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Professional volunteerism and international exchange within ASEAN
ASEAN Cultural Exchange Project
Thanh Sơn Zen Teahouse, Hồ Chí Minh City
July 5, 2014
Professional volunteer spirit
Definition Equal to professional experience Many seminars/workshops are not for
persons without knowledge in some professional fields
Chances
ASEAN’s bodies programs: SEAMEO Youth Leadership Forum (and similar for different professions), AUN Youth Cultural Forum (limited to some universities only)
Inter-governmental programs: SSEAYP/Mekong Sub-Region Youth Programs
ASEAN’s civil-society-based programs: Mekong Peace Journey/Mekong Riverbank Network/Vietnam-Cambodia exchange programs
Independently welcoming ASEAN delegates to Vietnam through various organizations
What kind of sponsorship
Fully-funded: limited for accepted presenters or essay winners only, sometimes with daily allowance besides free accommodation and official meals or local transportation.
Partly-funded: similar to fully-funded but without roundtrip air ticket.
Commercial: you or your supporter have to pay for registration fee.
How to get involved?
Open-minded enough (respectful to other cultures)
Be a good presenter (or essay writer) English proficiency Understand well the criteria of each program Have a good action plan to beat deadline
SEAMEO Youth Leadership Forum
Concept note Criteria for selection of participants Sample activities from previous programs
Q&A session
Ethnomusic exchange
The ASEAN Way
