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9th Building a Better Asia: Young Leaders’ Retreat “Promoting the Human Agenda in Asia”

Nara City, Japan (17 – 22 April 2011)

 

Front Row: Mary Kanniga, Kanae Hirano, M Rajaretnam, Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti, Yohei Sasakawa, Surin Pitsuwan, Alicia Pitsuwan, Mrs Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti, Margaret Rajaretnam, Shuichi Ohno
Middle Row: Amy Gao, Wang Ying, U-Wen Wong, Kyi Kyi Seinn, Sunitha B. Nair, Menandro Sarion Abanes, Payoshni Mitra, Louis Goodman, Jiro Hanyu, Akinori Seki, Thai Quang Trung, Oyundelger Sedragchaa, Tang Qifang
Back Row: Enkhbayar Janchivnyambuu, Kejin Qian, Zeya Thu, Akira Matsunaga, Nirosion Shyanaka Perera, Ronnel Agor Del Rio, Sanjeev Kumar, Kamrul Hossain, Saroth Chuon, Muhammad Ilham, Sarojini Imran, Xiangxiang Ma, Sadia Khan, Sherilyn Tan Siy, Ryuhei Sano, Kamei Aphun, Novri Susan, Yoshimi Horiuchi, Katherine Galang Lacson, Ngeow Yeok Meng, Mohammed Nuruddin Al-Masud, Citra Wardhani, Noriko Hashimoto, Alwin Chavez Aguirre, Saman Gunathilaka Mastiyage Don

Front Row: Dang Hoai Phuc, Margaret Rajaretnam, Louis Goodman, M.R Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Anwar Ibrahim, Thai Quang Trung, Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti, Mrs Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti, M Rajaretnam
Middle Row: Kamei Aphun, Sunitha B. Nair, Sherilyn Tan Siy, Menandro Sarion Abanes, Kamrul Hossain, Ronnel Agor Del Rio, Sadia Khan, Alwin Chavez Aguirre, Tang Qifang, Saroth Chuon, Payoshni Mitra, Yoshimi Horiuchi, Ngeow Yeok Meng, Noriko Hashimoto, Kyi Kyi Seinn, Sarojini Imran, Saman Gunathilaka Mastiyage Don
Back Row: Katherine Galang Lacson, Xiangxiang Ma, Novri Susan, U-Wen Wong, Citra Wardhani, Sanjeev Kumar, Oyundelger Sedragchaa, Mohammed Nuruddin Al-Masud, Ryuhei Sano, Enkhbayar Janchivnyambuu, Kejin Qian, Muhammad Ilham, Nirosion Shyanaka Perera, Zeya Thu

Also See: Biodata of Participants

8th Building a Better Asia: Young Leaders’ Retreat “The Unity of Civilizations”

Peking University, Beijing, China (19 – 26 September 2010)

 

Front Row: Chong Yeon Chin, Arun Bala, J.M. Anowar, Chen Zhenya, Yansong Li, M Rajaretnam, Andrew Ellis, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Vicky Honda, Wang Ying
Middle Row: Oyundelger Sedragchaa, Ekoningtyas Margu Wardani, Ngeow Yeok Meng, Dothy, Sunitha B Nair, Bussagone Tavonprasith, Yuka Inoue, Bernadeth Anggia Maria Rosarie, Nang Saw Nandar Hlaing, Linn Linn Soe, Kaushalya Navaratne, Youngkyung Ko, Mary Kanniga, Amy Gao
Back Row: Mohammed Nuruddin Al-Masud, Vicheth Sen, Bounthiengtham Nouanpaseuth, Somkiat Champeepan, Ronaldo P. Bandalaria, Endro Kristanto, Saad Habib-E-Rasul Mullah, Edgar Minoru Tokashiki Oka, Amin Shah Bin Iskandar, Jose Atanacio L. Estuar, Ven. Balangoda Ananda Manjusri, Wuttisak Pitsuwan, Khairil Misnal

Also See: Biodata of Participants|Communique

7th Building a Better Asia: Young Leaders’ Retreat “Building the Common Good in Asia” Salaya Pavillion Hotel & Training Center

Bangkok, Thailand (31 January to 7 February 2010)

 

Front Row: J.M. Anowar, Chen Zhenya, Takeju Ogata, M Rajaretnam, Margaret R, Datuk Lim Chong Keat
Middle Row: Wang Ying, Mary Kanniga, Kyi Kyi Seinn, Erdenechimeg Altankhuyag, Noriko Hashimoto, Yan-Di Chang, Grace N. Mallorca-Bernabe, Tang Qifang, Hasrini Sari, Saroth Chuon, Sarojini Imran, Sreerupa Sengupta, Kamei Aphun, Saman Gunathilaka Mastiyage Don, Vicky Honda
Back Row: Marcelo Fukushima, Rev Lakshimikantham Iyer Jegatheesa Kurukkal, Yolanda Hu, Guanghua Liu, Sopheada Phy, Sapruddin Perwira, Rajib Roy, Saipul Hamdi, Kejin Qian, R Sumana, Allan Victor T. Dela Vega, Jay Ticar, Taro Tomisawa

The BABA Retreat in Bangkok, Thailand took on a new format, with a more formalised learning structure for the leadership modules. But it was not all serious classroom endeavour however, between bustling Bangkok, the warm hosts at Mahidol University and the vibrancy of the participants, there were plenty of moments of fun. Just ask one of the participants from BABA 7 to repeat their clarion call!

