HIGH-LEVEL FORUM ON ASEAN@50:

As part of the ASEAN 50th anniversary commemoration, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Foreign Service Institute of the Philippines, and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia held a high-level forum to discuss retrospectives and the making, substance, significance and future of ASEAN. The forum kicked off

with a panel discussion on ‘ASEAN: Partnering for Change, Engaging the World’ moderated by Mike Toledo (left), head of the MVP Group Media Bureau. In photo with Toledo are (from left) Mari Elka Pangestu, former minister of trade and former minister of tourism and creative economy, Indonesia; Ambassador Le Cong Phung, former first deputy minister for foreign affairs, Vietnam; Henry Motte-Munoz, founder and CEO of Edukasyon.ph., Philippines; Mely Caballero-Anthony, associate professor and head of Centre of Non-Traditional Security Studies, Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Ambassador Delia Domingo-Albert, former secretary of foreign affairs, Philippines; Pehin Lim Jock Seng, minister at the prime minister’s office and second minister of foreign affairs and trade, Brunei Darussalam; Professor Hidetoshi Nishimura, president of the ERIA; Tan Sri Dato Ajit Singh, former ASEAN secretary general; Ambassador Claro Cristobal, head of the FSI and Ambassador Elizabeth Buensuceso, Philippine permanent representative to ASEAN.