The ASEAN Foundation is mandated to“promote greater awareness of ASEAN, andgreater interaction among the peoples ofASEAN, as well as their wider participationin ASEAN activities through human
resources development” with particularfocus on raising ASEAN awareness andenhancing interaction among the youth and other ASEAN stakeholders. Enhancing awarenessof ASEAN is an important undertaking that involves a continuing effort at knowledge-building and inculcating values and attitudes of regionalism among various
stakeholders of the region, especially the youth. The aim is to enable ASEAN citizens to realize and appreciate common aspirations in the region and to inspire them to take part in the dynamics of building the ASEAN Community. This publication highlights the youth-related programs and projects that the ASEAN Foundation has supported and implemented over the past decade with generous support
from the Government of Japan through the Japan-ASEAN Solidarity Fund. Promoting ASEAN awareness among the young generation of ASEAN citizens was carried out through workshops and forums, community immersion activities, youth exchange programs, scholarships and development of an educational, interactive computer game, among others. With these efforts, we hope that in time, the youth, the next generation of ASEAN Leaders, would have been inculcated with the ASEAN identity to help sustain and
carry on the goals and objectives of the ASEAN Community.