Also See: Biodata of Participants |Communique

6th Building a Better Asia: Future Leaders’ Dialogue “Building the Common Good in Asia”

Peking University, Beijing, China (13 – 19 September 2009)

 

Front Row: Mary Kanniga, Chen Zhenya, Zhan Yu, Shuichi Ohno, Takeju Ogata, Min Weifang, M Rajaretnam, Yansong Li, Johnson Paul, Wang Ying
Middle Row: Ayako Kaihatsu, Rina Shahriyani Shahrullah, Akira Uchimura, Tamy Yamamoto Kohatsu, Sadia Khan, Najiyah Martiam, Zhang Xueqiong, Pham Kim Ngoc, Husnur Esthiwahyu, Ky Bun Heang, Bartoven Vivit Nurdin, Chie Morimura, Zhang Yun Yun
Back Row: Setsu Hanasaki, Batbayar Ulziidelger, Ryuhei Sano, Nirosion Perera, Katsuaki Takahashi, Tran Quang Tuan, Vanthana Nolintha, Kardison Lumban Batu, Sung-Woo Hong, Mohd Afzal Hossain Akand, Li Bingzhong, Sanjeev Kumar

Also See: Biodata of Participants|Communique

5th Building a Better Asia: Future Leaders’ Dialogue “Building the Common Good in Asia”

Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India (8 – 15 February 2009)

 

Front Row: Mary Kanniga, Datuk Lim Chong Kiat, M Rajaretnam, Anupam Saraph, Subrat Singhdeo, Madhav Nalapat, Saroj Kumar Patnaik, Margaret R.
Middle Row: Weigang Li, Herry Yogaswara, Reny Fitriana, Ngoc Anh Nguyen, Husnul Fitri, Hisako Ishizaki, Rosalie Hall, Sandra Naomi Asazu, Zheng Anguang, Yeni Salma Barlinti, Zhang Lingling, Rina Shahriyani Shahrullah
Back Row: Menandro S. Abanes, Akira Uchimura, Biju Koonathan, R Sumana, Gustavo S Kishimoto, Nguyen Dang Ben, Vicky Honda, Wilfredo Iii Magno Torres, Andi Amri, Marjjuk Ahmed, Seiji Isotani, Muhammad Ilham

Also See: Biodata of Participants

4th Building a Better Asia: Future Leaders’ Dialogue “Building the Common Good in Asia”

Peking University, Beijing, China (26 Oct – 2 Nov 2008)

 

Front Row: Yonosuke Hara, Khalid Jaafar, Anupam Saraph, Shuichi Ohno, Min Weifang, Takeju Ogata, M Rajaretnam, Yansong Li, Gordon Flake, Hiru Bijlani
Middle Row: Sherilyn Siy, Citra Wardhani, Wangling Zhu, Don Tuan Phong, Ulziibayar Vangansuren, Sitthattha Taikeophithoun, Erna Anjarwati, Madhuchada Ghosh, Manisha Singh, Siti Nuryanti, Sayako Tokusue, Ju Li, Mathurana G. Sarath Kumara, Maki Furuki, Jing Zhang, Jingran Guo, Feng Shi, Vicky Honda, Mary Kanniga, Wang Ying, Ms Chen Zhenya
Back Row: Danaasuren Vandangombo, Kamrul Hossain, Marat Nurgaliyev, Ohto Norio, Novri Susan, Raja Ahmad Shahrir Iskandar, Jian Junbo, Peng Ren, Taro Tomisawa, R Sumana, Isamu Maruyama, Naoki Saito, Binaya Dhungana, Joselito Jimenez, Tin Maung Aye, Zhan Yu

Also See: Biodata of Participants |Communique

3rd Building a Better Asia: Future Leaders’ Dialogue “Building the Common Good in Asia”

The International Centre, Goa, India (16-24 February 2008)

 

