Collaborations between Museums and Schools (Thai)
by Mrs.Rium Poompongpat
Venue: SPAFA Headquarters Building
Time: 14:00 – 16:00 hrs
Admission free of charge

For more information contact Miss Patsri

Email: patsri@seameo-spafa.org

International Symposium on the Challenges in Heritage Tourism

SEAMEO-SPAFA is pleased to announce that it will convene an International Symposium on Heritage Tourism to be held 24-26 September 2008 in Bangkok , Thailand . Tourism continues to steadfastly increase in Southeast Asia and remains as a key income generator for most, if not all, Southeast Asian countries. As tourists, local as well as foreign, demand more from their vacation trips the rise in cultural excursions keeps gaining momentum. However, striving for a balance between economic gain, sustainable development that maintains as well as improves the quality of the destination, and beneficial social and community outcomes, does not happen by chance. There needs to be a concerted plan of action agreed upon by all key players involved. This Symposium aims to bring together those very key players in Southeast Asia so that they can discuss and debate on how to capitalize on management innovations and initiatives, strengthen partnerships and align common goals, promote further corporate and social responsibility, and finally, adopt a multi-disciplinary approach to heritage tourism.

For information and registration, please click on the Symposium link on the left

3rd International Conference on Culture and Development: Channeling Real Change

SEAMEO-SPAFA is pleased to announce that it will hold the 3rd International Conference on Culture and Development from 26-28 November 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the theme of Channeling Real Change. The inaugural conference was held in 2002 and later followed up with a 2nd conference held in 2005. Three years have passed since then and we are now ready to revisit the ongoing culture and development discourse by providing a platform for the presentation of individual experiences, new findings, and viewpoints. By encouraging public participation from across all sectors of society, the presentation of shared experiences and common understandings could prove to be the inspirational and motivating factors that can channel positive changes and encourage more pro-active engagement by all.
For more information and registration, please click on the Conference link on the left

Culture and Development Workshops

In collaboration with the ASEAN Foundation, SEAMEO-SPAFA will soon embark on another round of workshops on Managing the Integration of Culture into Development Programmes . Up to now over 400 participants have taken part in the 10 workshops held so far throughout Southeast Asia . During the later part of 2008 and early 2009, another 6 workshops are being planned and this time the focus will be on the participation of young people aged 18-25 years. The workshop schedule, information, and application procedure will be announced shortly. In the meantime, if interested in this topic, take a look at the Guidelines publication which can be freely accessed by clicking on the Culture and Development link on the left.

CollAsia 2010

CollAsia 2010, a partnership between SEAMEO-SPAFA and ICCROM on a series of projects focused on Conserving Heritage Collections in Southeast Asia, has been granted further generous support from the Getty Foundation. This helps to enable and strengthen the continuation of activities planned for 2008-2010. Upcoming CollAsia 2010 programme announcements will be posted soon on website. Please visit www.collasia2010.org for information.