Call for Applicants: ASEAN Foundation Model ASEAN Meeting – East Asia Summit 2025 (AFMAM EAS 2025)

June 19, 2025

To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the East Asia Summit (EAS), the ASEAN Foundation, in collaboration with the Missions of Australia, China, and Japan to ASEAN, is launching a special edition of its flagship diplomacy simulation programme: the ASEAN Foundation Model ASEAN Meeting – East Asia Summit 2025 (AFMAM EAS 2025).

This immersive youth diplomacy event will bring together 60 exceptional university students from across EAS participating countries to simulate high-level ASEAN and EAS meetings. Participants will engage in negotiations, draft policy proposals, and shape an Outcome Document reflecting youth perspectives on pressing regional challenges.

🌟 Programme Highlights

• Pre-conference Online Training (Aug 2025)
  
  

• In-person Simulation in Jakarta (15–19 Sep 2025)
  
  

• Topics:
  
  

  • Offshore Renewable Energy
    
    

  • Disaster Management
    
    

  • Marine Debris & Pollution
    
    

• Roles: ASEAN & Dialogue Partner officials
  
  

• Outcome: A youth-driven EAS Outcome Document
  
  

🎯 Who Can Apply?

Applicants must:

• Be aged 18–26 years
  
  

• Be currently enrolled in a diploma or undergraduate program
  
  

• Be a citizen of any EAS country: ASEAN Member States, Timor-Leste, Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Russia, or the United States
  
  

• Be proficient in English
  
  

📌 Required Documents

• Headshot photo
  
  

• Scanned passport (valid until at least March 2026)
  
  

• Letter of enrolment
  
  

• List of 5 key achievements
  
  

• 500-word essay on one of the following:
  
  

  • Offshore Renewable Energy
    
    

  • Disaster Management
    
    

  • Marine Debris & Pollution
    
    

Discuss ASEAN's role and propose innovative partnerships or actions under the East Asia Summit framework.

💼 Benefits

• Fully funded travel and accommodation (for ASEAN, Timor-Leste, Australia, and Japan participants)
  
  

• Real-world experience in diplomacy
  
  

• Opportunity to network with youth across the EAS region
  
  

• Potential mini-grant to organize a local Model ASEAN Meeting
  
  

📅 15–19 September 2025
📍 ASEAN Headquarters, Jakarta, Indonesia
🕒 Application Deadline: 4 July 2025
📩 Apply now via: https://bit.ly/AFMAMEAS-Form
📧 Inquiries: afmam@aseanfoundation.org

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