Front Row: Shu Iijima, P.R. Ramanujam, M Rajaretnam, S C Jamir, Amitav Acharya Middle Row 1: Maki Arakawa, Setsu Hanasaki, Tomoko Momiyama, Manisha Singh, Payoshni Mitra, Latdavanh Songvilay, Bold Nergui
Middle Row 2: Yasuyoshi Hayashi, Xiangxiang Ma, Debora Eflina Purba, Wataru Fujita, Nameirakpam Bijen Meetei, Shawrabh Kumar Barua, Nguyen Manh Cuong, Nuon So Thero, Maeum Han, Sirichinda Thongchinda, Kyi Kyi Seinn
Back Row: Mary Kanniga, Sonia Xavier, Yasutoshi Yoshida, Bikramaditya Kumar Choudhary, Li Guo, Bui Van Toan, Yuli Nugroho, Kokaew Wongphan, Alwin Chavez Aguirre, Henry Chan

The International Centre, Goa, India hosted the third Building A Better Asia:Future Leaders’ Dialogue from 16-24 February 2008. The theme for the 2007-08 retreat was – “Building the Common Good in Asia” and focused on issues such as Economic and Social Disparities, Promoting Social Security, Sustainable Development, Participatory Mobility, Capacity Building and Efficient Governance. more>>

Also See: Retreat Theme | Programme | Participants | Resource Persons | Facilitators | Communique |Reflections

Reports: Day1 | Day2 | Day3 | Day4 | Day 5 | Day 6| Day 7| Day 8

2nd Building a Better Asia: Future Leaders’ Dialogue “Building the Common Good in Asia”

Peking University, Beijing, China (9-16 September 2007)

 

Front Row: Enkhbaigali Byambasuren, Sakae Saito, Amitav Acharya,Pranee Thiparat, Surin Pitsuwan, Yuli Ismartono, M Rajaretnam, Khalid Jaafar, Tharadon Piemtongsant
Middle Row: Nazim Budi Setiawan, Khine Tun, S.K. Mohanty, Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay, Nguyen Manh Cuong,Tatsuya Yamamoto, Tharanga Dhammika Ranasinghe, Sri Nuryanti, Nguyen Thi Minh Hien, Aprilia Budi Hendrijani, Usamard Siampukdee, Mary Kanniga, Lau Sim Yee
Back Row: Wang Ying, Siti Khadijah Abdul Gani, Wong Chay Nee, Katherine Galang Lacson, Wang Yan, Anindita Pujari, Ayame Suzuki, Cheang Sokha, Sayvisene Boulom, Gordon Segal, Chen Zhenya

The Building a Better Asia: Future Leaders’ Retreat was organized from the 9th – 16th September, 2007, in Beijing. The retreat was hosted by the Peking University. The theme for the retreat was – “Building the Common Good in Asia” and focused on issues such as Shared Prosperity, Common Security, Ecology and Sustainable Development, Human Security, Globalization, and Media. more>>

Also See: Programme| Biodata of Resource Persons|Biodata of Participants|Biodata of Academic Committee Members | Speeches –Surin Pitsuwan, |Min Weifang,| M Rajaretnam|Communique

1st Building a Better Asia: Future Leaders’ Dialogue “Reconciliation Reconsidered”

Peking University, Beijing China (3 – 10 September 2006)

 

Front Row: Rizal Sukma, M Rajaretnam, Seki Akinori, Min Weifang, Yohei Sasakawa, Yonosuke Hara, Shuichi Ohno, Qingde Pan, Zhang Qi
Middle Row: Akira Matsunaga, Keiko Watanabe, Pande Ketut Trimayuni, Hu Yiping, Ming Yu Cheng, Sherilyn Siy, Dongshu Ou, Rosalie Hall, Henry Chan, Yasutoshi Yoshida
Back Row: Dongyi Wang, Tiejun Yu, Sengphachanh Simangkhala, Duke Ghosh, Rux Prompaht, Tran Vu Nguyen, Herry Yogaswara, Zeya Thu, Euysung Kim, Soeum Yin, Yongtao Gui

Building a Better Asia: Future Leaders’ Dialogue retreat was organized from September 3rd to 10th, 2006, in the campus of Peking University. This first retreat program had invited 16 participants, from various countries in Asia, The Academic Committee of this program had chosen “ Reconciliation Reconsidered” as the theme for this First Retreat. This retreat program comprised two keynote lectures delivered by Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, former Foreign Minister of Thailand, and Prof. Jia Qingguo, a well known scholar from Graduate School of International Relations of Peking University. In addition, a series of lectures were conducted by a group of eminent scholars/professionals on the following topics, political transition, development governance, political transition, civil society, innovation and technology, media. Furthermore, the participants were divided into three discussion groups, in which each group had 5 break-out sessions for furthering their intellectual exchanges. more>>

Also See: Building A Better Asia: Future Leaders’ Dialogue | Program Schedule | Communique | Lecturers CVs | Secretariat CVs | Participants CVs | Academic Committee CVs | Lecture Notes | BABA Group three Members Video Presentation