The Hanoitimes - The closing meeting for the ASEAN-EU Year of Sciences, Technology and
Innovation 2012 (YoSTI 2012) was jointly organised by the SEA-EU NET project
and the EU Committee in Brussels, Belgium.
YoSTI 2012, initiated in November, 2011,
witnessed approximately 40 events in ten Southeast Asian countries and the EU.
It aimed to boost scientific and technological cooperation between the two
regions.
The event created favourable conditions for
researchers and policy-makers to meet and discuss the results and benefits of
research activities and the bi-regional cooperation potential.
The meeting’s reports revealed the key
outcomes and impacts on the future of ASEAN-EU collaboration.
During the engagement, high-level
policy-makers from the EU and ASEAN, as well as researchers, research managers
and members of key research institutions assessed how synergy in science and
technology between the EU and the ASEAN region can be created.
It was mutually agreed that the emerging
scientific ties create opportunities for scientists to jointly explore new
technology potentials, such as gene and nano-technology, increase agricultural
productivity, figure out smarter approaches to produce and conserve energy, and
seek secure provision of food and clean water in the two regions.
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