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00:00ASEAN and EU team up in boosting student and academic mobility in ASEAN through a 9 million
00:10euro initiative.
00:13This initiative was launched through a new program called Sustainable Connectivity Package
00:18in Higher Education at the ASEAN headquarters, Jakarta, on July 17.
00:25This year, the EU is granting Erasmus Mundus joint master's degree scholarship to more
00:30than 200 ASEAN students, which allows students to study in two or more European countries.
00:37This is a part of what we call Team Europe initiatives, which are projects which bring
00:43together the European Union, its 27 member states and its financial institutions.
00:49We chose this particular project through the choice of implementing partners with the Dutch
00:56Agency for the Internationalization of Education and with the German Academic Exchange Service.
01:04It is an investment from the European Union in ASEAN of 9.3 million euros, centered around
01:12three priorities, which are student mobility, university networking and building up of technical
01:21vocational education and training.
01:26The project aims to foster EU-ASEAN cross-regional universities in research and strengthening
01:31vocational education, focusing on green transition, sustainability and digitalization.
01:38This particular program, I believe because of the much larger investment and the contribution
01:44by the EU, will certainly involve in many areas, particularly to benefit the training
01:52for young people in ASEAN, young citizens in digital skills, green skills, of course
02:02also about how to empower women as well, in terms of equality, but the participation
02:12will involve not only on the universities and training institutions, but the private
02:18sector also.
02:19So I think this is something that in the end is about investment of the people.
02:25Other than higher education, the Sustainable Connectivity Package will also cover for other
02:30sectors with a total of 60 million euro commitment, such as trade, digital connectivity, energy
02:37and investments.
02:39Maudi Kalisya and Nugur Harjo for C2Day.