Just a brief overview of the summit: We have 7 countries in Southeast Asia, and we are considering the idea of grouping countries in order to grow, based on external and internal trends.
Mon - I spent the entire day preparing for the conference, entirely to note about the external trends. Research on ASEAN in the context of Singapore, such as government, education and corporate. Analyze the way Singapore wants to capitalize on ASEAN, free trade agreements..
Tue - finalize my presentation slides. fly in to KL.
Wed - official start of the summit. each country representative presents on the external trends, reality of countries. all the presidents start to piece each country's view to form a bigger picture of SEA.
Thu - how each of the countries are faring internally, such as number of members, exchanges, and identifying the months when we are delivering tip-top performance. once we understood the trends in our external reality, we matched it against how we are performing as an organization.
Fri - finalizing plans and confirming the monetary and hr investment we would make towards SEA.
Overall, we gained a strong overview of the social issues happening in 7 countries. Most of the events happening right now by other organizations are based on getting youths heard, or to write academic papers - people are encouraged to voice out their opinions, but where is the action?
That's where we see we can step into the picture with our Projects. :) Dig deeper on our social issues, and move into the rural areas of countries like the Philippines. Drive a stronger impact through our developmental internships!
We also furthered our ambition for SEA to grow at an exponential rate; and that rides on the waves of ASEAN to engage more youths! We want to give all youths, regardless of their membership with us, the opportunity to connect and exchange their ideas to make a difference to happen.
Stay tuned to part 2 for an elaboration on our plans!
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