ASEAN, Italian students discuss climate, digitalisation
Jakarta (VNA) - Over 30 high school students
from ASEAN member states and Italy have attended the second ASEAN-Italy
Youth Conference held at the ASEAN Secretariat's headquarter in Jakarta, Indonesia, from May 29-31.
Jointly held by the Global Action, Italian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, ASEAN Secretariat, and ASEAN Youth Organisation
(AYO), the event aimed to foster stronger relations between
ASEAN countries and Italy.
Opening the event, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Ekkaphab Phanthavong highlighted the great
potential that the ASEAN-Italy connections contain for the youth in terms of
education, cultural interaction, and economic progress. He underscored that
diversity and intergenerational collaboration can be valuable assets to
partnerships that will promote exchange of valuable perspectives and successful
approaches among individuals of diverse ages and socio-economic statuses.
During the three-day event, participants discussed food security and climate change, digitalisaiton and youth empowerment.
The conference concluded with inspiring closing
presentations by the youth delegates who offered fresh ideas for the future of
ASEAN-Italy collaboration./.