Ms. Marlene Ramirez, AsiaDHRRA Secretary General, is set to participate in the ASEAN Secretariat Symposium on Stakeholder Involvement to be held on 23 – 25 Nov 2009 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Brainstorming Symposium, organized by ASEAN Secretariat, in coordination with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) will involve leading representatives from the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC), officials involved with the ASCC and relevant ASEAN bodies, universities and think-tanks, civil society and other national and regional stakeholders to achieve these following objectives:
- Assessment of experiences with ASEAN stakeholders in the regional integration process (including a discussion of a recent study on this topic).
- Exchange views on best practices on successful methods of regional stakeholder dialogue in the socio-cultural sector from the European Union, SADC and MERCOSUR
- Outline basic features and elements for an organised dialogue of stakeholders at the ASEAN Secretariat’s “1st ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Forum” on the ASCC
- Deliberate on a process in preparation, realisation and follow-up to develop the ASEAN Secretariat’s Forum as new participatory method to facilitate the exchange of ideas which may contribute to the ASEAN policy-making process
- Discuss an overall-topic (e.g. social safety-net, education) and a “Plan of Action” implementing the new structured dialogue with relevant stakeholders and ASEAN officials in 2010.
