Executive Director of ACSDSD pay a courtesy call on H.E. the Secretary-General of ASEAN

On 28 May 2025, the Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, received a courtesy call from H.E. Ms. Phasporn Sangasubana, the Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Sustainable Development Studies and Dialogue (ACSDSD), at the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) Indonesia, to share updates and discuss ACSDSD’s potential contributions to ASEAN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) agenda.


Executive Director Phasporn Sangasubana shared updates on ACSDSD’s key initiatives, lessons learned and best practices, while reaffirming the Centre’s commitment to strengthening collaboration in advancing regional sustainability in line with ASEAN Community Vision 2045 and its Strategic Plans that were recently adopted at the 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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