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The NUS Global Lounge has re-opened! Come talk to our friendly 🙋‍♀️PALs🙋‍♂️ to find out more about studying abroad, whether on exchange, internship, short-term or special programmes. Also look out for activities where you’ll be able to meet international exchange students, as well as fellow NUS students who can share their interesting exchange experiences. 🙂 🔹NUS Global Lounge🔹 Shaw Foundation Alumni House #01-01 11 Kent Ridge Drive Singapore 119244 🔸Hours:🔸 Open: 11:00am – 5:00pm, Mon – Fri Closed: Weekends, Public Holidays, Examination Periods, University Vacation Periods Or, 💬 chat with our PALs 🙃 during the same GL opening hours on Discord: https://bit.ly/nusglobalize

The NUS Global Lounge has re-opened! Come talk to our friendly 🙋‍♀️PALs🙋‍♂️ to find out more about studying abroad, whether on exchange, internship, short-term or special programmes. Also look out for activities where you’ll be able to meet international exchange students, as well as fellow NUS students who can share their interesting exchange experiences. :) 🔹NUS Global Lounge🔹 Shaw Foundation Alumni House #01-01 11 Kent Ridge Drive Singapore 119244 Hours: 🕚 Open: 11:00am – 5:00pm, Mondays – Fridays 🕔 Closed: Weekends, Public Holidays, Examination Periods, University Vacation Periods Or, chat with our PALs 🙃 during the same GL opening hours on Discord: https://bit.ly/nusglobalize

The Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI) is conducting their annual ASEAN-China survey and are seeking students, lecturers, academia, business community, journalists, researchers, analysts, government officials from all ASEAN countries including Singapore. This will take less than 10 minutes to fill in and be completely anonymous. They are aiming to garner 200 respondents from Singapore. Here is the link that will lead to the survey: bit.ly/ACSurvey2022

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy is currently recruiting programme facilitators for their Singapore Futures Youth Competition 2022 and this opportunity is currently open to all NUS students. Recruiting Programme Facilitators for the Singapore Futures Youth Competition 2022 – Executive Education Singapore Futures is currently recruiting facilitators for the Singapore Futures Youth Competition 2022 to provide support in the delivery of online workshops and provide mentorship to participants. This is a great opportunity for those who are looking for facilitation experience, exposure to sustainability issues and futures thinking, and the opportunity to work with youth. No prior experience is necessary!  Deadline: 27 May Link: https://inetapps.nus.edu.sg/nsws/app/browse/J2022040034

TGIF everyone. Last day to sign up for this opportunity!! Sign up via EduRec! 😊

TF-NUS Leadership Enrichment and Regional Networking Programme 2022 TF-NUS LEaRN programme is back physical in 2022 and will be a 5 week summer programme held in Thailand and Singapore. This programme, sponsored by TF and NUS, will be focused on: i) Nurturing holistic resilience for our future and success ii) Building networks and developing intercultural skills with other Southeast Asian friends. iii) Futures Thinking with a focus on Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Innovation by the esteemed Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (Programme fees and accommodation worth SGD 4,000 will be sponsored for students) Students will also receive a financial award of SGD 800 for their return airfare and living expenses in Thailand for 2 weeks. Apply via EduRec before 15 April.

Universiti Malaya (UM) in collaboration with Institut Masa Depan Malaysia (MASA) and Ecoknights will be co-hosting a webinar entitled “Universiti Malaya’s Worldwide Teach-in on Climate and Justice 2022" The Worldwide Teach-in on Climate and Justice project is an annual program led by the Graduate Programs in Sustainability at Bard College in New York, USA and Open Society University Network with worldwide partners such as Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). UM will join other campuses around the world to organise an engaging dialogue on this year's theme "CLIMATE & JUSTICE."  30th March 2022 (Wed) from 9am to 5.30pm. During this webinar, the invited speakers will share their opinion regarding climate and justice and explain how local climate initiatives can open the path for climate change solutions for the next decade. Sign up: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VeVV0SmvRdmeB6rEBSqR2w

