A symposium planned to shape ASEAN’s development priorities

Today (11 March) ED Narong Sasitorn of ACSDSD welcomed Thomas Parks, Country Representative of the Asia Foundation and his team. They had extensive discussion on key challenges of sustainable development in ASEAN. The Asia Foundation will coorganize a Networking Symposium on the implementation of the Complimentarities Roadmap in May 2021. The symposium is aimed at fostering closer collaboration among ASEAN actors and players as well as developing strategic agenda for sustainable development in ASEAN. The Asia Foundation is an active development partner of ASEAN.

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ACAI to join ACSDSD’s ASEAN Networking Symposium 2026

On 10 March 2026, ACSDSD Deputy Executive Director Dr. Anthony Pramualratana and ACSDSD Communications Officer Ms. Pakjira Numchaisombut met with Dr. Somsak Akksilp, Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Active Ageing and Innovation (ACAI), to pave the way for collaboration ahead of the ASEAN Networking Symposium 2026. Dr. Anthony highlighted two key outcome of the symposium: the need for synergy across ASEAN’s development pillars and the promotion of best practices in ASEAN Centres collaboration. He also invited ACAI to participate in the symposium to discover synergies among ASEAN Centres. Both institutions agreed to integrate a people-to-people approach into ASEAN’s sustainable development agenda, and ACAI confirmed its participation, marking a step toward inclusive, people-centered sustainability across the region.

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