October 12, 2021 | 20:52 (GMT+7)
Webinar discusses ASEAN’s braving storm in COVID-19 crisis
The ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute of Singapore held the annual 36th round-table webinar themed “Braving the Storms: ASEAN in Crisis Mode,” with the support of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation of Germany on October 12.
In his opening speech, Director of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Choi Shing Kwok said the COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges and disruptions in the region. Regional countries have issued post-pandemic recovery plans while strengthening connectivity to step up regional recovery in the future.
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Director of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Choi Shing Kwok (Photo: ISEAS) |
Participants at the event discussed ways to promote fairer and more inclusive economic recovery, and explored the possibility of tapping the COVID-19 crisis to build a sustainable future.
They also looked into regional political and security landscape such as Myanmar’s challenges to solidarity and ASEAN’s central role and position in regional order.
The annual event provides a platform for leading experts, scholars and commentators in the region to consider key issues and challenges to ASEAN as a region and an institution.
The event will last till October 13. It is the second year it has been held virtually.
Source: VNA