Asia Europe Foundation's Ethical Young Leaders Summit 3
I was one of 150 participants to be chosen out of 13,500 applicants to be part of a cross cultural ethical young leaders summit in Brussels. ASEFYLS3 adapted a 360° approach to leadership that recognised the very act of leading to be present across all spectrums of society—from home, to the classroom, in a business meeting to the streets. ASEFYLS3 brought together young people who were willing to critically reflect, re-imagine and shape the notion of leadership — starting from themselves, within their communities and on an Asia-Europe scale. #ASEFYLS3 ECO- SYSTEM & IMPACT: The 3rd edition of ASEFYLS moved beyond the conference borders. The participants of ASEFYLS3 joined a 5-step programme: Online: #knowledge_stretching Initial insights on the topic and the 10 thematic angles through webinars and group/individual tasks. This year we made the webinars open for the whole ASEFEdu community – Streamed on our ASEFEdu Facebook page . On-site at ASEFYLS3: #action_oriented The core element of ASEFYLS3 was for the participants to develop ideas, projects and commitments in the form of spin-off activities linked to leadership and sustainable development in local communities and collaboratively with the ASEFYLS3 peers. In accorance with this, there were 4 spin-off proposals developed by participants from various thematic groups. #network_based Networks triggered movements! ASEFYLS3 had enhanced its networking element amongst the participants, speakers, facilitators and partners. #leadership_exchange ASEFYLS has always been in close proximity to the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) political process. ASEFYLS3 aligned with the 12th ASEM Summit (ASEM12), where the youth voice and commitments were voiced out at Opening Ceremony of ASEM12. #reciprocity_focused ASEFYLS3 promoted the leadership of paying forward. ASEFYLS3 alumni are being supported in rolling out ideas and initiatives to spread their talent and work beyond the ASEFYLS framework. Full project deets available via: https://www.asef.org/projects/themes/education/4442-3rd-asef-young-leaders-summit-asefyls3
