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Asia-Europe Meeting: Priorities and Challenges

16.09.2010


The eighth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) to be held in Brussels on 4-5 October offers both regions a unique opportunity to build a stronger and more effective 21st Century partnership to tackle key global challenges like sustainable development, global governance reform and the stability of the international financial system. ASEM will reconsider its preferred form of institutionalization now its many projects and initiatives have grown in scale and diversity, and it will welcome three new members: Russia, Australia and New Zealand


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Concept Paper India-Pakistan Briefing

Concept Paper India-Pakistan Briefing

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Concept Paper: Ensuring sustainable development: a common challenge for Asia and Europe

During the last Asia-Europe Meeting in Beijing in 2008, a common declaration on sustainable development cleared the path for further cooperation on sustainable development. Economic development, social progress and environmental protection are interdependent processes, and can only be tackled through an internal and external coordination within and between the two regions. Pertinent issues are food and energy security and environmental protection.[1]

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ASEM Outlook 14 April 2010

Brussels, 14 April 2010

The Asia Europe-Meeting [ASEM] established in 1996, is holding its 8th summit of Heads of States in Brussels 4-5 October of this year. ASEM now consits of 45 member states with new members (Australia, Russia and New Zealand) joining and with an expanding matrix of activities operating under its banner. Its main task is to intensify the contacts between Asia and Europe. Most of the activities of ASEM are coordinated by the Asia-Europe Foundation [ASEF] in Singapore. ASEM is funded by the member states and the European Commission.

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The Europe-Asia Policy Forum

The Europe-Asia Policy Forum (EUforAsia) has been set up to improve Europe's understanding of Asia and to provide a growing rapport between the two regions. It is based on an extensive academic network of institutes, universities and think tanks in both Europe and Asia. Supported by the European Commission, EUforAsia will address policy issues of concern both to the EU and to Asia for a three-year period, from 2009 to 2011.

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