ASEAN Young Leader Empowerment Thailand’s Perspectives toward the Youth Capacity Building Waraiporn Sangnapaboworn Panthep Larpkesorn

Paper Outline National policy and trends to protect and develop young leaders Role of departmental programs that capacitate ASEAN young leaders Major concepts for young leader empowerment Suggestions for an implication: case of Thailand

National Policy and Trends Scenario Scenario - Low birth rate - Low birth rate % of pop. age % of pop. age Growth of 15 years (free) - Growth of 15 years (free) basic education basic education - Skills development for the - Skills development for the 21 st. Century 21 st. Century - Civic society and - Civic society and public participation public participation Public Measures Public Measures - Child care and - Child care and welfare state welfare state - Massification of higher - Massification of higher education and lifelong education and lifelong learning learning - Parity between general - Parity between general and VET streams and VET streams - Speedy politico- - Speedy politico- economic mobility and economic mobility and sense of civic sense of civic citizenship citizenship

Youth Leader Policy Flagship

Children and Youth Networking

Ongoing Programs Social development and human security Social development and human security Agriculture and cooperatives Agriculture and cooperatives Domestic security and government Domestic security and government Culture Culture Education Education

Path of ASEAN Young Leader Empowerment ASEAN as a forum to indentify common major potentials ASEAN as a forum to indentify common major potentials - Lifelong learners - Lifelong learners - Nodes of change - Nodes of change - Peaceful cohabitation - Peaceful cohabitation - Self-confidence in ASEANness - Self-confidence in ASEANness

Path of ASEAN Young Leader Empowerment Youth dialogue and hand-on activity Youth dialogue and hand-on activity - Ways of life in ASEAN - Ways of life in ASEAN - ASEANness in the 21 Century - ASEANness in the 21 Century - Volunteerism and public service - Volunteerism and public service

Path of ASEAN Young Leader Empowerment Capacity building of national youth development networks Capacity building of national youth development networks - ASEAN Youth Coordination Service - ASEAN Youth Coordination Service - Cost- sharing among country members - Cost- sharing among country members - Re-examine and assess ongoing - Re-examine and assess ongoing programs programs - Explore new areas of cooperation e.g. - Explore new areas of cooperation e.g. ASEAN STUDY ASEAN STUDY