06/10/2025
ASEAN For The People's Forum, 4-5 October 2025
For the past 2 days, AYF has been participating in the ASEAN For The People's Forum in Jakarta as organizers of the Roundtable discussion, panelists, and opening up a booth to share our works.
In this event, AYF conducted a roundtable discussion with the topic “Advancing Environmental Sustainability, Human Rights, and Social Cohesion in the Lens of Youth, Peace, and Security (YPS) Agenda,” attended by 40 diverse young people from 26 communities. Jointly with the representatives from the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This event has brought so many people in Jakarta as it is open to the public, to engage with CSOs and state officials from ASEAN countries.
We are also honored to moderate the panel on Connectivity:
Why So Difficult? The Challenges of Advancing People-to-People
Connectivity in Southeast Asia, joined by insightful panelists: Dr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of International Economics,
Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Dr. Piti Srisangnam, Executive Director of ASEAN Foundation, Melinda Martinus, Lead Researcher at ISEAS, Valentim da Costa Pinto, Executive Director, Sekretariat Forum ONG Timor Leste (FONGTIL).
We are also invited as a discussant along with The ASEAN Frontier and ISAFIS in the session Journalism: the Role of Media in Ensuring ASEAN's "Open Caring Society" with the panelists consisting of Bambang Harymurti, member of the Board of PT Tempo Inti Media, Kavi Chongkittavorn, columnist of the Bangkok Post, John Nery, Columnist and Editorial Consultant of the Rappler Ph, Amy Chew, Independent Journalist, and moderated by Anggi M. Lubis from the Conversation Indonesia.
We involved our Green Youth Hub members in this event as a way for them to connect with peers and engage with ASEAN-level CSOs and officials. AYF also gained benefits from this event, as we established numerous wonderful networks to collaborate with.
Thank you, FPCI, for holding a great event! See you next year. 👋🏽
