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|leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = Deputy Executive Director |leader_name2 = |established = 1997 |official_website = (www.ASEF.org ) }} The Asia–Europe Foundation (ASEF) is an intergovernmental not-for-profit organization located in Singapore. Founded in 1997, it is the only institution of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). Its purpose is to promote mutual understanding and cooperation between the people of Asia and Europe through intellectual, cultural, and people-to-people exchanges. Together with over 750 partner organisations ASEF has run about 700 projects in Asia and Europe, mainly conferences, seminars and workshops. More than 20,000 Asians and Europeans have actively participated in its activities and it reaches much wider audiences through its networks, web-portals, publications, exhibitions and lectures.〔(''Asia-Europe Foundation - What We Do'' )〕 == History == In March 1996, the leaders of 25 Asian and European countries, together with the European Commission, met in Bangkok, Thailand, for the first Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit. At this inaugural meeting, they agreed on the establishment of the Asia–Europe Foundation (ASEF) in 1997 as a central institution of ASEM's social, cultural and educational pillar.〔''ASEM InfoBoard - About ASEM'' http://www.aseminfoboard.org/working-method.html〕 One of the main tasks of ASEF is to become an interface between civil society groups and governments by facilitating interactions among people from diverse fields and transmitting the resulting outputs as recommendations to policy-makers.〔''Asia-Europe Foundation - History'' http://www.asef.org/index.php/about/history〕 By nature, ASEF is different from international organisations, as it works with both ASEM governments and civil society. It works on creating sustainable networks, injects civil society inputs into the ASEM process, and enhances ASEM visibility. This unique attribute allows ASEF's activities to generate ideas and solutions that would not normally emerge from purely inter-governmental or civil society processes. To date, ASEF is the only permanently established institution of the ASEM process. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Asia–Europe Foundation (ASEF)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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