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Asian Renaissance: Capacity Building for Future Leaders in Southeast Asia
13,200,000 yen [Grant Project]
Institute for Policy Research (Malaysia)
Early members of the ASEAN have achieved unparalleled economic success and developed very stable societies under strong leadership in each country. However, for further success and development in these countries, capacity building for future leaders is necessary to deal with improvements of quality in political, economical, and society systems, and improvements in flexibility toward changes in the surrounding environment. In cooperation with intellectuals and politicians who are currently in office from ASEAN, Japan, US and Europe, the project targets selected ASEAN countries where parliamentary democracies have been established, and aims to nurture future leaders in these countries by selecting promising young leaders in political, governmental, economical and academic areas and giving them the opportunity to enrich their cultural level. Both open recruitment and recommendation systems will be applied to the selection of future leaders, and clear selection criteria will be disclosed for transparency during the selection processes.
In the second year of the project, following activities are planned.
- Liaison Meeting (July 2007, Kuala Lumpur)
Led by Dr. Anwar Ibrahim, Dr. Surin Pitsuwan and Mr. Sukhumbhand Paribatra and others will handle preparations such as development of training programs and selection as well as negotiation with lecturers. 25 participants will be screened through open recruitment and recommendation systems.
- Workshop
(1)Determining participants and Preliminary Training (September 2007)
Selected participants will be assigned with reference literature. This year, The End of History and the Last Man of Francis Fukuyama and The Asian Rennaissance of Anwar Ibrahim are chosen as prerequisite reading. A few additional books will be included in a book list to be sent out to participants for compulsory perusal in advance.
(2)Workshop (December 2007, 7 days, Jogjakarta)
Lectures will be given in the morning, and building upon the lectures, discussion will take place in the afternoon. Following programs are scheduled: a) Meaning of the Asian Renaissance in the contemporary world (Anwar Ibrahim, former Malaysian deputy prime minister); b) Tradition and democracy of Asia (Mr. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, a prince of the Kingdom of Thailand); c) The future of leadership in Asia (Corazon Aquino, former Pilipino president); d) Neoconcervatism and the world order (Francis Fukuyama) and others.
(Second year of a 5-year project)
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