supporting an East Asia community in the long-term. The 18th EAF entitled "Strengthening the ASEAN Plus Three cooperation for economic and financial resilience in the face of emerging challenges" aims…

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[Project]Enhance Victim Assistance Programme in the ASEAN Member States

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[Project Implementation] The 1st Project Steering Committee Meeting for “ASEAN Standards and Certification for Experts in Disaster Management” (ASCEND)

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[Project Implementation]Kick-off Meeting of the "Increasing Access to Basic Education in CLMV Countries through Flexible Learning Programmes"

Tuesday, 17 November 2020 – as part of the project titled “Increasing Access to Basic Education in CLMV Countries through Flexible Learning Programmes,” Good Neighbors International (GNI) and UNESCO Bangkok convened the online Project Kick-off Meeting with the key stakeholders of the project. The project, with the support from the ASEAN-ROK Cooperation Fund (AKCF), was initiated and developed to address the needs of OOSC in ASEAN…

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[Project]Disaster risk management Capacity Building Project for AMS

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[Project] Increasing Access to Basic Education in CLMV Countries through Flexible Learning Programmes

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[Project] Enhancing the detection capacity for COVID-19 in ASEAN countries

In the Asia Pacific region, outbreaks and public health emergencies caused by emerging infectious diseases continually threaten health security. On December 2019, a pneumonia of unknown cause was detected in Wuhan, China, and it was identified as a novel coronavirus, abbreviated as COVID-19, a week later. As of April 2020, more than 2.4 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 has been reported to WHO, including more than 163,000 deaths. There is currently…

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[Project] Capacity Building for Implementing the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and Quality Assurance (QA) in TVET in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Viet Nam (TEAM Programme Component 3)

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[Project] ASEAN-ROK Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Mobility Programme (TEAM Programme Component 2)

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[Project] Enhancing the Competitiveness of ASEAN Human Resources through Responsive TVET curriculum supported by Involvement of Industries and Labor Market (TEAM Programme Component 1)

Project Description Human resource development is one of the strategic objectives of the ASEAN towards achieving a productive and competitive workforce. Investments in human resource development enhance the capacity of the ASEAN workforce through strategic programs that will develop qualified, competent, and well-prepared workers that would benefit from, as well as cope with the challenges of the regional integration. One of the accompanying critical…

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[Project] ASEAN Women's Economic Empowerment through Digital Literacy and e-Business Education

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[Project] Operationalising the ASEAN Standards and Certification for Experts in Disaster Management (ASCEND) (2020-2023)

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[Project] Higher Education for ASEAN Talents (HEAT): Scholarship Opportunity for ASEAN Faculty Members in the Republic of Korea

The AKCF, in collaboration with the Korean Council for University Education (KCUE), provides a full scholarship opportunity for ASEAN faculty members through its newly-approved programme: Higher Education for ASEAN Talents (HEAT). HEAT is designed to provide higher education in Korea for ASEAN faculty members. The main purpose of this program is to invite faculty members of ASEAN higher education institutions to support their acquisition of…

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[Project Implementation] Model ASEAN-Korea Summit

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[Project]KONNECT ASEAN – An ASEAN-ROK (Republic of Korea) Arts and Cultural Programme

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[Project] ASEAN Korea Music Festival (AKMF)

The AKMF aims to enhance exchange of people and understanding between Korea and 10 ASEAN Member States(AMS) in culture and art. In particular, it intends to strengthen fellowship among ASEAN young people through pop music, which is an international language, and to spread a sense of solidarity of One ASEAN-Korea through concert tour. The concert will be held 3 times in total every year, 1 in Korea and 1 in 2 AMS each and will have a tour around…

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[Project] 9th ASEAN-Korea Frontier Forum: ASEAN – ROK Youth Community Initiative

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[Project] Gender Mainstreaming into Labour and Employment Policies to Promote Decent Work for All

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[Project] Development of Digital Heritage Contents with UNESCO World Heritage of ASEAN

ASEAN is well known for its outstanding cultural heritage and time-honored traditions and histories. With the aim to digitize the invaluable heritage sites across ASEAN by harnessing the use of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT), the project of Digital Heritage contents of ASEAN was implemented with the support of ASEAN-Korea Cooperation Fund (AKCF). This project also serves as one of the way to preserve and promote the ASEAN Cultural…

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[Project] Technical and Vocational Education and Training through ASEAN Mobility (TEAM)

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AKPMT Visit to ASEAN Culture House (ACH) and Busan Film Commission (BFC)

Meeting with ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center (ARMAC)

ASEAN Smart City Professional Program: 2024 Short-Term Training Course Scholarship

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[Project Completion] KONNECT ASEAN – An ASEAN-ROK Art and Culture Programme

ASEAN – Korea Collaborative Initiative: Critical Minerals Management and Strategy for Sustainable Environment in ASEAN

Clean Air Sustainable ASEAN (CASA): The 2nd Technical Meeting

SEA-PLM 2024 Main Survey rolls out in Lao PDR, the Philippines, and Viet Nam

The 14th SEA-PLM Regional Steering Committee Meeting and related Meetings