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APEC
Sister
Schools
Networking
(ASSN)
Somjai
Theeratith,
Bureau
of International
Cooperation,
Ministry
of Education
of Thailand
The
APEC
Sister
Schools
Networking
(ASSN)
project
was
conceived
as a
means
to respond
to ICT
challenges
to promote
human
capacity
building
and
to enhance
interconnectedness
of the
school-based
population
in APEC
economies.
The
project
was
initiated
by the
Minister
of Foreign
Affairs
of Thailand
at the
13th
APEC
Ministerial
Meeting
in Shanghai,
China,
and
was
further
developed
by the
Ministry
of Education,
Thailand
for
consideration
and
endorsement
at the
18th
EDNET
Meeting
in Hanoi.
The
project
was
funded
by the
APEC
Central
Fund
and
the
Thai
Government
covering
participation
costs
of fourteen
travel-eligible
economies
and
of international
speakers
as well
as domestic
activities
conducted
in seven
coastal
provinces
along
the
Gulf
of Thailand
and
in Bangkok
respectively.
The
ASSN
Project
was
divided
into
two
phases:
Phase
1-ASSN
Virtual
Community
and
Phase
2-APEC
International
Youth
Camp.
The
overall
aim
of the
project
was
to provide
an opportunity
for
students
and
teachers
to learn
more
about
APEC,
APEC
economies
and
cultures,
to promote
friendship,
a sense
of APEC
partnership,
cooperation
and
interrelationship
among
the
APEC
youth
and
teachers
while
focusing
on the
Pacific
coastal
ecosystem.
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