The Regional EU-ASEAN Dialogue Instrument (READI) funded activities such as
ASEAN-EU Journalists workshop in Singapore and two scientific workshops in Indonesia
and Viet Nam. The second phase of the SEA-EU-NET project was launched with the ASEAN
Committee on Science and Technology holding a dialogue with the European Commission in
Brussels in December 2012. Similarly, the 2012 ASEAN-China Year of Science and Technology
Cooperation saw the launching of China-ASEAN Science and Technology Enhanced
Partnership (STEP) Programme at the 1st ASEAN-China Ministerial Meeting on Science and
Technology on 22 September 2012 in Nanning, China.