AUN News

Last July to August 2022, a series of discussions and activities were done to initiate the ASEAN-Korea Youth Summit 2022. This year’s theme of Carbon Neutrality and ASEAN-Korea Youth was a good starting point as the topic's relevance to today’s emerging environmental issues is very prevalent and needs to be discussed.

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and The National Council of Youth Organizations in Korea, in partnership with the ASEAN University Network and the Korean Educational Psychology Association, hosted the ASEAN-Korea Youth Summit 2022 (AKYS 2022) held from 9-12 August 2022 with the main theme of “Carbon Neutrality and ASEAN-Korea Youth”. The Summit garnered the participation of over 80 delegates from ASEAN countries and the Republic of Korea convened via Zoom and Metaverse (ZEP). Throughout the four-day programme, the delegates had various activities throughout the summit, including creating brochures based on their assigned topic, coming up with recommendation proposals for carbon neutrality and addressing relevant environmental concerns. Aside from these, they also had the chance to showcase their countries’ uniqueness through the cultural exchange and activities held on the ZEP platform, where delegates had the opportunity to know more about other countries’ cultures and to further interact with co-delegates.