The One Thing I Have to Share:ASEAN Foundation

Septania H. Kadir

Head of Programs, The ASEAN Foundation (Indonesia)

Established by the ASEAN Leaders in December 1997 during ASEAN’s 30th Commemorative Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The Foundation aims to help bring about shared prosperity and a sustainable future for the entire ASEAN region.

Objectives of the ASEAN Foundation

� Promote greater awareness of ASEAN, and greater interaction among the peoples of ASEAN as well as their wider participation in ASEAN's activities inter alia through human resources development that will enable them to realize their full potential and capacity to contribute to progress of ASEAN Member States as productive and responsible members of society.

� Endeavour to contribute to the evolution of a development cooperation strategy that promotes mutual assistance, equitable economic development, and the alleviation of poverty.

2005 -2008

The Unlimited Programme (UP) in Indonesia

�The ASEAN Foundation supported the programme by developing a localized UP Curriculum and video training kit for distribution to about 100 community training centers in rural areas across Indonesia.

�NGO Connection Day in Surabaya, Medan, Jakarta

�IT Skills Training workshops

2007 -2011

Delivery of 22 ICT Trainings� Dedicated for SMEs in Indonesia, collaborating with

NGOs, business sector, the academia

� Familiarizing SMEs with basic knowledge on e-commerce

and e-business → to improve their business efficiency and

growth

� Targeting 400 participants across Indonesia: North

Sumatera, Riau, Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East

Java, North Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara.