Programme Information
ASEAN –
China Youth Caring and Sharing Programme
Theme –
Youth: the Future for ASEAN-China Relations
Background:
To mark the 20th
anniversary of Dialogue Relation between ASEAN and China, and to celebrate the
ASEAN – China Friendship Year (2011), declared by Premier Wen Jiabao’s at the
13th China ASEAN summit in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2010, the ministry of
education, Thailand, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Thailand, and the AUN Secretariat is organizing the ASEAN-China Youth Sharing
and Programme from the 25th to the 31st of March, 2012.
The programme, which is
divided between Thailand’s capital city, Bangkok, and Kunming in Yunnan
province, PR. China, brings together 45 delegates (high school students and
lecturers) to participate in both academic and non-academic activities. These
activities will helpto develop an appreciation of the enormous cultural
diversity of the region, promote friendship among participants, enhance
understanding of ASEAN-China relations, and identify opportunities to develop
stronger connections between people, led by recommendations of the to develop
an appreciation of the enormous cultural diversity of the region, promote
friendship among participants, enhance understanding of ASEAN-China relations,
and identify opportunities to develop stronger connections between people, led
by recommendations of the youth of ASEAN and China.
A highlight of programme is
the special workshop session, designed to bring out the ideas and relations of
the younger generations on how they could contribute to the enrichmentof
ASEAN-China relations. The ASEAN –China Youth Recommendations will be presented
to representative from the Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, and also representative fro
the Thai Ministry of Education and foreign Affairs. The Recommendation
will later be submitted to the relevant ASEAN-China forums through the ministry
of foreign affairs to Thailand.
Participant: 45 persons
·
3 representative from each ASEAN member country comprising 2 senior
high school students aged 16-18 years and 1 lecturer/official
·
9 chinese students and 1 lecturer
·
AUN executive Director and 2 AUN staff
·
1 representative from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
·
1 Representative from the Ministry of Education, Thailand
Dates: 25th – 31st March 2012, Bangkok (Thailand)
and Junming (PR. China)
ASEAN –
China Relations
The ASEAN – China Free
Trade Agreement has drawn much international attention as it is one of the
lowest international trade tariff areas I the world and the largest FTA in
population size, including 1,9 billion people in total. In terms of economic
size, it is the third largest FTA and accounts for 13% of global trade (2008).
Other collaboration
between ASEAN and China includes the Maritime Transport Agreement, Aviation
Cooperation Framework, and the Regional Air Services Agreement. All of the
these will help to facultate the movement of goods and passengers to boost
trade and economy. Additionally, China has launched a $10 billion investment to
improve infrastructure and telecommunication links between ASEAN and China, as
well as $15 billion towars the integration of the two economies. This
partnership is garnering attention globally as a platform for economic growth.
General
Information about the Site Visits in Thailand
About
Chulalongkorn University (CU)
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand’s first
institution of higher learning was officially founded in March, 1917. The
groundwork and preparation for it in terms of planning and development,
however, took place more than a century ago. The worldwide economic, social and
political changes in the late nineteenth century contributed to Siam’s decision
to adapt herself in order to avoid being colonized by the Western power (“Siam”
became Thailand in the year 1939). Thus King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) has royal
policy to strengthen and improve government so that the century could
successfully resist the tide of colonialism. One of the majot parts of the
policy, which would later prove to be deep-rooted and highly effective, was to
improve the Siamese educational system so as to produce capable personnel to
work in both the public and private sectors.
When it was first
founded, the university had 380 students taking classes in four faculties which
were located in 2 campuse. The Faculty of Medicine was located at Siriraj
Hospital, while the Faculties of public Administration and of Engineering were
at the Administration Building and the Faculty of Arts and science was located
at Prince Vajirunhi’s palace. The latter three faculties were in Patumwan district. The ministry of
justice was responsible for the law school until the university was ready to
take over, and the Teacher’s Training School was handed over to the Ministry of
Education.
The development of Chulalongkorn University continued. From 1934 to
1958, the university emphasized improvement of undergraduate education; thus
more faculties were established. In 1962 on, the university started to focus on
graduate education and began to set up research centers and institutes. The
Grand Palace is a complex of buildings in Bangkok, Thailand. It served as the
official residence of the king of Thailand from the 18th century
onward. Construction of the Palace began in 1782, during the reign of King Rama
I, when he moved the capital across the river from Thonburi to Bangkok. The
palace has been constantly expanded and many additional structures were added
over time. The present King of Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, however,
resides at the Chitralada Palace.
When King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) decided to move the capital
of Siam from Thonburi on the west to Bangkok on the east of the Chao praya
river he decided to build a magnificent new palace as a place of residence as
well as a centure of government. The area chosen was however occupied by
Chinese merchants, whom he promptly asked to relocate (to the present day
Yaowarat area).
