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Applications Open for 2023 Asia Foundation Development Fellows
San Francisco, August 7, 2022
News
Applications are now open for the 2023 Asia Foundation Development Fellows: Emerging Leadership for Asia’s Future Program. The Asia Foundation is searching for its ninth cohort of highly talented Development Fellows. Applications will be open through September 16, 2022. Launched in 2014, The Asia Foundation Development Fellows program brings togeth… Read more
Mourning Shinzo Abe, Former Japanese Prime Minister
San Francisco, July 8, 2022
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The Asia Foundation mourns the tragic and shocking death of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe was an influential leader who transformed Japan’s global role, energized its foreign policy, expanded its global influence, and was deeply devoted to the people of Japan and the cause of global peace and security. He was an extraordinary figure… Read more
Search Begins for New Asia Foundation President & CEO
San Francisco, July 7, 2022
News
The Asia Foundation is launching the recruitment process for a new leader to succeed David D. Arnold. After 12 years as The Asia Foundation President & CEO, Arnold will step down at the end of 2022. A specially constituted search committee of the Board of Trustees is leading the process to recruit and select the new president. The Foundation is… Read more
Third Cohort of Development Professionals Learn Entrepreneurial Approaches to Reform
July 5, 2022
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On June 10, 2022, The Asia Foundation’s Coalitions for Change (CfC} program, with the support from the Australian Embassy in the Philippines, hosted its third online course, “Development Entrepreneurship: 12 Keys to Successful Policy Reform.” The four-week course brought together 74 development professionals from 19 countries across Asia to learn a… Read more
The Asia Foundation Releases 2021 Annual Report
San Francisco, June 30, 2022
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Today, The Asia Foundation releases its new annual report which is now available online. Please enjoy stories from across the Foundation’s many offices, as well as highlights of unique initiatives of the last year, including our Go Digital ASEAN digital literacy training, the Climate Action Initiative, the dramatic expansion of Let’s Read, and the… Read more
Google President for Asia Pacific Scott Beaumont Highlights Go Digital ASEAN Initiative
June 27, 2022
Media Coverage
Google blog The Keyword spotlights The Asia Foundation’s Go Digital ASEAN initiative in a piece written by Google’s President for the Asia Pacific, Scott Beaumont, on the company’s continued commitment to micro, small and medium enterprises in the Asia Pacific. The Go Digital ASEAN initiative broadens digital skills participation in 10 countries fo… Read more
“Go Digital ASEAN” Impact Summary Report: MSMEs, Job Seekers Benefit from Digital Skills Training
June 27, 2022
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The ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ACCMSME) and The Asia Foundation released the Go Digital ASEAN Impact Summary Report today to mark this year’s international Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day (MSME) Day. Implemented in ten ASEAN Member States in 2021 and 2022, the US$3.3M “Go Digital ASEAN” public… Read more
The Asia Foundation Hosts Joint Speaker Series on Economic Diplomacy in Cambodia
June 24, 2022
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On June 15, 2022, The Asia Foundation, in collaboration with Cambodia’s National Institute of Diplomacy and International Relations (NIDIR) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC), launched a joint speaker series on economic diplomacy. It is the first of three speaker events focused on facilitating an exchange of k… Read more
Laos in 2022: Development Challenges and Opportunities
Washington, DC, Thursday, June 23, 2022
Events
Located in the center of the Asia-Pacific region, Laos faces many challenges as one of Asia’s least developed economies and Southeast Asia’s only landlocked country. Its geographic location makes Laos extremely vulnerable to climate change and other environmental challenges. While Laos had success managing the early outbreak of Covid-19, the impact… Read more
Deepening Ties: Prospects for Trilateral Cooperation between the Republic of Korea, the United States, and Vietnam
Washington, DC, Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Events
Despite differences in political ideology, relations between South Korea, the United States, and Vietnam have deepened and evolved since formal diplomatic relations with Vietnam were established more than a quarter-century ago. Overlapping strategic and economic interests have led the three countries to expand ties across a wide spectrum of issues…. Read more