Yesterday, 21 September, SEA-EU-NET held an expert workshop on best opportunities and potential pitfalls in science and technology cooperation between Southeast Asia and the EU (see also our calendar). The event was organised and hosted by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and took place in its historical headquarters in the centre of Amsterdam, the "Trippenhuis"

The Second Bi-Regional EU-SEA S&T Stakeholders Conference (Bogor Conference) on "Climate Change adaptation and mitigation - Strengthening SEA-EU S&T cooperation to find common solutions", will be held in IPB International Convention Center, Bogor, on November 11-12, 2009. The Stakeholder conference will bring together policymakers and researchers from Europe and South East Asia...

The important bi-regional cooperation between EC and ASEAN was given a significant boost when Director for International Cooperation in DG Research, Mary Minch, and her colleagues, met with the ASEAN Committee for Science and Technology (COST) in Bali, Indonesia, on May 30, 2009. The meeting was a follow up from last year's informal ministerial meeting and consultative senior officials meeting...