The towerof gold began construction on 6 May 1782. At first the palace
consisted of several wooden buildings surrounded on four sides with a high
defensive wall of 1.900 metres in length, which encloses an area of 218.400
square metres. Soon the king ordered the building of the Monarch’s personal place
of worship and royal temple. Once the palace was complete the king decided to
undergo a coronation ceremony to celebrate in 1785.
The plan of the Grand Palace followed closely that of the old palace in
Ayutthaya. The Palace is rectangular shaped, with the western side next to a
river and the royal temple situated to the east side, with all structures
facing north. The palace itself is divided into three quarters: the other
quarters, the middle quarters and the inner quarters.
The palace became the centre of the Rattanakoksin government and royal
court for most of the early Chakri Dynasty until the reign of King
Chulalongkorn (Rama V) who preferred to stay at the dusit Palace, but still
used the Grand Palace as an office and primary place of residence. This
practice was followed by his sons (Rama VI and Rama VII) who preferred their
own palaces. King ananda ahidol (Rama VIII) moved into the palace full time
after his return from abroad in 1945. However after his mysterious death a year
later in one of the palaces inside the complex, his brother King Bhumibol
Adulyadej (Rama IX) who succeeded him decided to move permanently to the
Chitralada Palace.
The Palace is however still very much in use; as many royal rituals are
performed here by the King every year. Other royal ceremonies celebrated here
are coronations; royal funerals, marriages and stat banguets. The Palace
grounds also contain the offices and building of the Bureau of the Royal
Household, the Office of the Private Secretary to the King and Royal Institute
of Thailand.
General
Information about the site visits in China
One of the four oldest civilizations in the world, china has a history
of 4.000 years and is known for its rich cultural relics and historical sites.
It is the country credited with many significant contributions to the world
such as the invention of the compass, paper-making, gunpowder and printing.
The Great Wall, Grand Canal and Karez irrigation system are three great
ancident engineering projects built 2.000 years old. Today, they are symbols of
the rich culture of the Chinese nation. China evolved through a long history of
primitive society, slavery society, feudal society, semi –feudal, semi-colonial
society and the present socialist society called The People’s Republic of China
which was founded on October 1, 1949. The country now convers a total land area
of 9.6 million square kilometers, cross four time zone s. Beijing, the capital
of China, is located in the Eastern 8th Zona which serves as the
standard time for the whole country.
ASEAN
What is ASEAN?
– The
Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) is an association of nations
dedicated to economic and political cooperation in Southeast Asia countries.
Background – ASEAN was established on 8th August 1667 in
Bangkok, Thailand with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok
Declaration) by the Founding Members of ASEAN, Indonesia, Philippines,
Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam then joined on 7 January
1984, |Vietnam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997 and
Cambodia on 30 April 1999 making up what is today the ten Member States of
ASEAN.
The ASEAN region has a population of about 500 million, a total area of
4,55 million square kilometers, a combined gross domestic product of almost
US$700 billion and total trade of about US$850 million.
Goals
of ASEAN
Ø To accelerate the economic
growth, social progress and cultural development in the region through join
endeavors
Ø To promote regional peace
and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law
Ø To encourage active
collaboration and mutual assistance on matters of common interest in Economic,
Social, Cultural, Technical, Scientific and Administrative fields.
Ø To provide assistance to
each other in terms of training and research facilities in the educational,
professional, technical and administrative areas
Ø To work together for a
greater utilization of agriculture and industries in order to expand the trade
both locally and internationally
Ø To study the problems of
international community trade, the improvement of their transportation and
communications facilities and the raising of the living standards of the
nations
Ø To promote Southeast Asian
studies
Ø To maintain close and
positive cooperation with existing internation and regional organizations with
similar aims and purposes
General
Information about the Site Visits in Kunming
About
Yunnan University
Situated in the beautiful “Spring City” of Kunming,
the capital city of Yunnan Province, Yunnan University was founded in 1922 and
is one of the oldest comprehensive universities in Southwest China. The
university began its enrolment in April 1923. In 1946, Yunnan University was
listed among 15 Chinese universities of world renown in Concise Encyclopedia Britannica. It is the only academic
establishment in Yunnan Province that has won the membership of “211 Project”
initiated by the national government.
The university now has 14 schools, seven research
institutes, three public teaching departments, one graduate, one college for
vocational and continuing education and one college for international students,
offering courses for 4 postdoctoral programs, 53 doctoral programs, 155 master
programs and 65 undergraduate programs, covering the nine major disclipines
ofliterature, history, philosophy, economics, law, science, engineering,
management and education. The university has 2.746 faculty and staff members including
1.475 teachers and researchers. As of now, postgraduates, 19.607 continuing
education students and students in other programs.
