Projects

• Arts & Culture Cross-Platform Series: Exhibition

  12 to 28 October 2012 • Salon Projects Gallery, Singapore

  Photography exhibition 'The House of the Raja' by Spanish-born artist Xavier Comas explores perceptions about southern Thailand through the faded memories of a neglected Palace in Narathiwat Province. This region was once a cosmopolitan ‘gateway between the East and West' frequented by the Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Arabs, an influence that can still be seen today. Comas’...

• 3rd ASEM Rectors' Conference

  September 2012 • Groningen, The Netherlands

  Overview The 3rd ASEM Rectors’ Conference will be co-organised with the University of Groningen (RUG) in The Netherlands (2012) and the ASEAN University Network (AUN) in September 2012. It will build on the results of the 2nd ASEM Rectors' Conference (Seoul, October 2010) and the Asia-Europe Education Workshops (2nd and 3rd editions). The topics and themes to be tackled in Groningen will be informed...

• 12th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights

  27 June 2012 - 29 June 2012 • Seoul (Korea)

  The 12th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights, entitled “Human Rights and Information and Communication Technology”, will be held in Seoul, Korea from 27-29 June 2012.

• 3rd Asia-Europe Education Workshop

  First half of 2012 • Thailand

  Since 2008, the ASEM education dialogue has provided impetus for a discourse on university-business cooperation. The 1st Asia-Europe Meeting of Ministers for Education (ASEMME1, Berlin, May 2008) stated that “close cooperation between education and industry at international, national, regional and local level is a core element for ensuring the employability of the young generation entering the workforce...

• Towards a Shared Future

  18 May 2012 • National Library Singapore

  Commemorating ASEF’s 15th anniversary, this year we bring you a Travelling Exhibition Towards a Shared Future. This exhibition hints at a future where Asia and Europe are equal partners, sharing ideas, resources, spaces, creativity, hopes, ambitions and a rich heritage. It celebrates 15 years of ASEF’s efforts to bring closer two diverse, vibrant and vital regions. We invite you to join us on...

• Towards a Shared Future

  18 May 2012 • National Library Singapore

  Commemorating ASEF’s 15th anniversary, this year we bring you a Travelling Exhibition Towards a Shared Future. This exhibition hints at a future where Asia and Europe are equal partners, sharing ideas, resources, spaces, creativity, hopes, ambitions and a rich heritage. It celebrates 15 years of ASEF’s efforts to bring closer two diverse, vibrant and vital regions. We invite you to join us on...

• Socio-economic and cultural determinants of migrants' health across Asia and Europe

  08-09 March 2012 • Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain

  The ASEF Public Health Network will organise a series of research exchange workshops from 2012 to 2013. The first workshop in 2012 is scheduled on 8 – 9 March in Barcelona, co-organised with Casa Asia. This workshop will provide an avenue for exchanging research outcomes among Asian and European researchers dealing with migrants' health. The outcomes of the workshop will be compiled into a report...

• Health and Migration: perspectives from Asia and Europe

  07 March 2012 • Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain

  Several social determinants create regional and cross-border impact on migrants’ health in Asia and Europe.This Public Talk will be an interactive forum to share and know more about such perceptions. Asian and European speakers will share their insights into topics including: - Various factors that influence migrants’ health and pose major challenges for public health- Multi-sectoral efforts...

• Asia-Europe Short Films Contest

  1 February 2012 - 18 May 2012 • Singapore

  The Asia-Europe Foundation invites young film professionals, students and enthusiasts to take part in the Asia-Europe Short Film Contest. Short, up to 3 min films of any type - animation, documentary, fiction, mobile phone video – to reflect Asia and Europe’s connections of the future, the diversity and the interesting challenges, interactions of two regions, cultural differences or individual...

• Arts & Culture Cross-Platform Series: Film Programme

  18 May to 3 June 2012 • National Museum of Singapore

  When Strangers Meet: Visions of Asia and Europe in Film The Asia-Europe film screening programme, organised by ASEF and the National Museum of Singapore, will examine how Asians and Europeans have perceived each other in films past and present and touch on bi-regional topics such as migration and culture clashes. It will also explore how filmmakers from both regions have learnt from each other through...

• YOU on Asia and Europe

  2012 • ASEM countries

  YOU on Asia and Europe What does the relationship between Asia and Europe mean to you?Can you say it in just one word? Then, share it with us!Step 1: Record one word with your video, photo or mobile phone camera. Step 2: Get a word from your friends, relatives or colleagues to increase the fun.Step 3: Upload the video on YouTube and share it, adding the tag “asef15”.Step 4: Send...

• Five projects selected for first edition of Creative Encounters 2011/2012

  November 2011 to November 2012 • Various

  Under the programme: Creative Encounters – Cultural Partnerships between Asia and Europe, the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) is partnering with Arts Network Asia (ANA), an Asia-wide network of artists and arts organisations, to support artistic collaborations between cultural organisations in the two regions. The programme aims to showcase the cultural diversity of Asia and Europe. Over 270 applications...

• Shared Heritage: As we see it

  20 Jun 2011 - 31 December 2012 • ASEM countries

  Participants of the 17th ASEF University produced a photo exhibition entitled “Shared Heritage: As We See It”, featuring photographs and videos which best represent what cultural heritage means to them.

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