Difference between revisions of "Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF)"
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Revision as of 17:32, 25 May 2011
The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is an informal process of dialogue and co-operation that addresses political, economic and cultural issues, with the objective of strengthening the relationship between the two regions. The forty-eight ASEM partners appoint the Board of Governors that meets three times in two years. It reviews ASEF’s strategy and policies to ensure that these are aligned with the ASEM principles and priorities.
Slovenia is a member of ASEM since 2004 and regulary attends the meetings of the ministers of culture. In 2010 Slovenia played a significant role: the Ministry of Culture co-sponsored the workshop on intercultural dialogue and presented the Ljubljana Process as a good practice example.
Projects and partnerhips
ASEF's activities range over conventions, symposiums, seminars, public lectures, youth camps, art competitions, performances, exhibitions, and other promotions. The Foundation is funded by contributions from member governments, including the Slovene Ministry of Culture), however the cost of many of its projects are shared by other institutions as well as by private corporations of ASEM countries.
Having completed to date over 450 projects directly involving more than 15,000 Asians and Europeans, ASEF always seeks to work in partnership with other institutions and private sector entities to ensure that its work is broad-based and spread as widely as possible throughout the ASEM countries:
The member countries are: Australia, Belgium, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Darussalam, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Viet Nam.
See also