We are pleased to inform you that the application for the ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship (ACYLS) 2022 Programme is now open to scholars, researchers, and graduate students of AUN Member Universities and AUN Thematic Networks. ACYLS is an initiative in response to the call of the Leaders of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and ASEAN Member States (AMS) to increase people-to-people exchanges, strengthen educational cooperation and promote academic exchanges and linkages between AMS and the PRC. It aims to foster socio-cultural and people-to-people exchanges to build a closer ASEAN-China community with a shared future. The scholarship provides a rare and unique opportunity for ASEAN professionals and future leaders to enrich their knowledge, broaden their horizons, develop work skills, and improve their competitiveness while enhancing their life experiences by living and studying in China. ACYLS provides a full scholarship award covering all program-related expenses such as (i) tuition and other school fees, (ii) accommodation, (iii) round-trip international airfare, (iv) comprehensive medical insurance, and (v) stipends. The 2022 intake of ACYLS includes awards for (i) master’s degree programmes, (ii) doctoral programmes, and (iii) one-semester (4-5 months) research scholarship programmes. Prospective applicants must complete the online application by visiting CGSIS (Chinese Government Scholarship Information System) at http://www.campuschina.org and click “Scholarship Application for Students” on top to register and log in. Kindly note that each applicant must submit their application online by filling out the application information and uploading all necessary supporting documents. More information on the scholarship, including the ACYLS application guidebooks and a list of AUN member and associate member universities, are available in the attachments

In conjunction with the YSEALI Regional Workshop on Enhancing Digital Connectivity, the U.S Embassy Kuala Lumpur, in partnership with Cent GPS, will be hosting a monthly webinar series featuring speakers from regionally acclaimed tech companies. Sign up now to the January Webinar entitled, Digital Economy – Enhancing Local Retailers to a Regional Market! Learn how online platforms enable SMEs and local retailers to access the huge market across the region. 29 January 2022 5 – 7pm (SGT) Register here: https://centgps.com.my/yseali-connectivity The webinar is open to all and participants will be eligible to apply for a fully funded YSEALI regional workshop scheduled tentatively in June, in Sarawak, Malaysia. Come join us in bridging the digital divide across the region.

Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI) is pleased to invite you to join the 8th lecture of the Southeast Asia Lecture Hall program.  Participation in the lecture is free of charge and e-certificates will be provided for all participants. The 8th lecture will feature Cesar Purisima, Secretary of Finance of the Republic of the Philippines (2010 - 2016)   Date : Wednesday, 26 January 2022  Time : 09:00 - 11:00 (Singapore time)  Subject : Business in Southeast Asia    Moderated by Dr. M.L. Pinitbhand Paritbatra, Associate Dean, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University Registration for the 8th lecture, please visit our website  www.sealecturehall.com. 

Dispossession and Resistance in an Urbanizing Wetland of Vientiane, Laos (Wednesday, 19th January 2022, 3pm - 4.30pm) About Once considered a sleepy backwater of Southeast Asia, Vientiane, the national capital of Laos, has expanded rapidly in population, extent, and economic activity over the past two decades. Wetlands on the urban periphery have been enclosed to make way for special economic zones (SEZ), real estate developments, and infrastructural projects, displacing and dispossessing residents. Since the late 2000s, the largest remaining wetland in the capital, the That Luang Marsh, has been the target of several investment projects related to the Lao government’s “Turning Land into Capital” policy, which aims to mobilize land for economic development, revenue, and profit. Based upon collaborative fieldwork conducted in 2017-18, this talk comparatively examines a Chinese SEZ and a Lao road project, both of which were granted large swaths of the marsh but were contested by the public and residents in different ways. While the SEZ sparked a rare outcry from the Vientiane public as a perceived “Chinatown,” affected residents felt incapacitated to contest a national development project backed by the full weight of central state power. In contrast, a significant contingent of landowners resisted land acquisitions adjacent to the road project, perceived to be illegitimately speculative. Comparing the two projects demonstrates the interconnections between spatial patterns of dispossession and resistance shaping the emergent politics of land in Laos. Speaker Miles Kenney-Lazar is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore. His scholarship investigates the political ecologies of land and agro-industrial plantations in the Mekong Region, particularly Laos and Myanmar. He writes about the intersections of land commodification, dispossession, and resistance under repressive political conditions. His work can be found in outlets such as The Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Antipode, Environment and Planning A, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, The Journal of Peasant Studies, and Critical Asian Studies. Sign up https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=Xu-lWwkxd06Fvc_rDTR-gvMO71EutIdOjtvD7DJeP9tUOENYV0xOSzE1VzdFMkNSR0dNNktNQzZPMS4u

