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The ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS) is the place for Asian and European young professionals and students to meet political leaders, top-tier business representatives, prominent thinkers and doers. It is the forum for youth to voice ideas and develop an ASEM Youth Declaration addressed to ASEM Leaders on youth issues that matter to Asia and Europe.
ASEF Young Leaders Summit
BACKGROUND ON THE ASEFYLS SERIES
The ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS) is the place for Asian and European young professionals and students to meet political leaders, top-tier business representatives, prominent thinkers and doers. It is the forum for youth to voice ideas and develop an ASEM Youth Declaration addressed to ASEM Leaders on youth issues that matter to Asia and Europe.
The ASEFYLS takes place alongside ASEM Summits or ASEM Ministers’ Meetings, where Leaders, Head of States or Ministers from the 51 ASEM partner countries, the EU and the ASEAN Secretariat discuss the status and future of Asia-Europe relations.
Key characteristics of ASEFYLS:
PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
The ASEFYLS is built on 4 programme elements:
1) Knowledge Building Phase
Participants attend online crash courses on policy making, ASEM and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and build up thematic expertise for the conference on site.
2) On-Site Programme
The programme includes a variety of learning formats: thematic lectures, human libraries, skills trainings, collaborative working groups and dialogue sessions between junior and senior leaders from politics, business and academia.
3) Connections with ASEM Leaders
At the ASEFYLS, one-to-one meetings are arranged between participants and their respective ASEM Leaders and Delegates. ASEFYLS representatives also have the opportunity to make an intervention at ASEM Summits or Ministers’ Meeting and present their Calls for Action.
4) Spin-off activities
The ASEFYLS format allows participants to initiate new projects and find Asian and Europe collaborators. Furthermore, ASEF invites prominent participants to join as junior trainers at ASEF Capacity Trainings taking place in 51 Asian and European countries.
UPCOMING EDITIONS
4th ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS4)
“Sustainable Development in a Post-COVID-19 World”
February – June 2021, Virtual, Cambodia & ASEM countries
in support of the 4th ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS4)
August 2020 – December 2021, Virtual, Cambodia, Singapore & ASEM countries
PAST EDITIONS
3rd ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS3)
“Ethical Leadership”
15-19 October 2018, Brussels, Belgium
2nd ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS2)
“Access to Youth Employment”
ASEM Lifelong Learning Hub (ASEM LLL Hub) & Korea Youth Work Agency (KYWA)
16-22 September 2017, Seoul, Korea
1st ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS1)
“Entrepreneurship and Youth Employment”
University of Luxembourg & European Investment Bank (Luxembourg),
1-5 November 2015, Luxembourg
PAST CAPACITY TRAININGS
ASEFYLS Navigators Training 2018 Poland
In the lead up to the 3rd ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS3)
College of Europe, Natolin
10-14 July 2018, Warsaw, Poland
ASEFYLS Navigators Training 2018 India
In the lead up to the 3rd ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS3)
Symbiosis International (Deemed University)
16-20 May 2018, Pune, India
ASEF Capacity Training in Lao PDR
On Public Speaking & Networking
The National University of Lao & Global Changemakers
9-10 October 2017, Vientiane, Lao PDR
ASEF Capacity Training in Greece
On Public Speaking & Negotation Skills
Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Global Changemakers and ESN Greece
4-5 July 2017, Thessaloniki, Greece
ASEF Capacity Training in Bangladesh
On Evaluation Techniques & Impact Assessment
North South University & Paia Consultancy
22-23 March 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh
ASEF Capacity Training in Pakistan
On Societal Leadership Skills
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) & Institute for Societal Leadership (ISL) at Singapore Management University (SMU)
17-18 March 2016, Islamabad, Pakistan
ASEF Capacity Training in Cambodia
On Team Management & Leadership Skills
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cambodia, Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia & Sqore
30 November – 2 December 2015, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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