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Job Announcement: Project Coordinator (m/f/d)

For three months we are looking for a Project Coordinator on a part-time basis (20hrs/week)

For our activities & projects between April and June we are looking for additional support in the area of security policy/multilateralism to facilitate the planning, budgeting, implementation and evaluation of several events. The Project Coordinator will be employed on an honorary basis of 20 hrs per week for the duration of three months.

Workshop

fully booked

Konrad Adenauer School for Young Politicians (KASYP) Batch 15

1st Training-Workshop on Political Parties’ Functions and Organizations in Democratic Societies

The first module’s objective is to provide participants with background knowledge on diverse political and party systems in Asia, skills in communication and party platform development, and training on democratic leadership (first session on ownership).

Online-Seminar

fully booked

Asian Women Parliamentarian Caucus E-Meets

New Media & Tech-Facilitated Gendered Disinformation

In the context of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung’s international conference activities and in lieu of promoting female political leadership training and empowerment in Asia, we have been organising regional conferences, workshops and other activities for Asian Women Parliamentarians since 2011. These meetings and other activities are aimed at promoting, strengthening and developing female political leadership in the region.

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Sustainable Water Management

Improving Water Policy and Governance in Emerging Asia

Between the 7th and 8th of December, the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation is organising an international conference on “Sustainable Water Management: Improving Water Policy and Governance in Emerging Asia” in Singapore. We will receive policymakers, government officials from Singapore and Germany, industry leaders, academics, researchers, energy experts, environmentalists and representatives from international organisations to discuss the water-energy-nexus and transboundary water governance (amongst others).

Expert conference

CTeC Asia 2023 in Taipei

CTeC Asia aims to expand the discourse on the impact of technologies towards communication and citizen’s participation.

CTeC Asia aims to bring together scholars, media professionals, civil society practitioners as well as policymakers to expand the discourse on the impact of technologies towards communication and citizen’s participation. This year's conference will focus on two main themes: (i) e-governance & participation (ii) AI & Innovation in media

Book presentation

‘Fake News, Dis-Information in International Relations"

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Congress

Asian Women Parliamentarian Caucus Meeting 2023

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

Expert conference

38th ASEAN Roundtable: ASEAN in a Fragmented Global Order

Supported by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, the ASEAN Studies Centre at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute is hosting the 38th ASEAN Roundtable on 3 October 2023 in Singapore.

Event

Germany's role in the world

Evening event around German Unity Day. Film screening and discussion on the topic "17 June 1953. 70 Years of the People's Uprising in the GDR" on 02 October from 18:00 onwards.

Event

Singapore Education Lounge

Singapore Education Lounge events are monthly in-person gatherings of Education Professionals from Singapore and abroad (when visiting Singapore). We will be hosting it in cooperation with the Singapore Education Network

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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.

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.

38th ASEAN Roundtable: ASEAN in a Fragmented Global Order

Das ASEAN Studies Centre des ISEAS Yusof-Ishak Institute in Singapur lud am 3. Oktober 2023 zum jährlichen ASEAN Roundtable ein. Das renommierte Institut ist langjähriger Partner des Regionalprogramms Politikdialog Asien welches den Roundtable auch dieses Jahr erneut unterstützte.

3rd Asian Summer School on Political Parties and Democracy

The 3rd Asian Summer School on Political Parties and Democracy has been successfully concluded from 14 to 20 August 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In this in-person seminar, 14 young researchers, policymakers and academics from 10 different Asian countries had the opportunity to exchange their approaches and ideas on political parties and democracy in the Asian region and to present and discuss their research papers.

36th Asia-Pacific Roundtable

‘An Age of Strategic Uncertainty’

The 36th Asia-Pacific Roundtable (36APR) was convened by the Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia from 8-10 August 2023. The APR, ISIS Malaysia’s flagship conference, is one of the premier strategic-security focused Track-Two forums in the region and KAS's support for the conference is part of a long-standing cooperation between ISIS Malaysia and the KAS Political Dialogue Asia Office.

KASYP Batch 13 - 3rd Training Module

Political Parties’ in Local Governance and Development

The 3rd module of the Konrad Adenauer School for Young Politicians (KASYP) aims to provide participants with tools and knowledge to deliver democratic and effective good governance in societies facilitated by political parties at the local level.