The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) promotes understanding, strengthens relationships & facilitates cooperation among the people, institutions & organisations of Asia &Europe. ASEF enhances dialogue, enables exchanges & encourages collaboration across the thematic areas of culture, education, governance, economy, sustainable development, public health & media. ASEF is an intergovernmental not-for-profit organisation located in Singapore. Founded in 1997, it is the only institution of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). For more information, please visit www.ASEMinfoboard.org ASEF runs more than 25 projects a year, consisting of around 100 activities, mainly conferences, seminars, workshops, lectures, publications & online platforms, together with about 125 partner organisations. Each year over 3,000 Asians and Europeans participate in its activities & much wider audiences are reached through its various events, publications & web-portals. For more information, please visit www.ASEF.org The 53 ASEF Members are Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, China, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, the Lao PDR, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Viet Nam, the European Union & the ASEAN Secretariat.