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Asian Women Parliamentarian Caucus Meeting

“Gender Equality and Climate Change Mitigation in Parliaments in Asia”.

In 2024, the Asian Women Parliamentarian Caucus members will be meeting to discuss “Gender Equality and Climate Change Mitigation in Parliaments in Asia” looking at the confluence on how women parliamentarians can engage together to share experiences from their country discuss policy priorities and campaigns, center frontline experiences, and coordinate for urgent needed action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Seminar

Call for Papers - Asian Summer School

4th Edition of the Asian Summer School on Political Parties and Democracy in Taiwan

Organised under the auspices of the Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, the School will bring together an international team of academics and practitioners to train and instruct a group of 16 MA/PhD researchers, practitioners and civil society leaders in the field of political parties and democracy between 20 – 26 May 2024, Taipei, Taiwan at the National Chengchi University (NCCU)

Event

State of Europe 2024

Europe in 2024 and beyond - EU Elections: global impact, regional perception?

In collaboration with the German European School Singapore (GESS) and the GESS Parents' Committee the public cross-sectional evening event will see more than 200 people from different disciplines.

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Workshop

Third Training Workshop for KASYP Batch 2015-2016

Leadership in Campaigning

The 6th batch of the Konrad Adenauer School for Young Politicians (KASYP) met in Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.) for their 3rd training workshop on "Leadership In Campaigning".

Workshop

First Training Workshop for KASYP Batch 2016-2017

The 7th batch of the Konrad Adenauer School for Young Politicians (KASYP) met for the first time in Singapore with participation from 9 different Asian countries who engaged in a week long seminar of discussions with expert resource persons.

Expert talk

Political Dialogue Programme New Zealand / Australia

From 4 to 12 February, 2016, a high-level delegation consisting of Dr Klaus Schüler, Dr Gerhard Wahlers and Frank Priess attended a political dialogue programme with expert meetings in New Zealand and Australia.

Expert talk

Consortium of South Asian Think Tanks(COSATT) Planning Conference 2016

On January 28th 2016, representatives from Consortium of South Asian Think Tanks (COSATT) met in Singapore to deliberate on the themes which COSATT will focus on this year.

Expert talk

Consortium of South Asian Think Tanks(COSATT)Planungskonferenz 2016

Am 28. Januar 2016 trafen sich Vertreter von COSATT in Singapur, um über die Themen zu beraten, auf die sich das Konsortium dieses Jahr konzentrieren möchte.

Forum

Handover of Directorship

The official handover of the directorship of the regional programme Political Dialogue Asia and the Pacific took place on the 2nd of December by way of a policy dialogue on "Refugees and Migration in Europe and Asia".

Forum

Refugees and Migration in Europe and Asia

How to deal with the movements of people in our continents?

Die Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung veranstaltete am 02. Dezember 2015 eine Podiumsdiskussion mit den Botschaftern Deutschlands, Schwedens und der Europäischen Union sowie zwei Experten zum Thema „Refugees and Migration in Europe and Asia" in Singapur.

Study and Information Program

Dialog Programm: Empowering Women in Asia and Europe

Eine Delegation von 11 asiatischen Parlamentarierinnen des Asian Women Parliamentarian Caucus trafen Vertreter der Europäischen Union, um das Thema „Women Empowerment in Asia and Europe“ zu diskutieren.

Study and Information Program

Dialogue Programme: Empowering Women in Asia and Europe

Members of the Asian Women Parliamentarian (AWP) Caucus met from 16th to 20th of November for a series of meetings in Brussels with European counterparts to discuss "Women Empowerment in Asia and Europe".

Study and Information Program

KASYP Alumni Meeting 2015

Devolving Power in Asia: Experiences in Good Governance

Five years on and the KASYP network has grown strength-to-strength. This year, over 30 alumni members from Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar and the Philippines met in Davao City for annual discussions on hot-button policy issues.