Virtual Internship Programme! If you’re looking for an internship opportunity, you’re in the right place! ASEAN Foundation Virtual Internship Programme does not only offer you a space to learn and improve your skills and knowledge but also allows you to contribute to the development of youth in ASEAN. Interns will be working under one of ASEAN Foundation key working units, such as Programme Unit, Communications Unit, and Operations Unit, to further unleash their skills and potential. The applications are open throughout the year! Sign up here: https://bit.ly/AF-Internship

Specially curated by National Youth Council (NYC) and the Ministry of Trade & Industry (MTI) and scheduled to be held between 17 to 29 January 2022. Centred around the theme of ‘Regional Economies & Trade: What youths need to know to be Asia-Ready’, the programme will explore the benefits of global engagement and trade to Singapore and provide youths with exposure to regional market economies (ASEAN member states, China & India), opportunities and skills required for youth to stay relevant. Participants will be able to gain first-hand insights from MTI senior officers on the key drivers in globalisation and hear from industry leaders on their regional ventures. They will also get to enhance their knowledge through a research piece guided by MTI officers. 17 - 29 January 2022 Sign up: https://go.gov.sg/aepprojapply

Join The Young SEAkers as we celebrate the amazing 30th Anniversary of ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations with our 2nd ASEAN China Youth Summit 🤯 Did you know: On 22 November 2021, ASEAN and China leaders jointly announced the establishment of a China-ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership! 💡Join us in this 1-day summit to hear from esteemed youth panellists on themes such as youth entrepreneurship, sustainability and women empowerment, important topics that are vital in ensuring the future prosperity of our region! 🙆🏻‍♂️This summit is an extension of our Inauguration Day which we celebrated in August, we hope this will be an excellent platform for passionate and like-minded youths to brainstorm and share perspectives on how we can take positive actions for our region. 🪄Reserve your spot to attend 2nd ASEAN China Youth Summit 2021 virtually at https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/tys-asean-china-youth-summit-tickets-216292305107

Global Town Hall is organized by Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI). FPCI is a non-partisan, non-politic and independent foreign policy organization established to discuss and introduce international relations issues to many relevant actors in Indonesia such as diplomats, ambassadors, government officials, academia, researchers, businesses, media, lecturers, think tanks, students and media. FPCI is also dedicated to study the most-pressing foreign policy issues in relates to ASEAN, geopolitics, middle powers, geo-economics and diaspora. You are invited to the premier foreign policy event of the year that will take place on Saturday, 20 November 2021. Global Town Hall is a north-south, east-west meeting of leading minds discussing current issues that matter. - 20 November 2021, Sat - Whole day - Register yourself now at www.gth2021.com. Spread the news to your friends and network. See you!

Youth Colab's Women's Entrepreneurship Day Join 4 amazing trailblazers from Asia Pacific for a discussion on young women's entrepreneurship, social change and gender equality 19th November 2021, Friday 2pm (SGT) Register now: https://tinyurl.com/BJUD667E

ASEAN Foundation-SAP Apprenticeship Programme in Community Affairs! ⭐Project Management Fellow ⭐Communication Fellow Be a part of the ASEAN Foundation’s and SAP’s journey of creating positive social impact across the ASEAN+6. You will get the chance to gain and build skills in various fields, including: ✅ Programme Planning, Implementation, Monitoring, and Evaluation ✅ Programme Promotion and Communications ✅ Corporate Volunteering Programme The ASAP is specially designed to equip ASEAN youth with strong professional skills and experience in international operations and prepare them to become our future leaders! Apply now: https://bit.ly/asean-sap-apprentice