The university boast
four national training bases for basic science research and teaching personnel,
two key disclipines at the national level, and one national key laboratory.
Research has benn successfully conducted in the fields of ethology, history,
ecology, international relations, tourism management, organic chemistry,
meteorology and astrophisycs, and research finding of microbiological
fermentation engineering, natural medicine study, superfine functional
materials, monoclonal antibody and rapid test stripts have become
industrialized.
YU is a key public
university under the supervision of Ministry of Education of P.R.C and Yunnan
Provincial government. It’s entitled to grant bachelor’s degrees (4 years),
master’s degrees (2-3 years) and Ph.D. degrees (3-5 years) degrees. Students
who have satisfied the academic requirements (credit System) will be granted
relevant degrees. The academic calendar is based on a bi-semester system. The
spring semester starts in late February and ends in middle July, autumn
semester from early September to next January. Each semester consist of 18
instruction weeks and exams weeks.
Yunnan University
attaches great importance to international exchange and cooperation. The
university has established exchange with more than 90 unversities in 22
countries and region, and every year it engages over 50 long-term or short-term
foreign teachers and experts. Until now the university has enrolled 15.000
international students from more than 20 countries and regions.
Past
Achievements
ASEAN Economic
Community (AEC)
Economically the main
achievement of ASEAN has been the maintenance of an uninterrupted period of
peace and stability during which the individual Member Countries has been able
to concentrate on promoting rapid and sustained economic growth and
modernization. Over the years, ASEAN’s overall trade grew form US$10 billion in
1967 to US$650 billion in 1995. With its combined trade value, ASEAN is the
fourth largest trading entity in the world after the European Union, the United
States and Japan.
ASEAN Socio-Cultural
Community (ASCC)
The established os
ASEAN University Network (AUN) was initiated to serve as an ASEAN mechanism
that has the ability to promote cooperatin among ASEAN scholar, academicians
and scientist in the region. One of its successful programs is the student
exchanges program among its member countries that enhances a great mobility of
students outside the border, the program aims to provide opportunities for AUN
students and’ perform as an indicator of student mobility to see the flow of
the inbound and outbound students among AUN Member Universities. In terms of literacy
rate, it is relatively high level with 95,1 % in Thailand (as for 1998)
Furthermore between 2002 and 2005 the number of out-of-school children of
primary school age in the region has declined by 40% - an impressive
achievement for such period of time. There was also a substantial increase in
enrollment rates at the secondary level though the overall numbers are still
low. At the tertiary level, enrollment rates in the region increased to 10
percent.
ASEAN
Political-Security Community (APSC)
Since 1967 ASEAN has
forged major political accords that have contributed greatly to regional peace
and stability and to its relations with other countries, regions and
organizations. Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality was signed to commit
Southeast Asia as a free zone from any manner of interference by outside powers
and to make concerted effort to broaden the areas of cooperation which would
contribute to the strength, solidarity and closer relationship. Treaty of Amity
and Cooperation (TAC) in Southeast Asia enshrines the mutual respect of one
another’s sovereignty, noninterference in internal affairs, the peaceful
settlement of intraregional disputes and effective cooperation.
Current Highlight
ASEAN Economic
Community (AEC)
The ASEAN Eonomic
Community shall be the goal regional economic integration by 2015. AEC adopts
the following key characteristic that are a single market and production base,
a highly competitive economic region, a region of equitable economic
development and a region of fully incorporated into the global economy. ASEAN
is being actively involved in initiating and building regional economic
linkages, engaging some of the most dynamic economies in the world.
ASEAN Socio-Cultural
Community (ASCC)
The ASEAN
Socio-Cultural Community aims to contribute to realizing an ASEAN community
that is people oriented and socially responsible with a view to achieving
enduring solidarity and unity among the peoples and Member Stated of ASEAN. It
seeks to forge a common identity and build a caring and sharing society which
is inclusive and where the well-being livelihood, and welfare of the peoples
are enhanced.
ASEAN
Political-Security Community (APSC)
ASEAN
Political-Security Community aims to construct on what has been build over the
years in the area of political and security cooperation. It aims to ensure that
countries in the region live at peace with one another and with the world in a
just, democratic and harmonious environment. It has the following components of
political development, shaping and sharing of norms, conflicts prevention,
conflicts resolution, post conflicts peace building and implementing mechanism.
Direction
The ASEAN Vision 2020,
adopted by the ASEAN Leaders on the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN,
agreed on ashared vision ASEAN as a concert of Southeast Asian Nations, outward
looking, living in peace, stability and prosperity, bonded together in
partnership in dynamic development and in a community of caring societies align
with its motto of “One vision, One Identity, One Community”
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