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EU-ASEAN Relations in light of the upcoming EU Election

Exchange with Minister-Counsellor for parliamentary relations at the EU Delegation to ASEAN, Mr. Antoine Ripoll

KAS Political Dialogue Asia (KAS PDA) was pleased to host Antoine Ripoll, Minister-Counsellor for Parliamentary Relations with ASEAN from the EU Delegation to ASEAN, at our office on April 25 for a Luncheon Debate on “EU-ASEAN Relations in Light of the upcoming EU Elections”.

EANGAGE Alumni Talk featuring H.E. Sujiro Seam

Strategic Partners and Now? The Way Forward for EU-ASEAN Relations

Last week, KAS Political Dialogue Asia hosted an e-seminar with H.E. Sujiro Seam, the EU Ambassador to ASEAN, and alumni of EANGAGE, an EU funded project set up in 2021 with the aim to connect young talented researcher fellows from the EU and ASEAN.

EU Election: Youth Participation and Eligibility

with the German European School Singapore and the American University of Phnom Penh

On 27 March the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia (KAS PDA) organised an event in cooperation with the German European School Singapore (GESS) to address the School’s students on the EU elections this upcoming June.

Roundtable Discussion on AI Policies in Asia

with the expert delegation from the Federal Academy of Security Policy (BAKS)

On 4 March, KAS Political Dialogue Asia Program hosted a roundtable discussion “AI Policy in Asia” for the delegation from the Federal Academy of Security Policy (BAKS) from Germany. The delegation, which consists of participants from private and public sectors in Germany, had a two-weeks fieldtrip in Asia (Singapore and Seoul) as part of the expert course on digitalization and security policy.

Luncheon Discussion - German Armed Forces After “die Zeitenwende” – Challenges & Perspectives

Major General Wolf-Jürgen Stahl shared his insights on the German National Security Strategies and the latest development of global military challenges.

On March 4th 2024 the KAS Political Dialogue Asia (PDA) Program hosted Major-General Wolf-Jürgen Stahl, President of the Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS), for a discussion over lunch.

Konrad Adenauer School for Young Politicians (KASYP) - Batch 15

Module 01: Political Parties’ Functions and Organizations in Democratic Societies

This year, another cohort of KASYP will be launched this coming 13 – 19 February 2024 in the Philippines. The cohort will undergo with their first module on “political parties’ functions and organizations in democratic societies”, which aims to provide participants with background knowledge on diverse political environments and party systems in Asia as well as communication skills and leadership training.

Continued Partnership between KAS PDA and ISEAS

Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two parties to collaborate on a range of research activities such as on Myanmar, the Philippines, and ASEAN, among others.

KAS PDA and ISEAS have been successfully collaborating in the past. It dates back to 1979 when the German organisation began supporting ISEAS' research activities with annual grants. The signing of the MoU and the continuation of common projects stands testimony to the fruitful partnership.

International Conference on Water Management in Singapore

Sustainable Water Management: Improving Water Policy and Govenance in Emerging Asia

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia co-hosted an international conference together with the Regional Programme Energy Security and Climate Change (KAS Recap) Hongkong on “Sustainable Water Management: Improving Water Policy and Governance in Emerging Asia” in Singapore between the 6th and 9th of December. As the impacts of poor water governance can be felt across livelihoods,  jeopardising community well being,  social cohesion, migration, national security, the topic of the conference could not have been more timely – also since COP28 concurrently recognised the role of water for the climate change agenda.

Asian Women Parliamentarian Caucus Meeting 2023

“Inclusivity & Diversity in Gender Equality in Parliaments in Asia”

In lieu of continuing the discussions on achieving Sustainable Development Goal 5 of Gender Equality, this years Asian Women Parliamentarian Caucus Meeting was held in Colombo in partnership with the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

CTeC Asia 2023

Communication | Technology | Citizenship

CTeC Asia has brought together scholars, media professionals, civil society practitioners as well as policymakers to participate in the discussion on the impact of technologies towards communication and citizen’s participation with a series of keynote speeches and panel discussions. The event was hosted in Taipei and has attracted more than 100 participants from around 16 countries. Diverse topics related to social media, e-governance, political campaigning have been discussed during the conference.