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Advancing ASEAN-EU Relations in the 21st Century

Seminar on the relations between ASEAN und the EU with focus on different fields such as security cooperation and impacts of globalization on ASEAN and the EU.
October 6, 2008 09.00 - 16.30 o'clock

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Thailand has assumed the ASEAN Chairmanship in July 2008. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), in collaboration with the Centre for European Studies at Chulalongkorn University (CES), would like to take this opportunity to contribute to strengthening of the ASEAN-EU relations. This seminar aims at addressing various issues regarding relations between ASEAN and the EU: the ASEAN Charter and the European Constitution, cooperation in the field of security and impacts of globalization on ASEAN and the EU. From this seminar, the KAS and the CES also hope to make a contribution towards finding solutions to common challenges between ASEAN and the EU.

Programm

09.30 – 09.45 hrs

Welcome Remarks by

  • Dr. Canan Atilgan, Representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Thailand

  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Charit Tingsabadh, Director of Centre for European Studies, Chulalongkorn University

09.45 – 11.00 hrs

Panel I: EU-ASEAN Relations - The State of Play

  • Klaus-Jürgen Hedrich, former Secretary of State, Germany

  • Mr. Manasvi Srisodapol, Deputy Director-General of Department of ASEAN Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand

  • Chair: Dr. Pacharawalai Wongboonsin, CES Deputy Director for Research Affairs and Researcher of Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University

13.00 – 14.15 hrs

Panel II: EU-ASEAN Security Co-operation: Up to the Challenges?

  • Asst. Prof. Surat Horachaikul, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University

  • Mr Jean-Francois Cautain, Counsellor of Delegation of the European Commission to Thailand

  • Dr. Tipparat Bubpasiri, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science, Ramkhamhaeng University

  • Chair: Lecturer 'Satin Soonthornpan', Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science, Ramkhamhaeng University

14.45 – 16.00 hrs

Panel III: Impacts of Globalization on EU and ASEAN

  • H.E. Kasit Piromya, former Ambassador of Thailand to the Federal Republic of Germany, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand

  • Mr. Karl-Heinz Heckhausen, Chairman of K.H.H. Consulting Co., Ltd. and former President and CEO of DymlerChrysler Thailand, Thailand

  • Chair: Asst. Prof. Dr. Charit Tingsabadh, Director of Centre for European Studies, Chulalongkorn University

16.00 – 16.30 hrs

Conclusion by Klaus-Jürgen Hedrich, former Secretary of State, Germany

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Date and time

October 6, 2008
09.00 - 16.30 o'clock
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Venue

Room 105, Maha Chulalongkorn Building, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

Speakers

  • Centre for European Studies (CES)
    • Chulalongkorn University
      Contact

      Dr. Canan Atilgan

      Dr. Canan Atilgan

      Head of the Department Middle East and North Africa

      canan.atilgan@kas.de +49 30 26996-3201
      Advancing ASEAN-EU Relations in the 21st Century

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      Topics

      European and International Affairs

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