ASEF Young Leaders Summit

ASEF Young Leaders Summit

BACKGROUND ON THE ASEFYLS SERIES 

The ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS) is the place for Asian and European young professionals and students to connect, dialogue and learn from one another. It is the forum for youth to voice their ideas and develop their leadership capacities.

Key characteristics of ASEFYLS:

• • Leadership capacity building
  • Diverse team collaboration to solve societal challenges
  • Personal interactions between youth and political leaders
  • Youth Declarations presented to leaders and decision-makers
  • Access to an invaluable network of young leaders across Asia and Europe.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

The ASEFYLS is built on 4 programme elements:

1) Knowledge Building Phase

Participants attend online crash courses on policy making, leadership and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and build up thematic expertise for the conference on site.

2) On-Site Programme

The programme includes a variety of learning formats: thematic lectures, human libraries, skills trainings, collaborative working groups and dialogue sessions between junior and senior leaders from politics, business and academia.

3) Connections with Asian and European Leaders

At the ASEFYLS, one-to-one meetings are arranged between participants and their respective Leaders and decision makers.

4) Leadership in Action activities

The ASEFYLS format allows participants to collaborate to solve global societal challenges.

UPCOMING EDITION

ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS) Capacity Buildings 2024
“Leadership and Society 5.0”
July – December 2024 | Virtual, China & Hungary

PAST EDITIONS

5th ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS5)
“Leadership and Society 5.0”
August – December 2023 | Virtual & Salamanca, Spain

4th ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS4)
“Sustainable Development in a Post-COVID-19 World”
February – June 2021 | Virtual, Cambodia & ASEM countries

3rd ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS3)
“Ethical Leadership”
15-19 October 2018 | Brussels, Belgium

2nd ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS2)
“Access to Youth Employment”
ASEM Lifelong Learning Hub (ASEM LLL Hub) & Korea Youth Work Agency (KYWA)
16-22 September 2017 | Seoul, Korea

1st  ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS1)
“Entrepreneurship and Youth Employment”
University of Luxembourg & European Investment Bank (Luxembourg)
1-5 November 2015 | Luxembourg

PAST CAPACITY TRAININGS

ASEFYLS5 Navigators Training, 2023
In the lead up to the 5th ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS5)
21-25 June 2023 | Singapore

ASEFYLS4 Navigators Training 2021, Online
in support of the 4th ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS4)
August 2020 – December 2021, Virtual, Cambodia, Singapore & ASEM countries

ASEFYLS3 Navigators Training 2018 Poland
In the lead up to the 3rd ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS3)
College of Europe, Natolin
10-14 July 2018, Warsaw, Poland

ASEFYLS3 Navigators Training 2018 India
In the lead up to the 3rd ASEF Young Leaders Summit (ASEFYLS3)
Symbiosis International (Deemed University)
16-20 May 2018, Pune, India

ASEF Capacity Training in Lao PDR
On Public Speaking & Networking
The National University of Lao & Global Changemakers
9-10 October 2017, Vientiane, Lao PDR

ASEF Capacity Training in Greece
On Public Speaking & Negotiation Skills
Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Global Changemakers and ESN Greece
4-5 July 2017, Thessaloniki, Greece

ASEF Capacity Training in Bangladesh
On Evaluation Techniques & Impact Assessment
North South University & Paia Consultancy
22-23 March 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh

ASEF Capacity Training in Pakistan
On Societal Leadership Skills
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) & Institute for Societal Leadership (ISL) at Singapore Management University (SMU)
17-18 March 2016, Islamabad, Pakistan

ASEF Capacity Training in Cambodia
On Team Management & Leadership Skills
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cambodia, Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia & Sqore
30 November – 2 December 2015, Phnom Penh, Cambodia