ASEAN DAY: Building a People centered ASEAN

Global Movement of Moderates (GMM)
Society for the Promotion of Human Rights (Proham),

Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI) and

ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People’s Forum (ACSC/APF)

Presents

ASEAN DAY: Building a People centered ASEAN on the foundation of

Human Rights, Inclusive & Sustainable development

Date:                August 8, 2014 (Friday)

Time:               9.30am – 12.30pm

Venue:             GMM Board Room

15^th Floor, Menara Manulife

                        No. 6, Jalan Gelenggang, Damansara Heights, KL

Forty seven years ago on August 8, 1967 ASEAN was formed and now has set the agenda of establishing the ASEAN Community by 2015. Next year Malaysia is also the Chair of ASEAN and therefore Malaysia will play a major role in shaping the future of ASEAN.

In this context of fostering greater awareness of the ASEAN region, GMM and Proham is hosting a Roundtable Discussion on building a People’s ASEAN. The important foundations for this are human rights, inclusive and sustainable development for all the people of ASEAN.

This roundtable discussion seeks to provide a platform to achieve the following objectives:

·      To enhance understanding of the role played by Civil Society Organizations in ASEAN;

·      To gather response and opinion from experts and stakeholder leaders with different backgrounds on how to advance ASEAN people’s solidarity during the Chairmanship of ASEAN by Malaysia

·      To invite the panelists to share their reflections

Moderators:

Dato’ Saifuddin Abdullah (GMM) & Datuk Denison Jayasooria (Proham)

Panel Speakers:

Each panelist will be given a maximum of five (5) minutes to share their reflections.

1)       Datuk Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari

Chairman, Proham

2)       Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah

3)       Tan Sri Michael Yeoh

CEO of ASLI & Chairman of WCEF

4)       Mr Jerald Joseph

Director, Pusat Komas

5)       Tan Sri Dato' Seri Panglima Mohd Azumi Mohamed

Board of Trustees, Perdana Global Peace Foundation

6)       Mr Roger Chan

BAR Council

7)       Datin Paduka Marina Mahatir

Sisters in Islam

8)       Mr Michael Teoh

TEDxKL Founding Curators & Trainer & Speaker on Gen-Y Talents Development

9)       Ms Ellyne Lamin

Social Enterprise Alliance Malaysia 

10)   Dr Farah Nini Dusuki

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University Malaya

11)   Mr Wan Saiful Wan Jan

CEO, Ideas

For further enquiries and reservation, kindly contact:

GMM Programmes Division, Mr. Afandi Rafi
Tel +603 2095 1115, Email afandi@gmomf.org