UNION
Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Thet Thet Khine
attended the online launching ceremony of ASEAN Youth Development Index Phase
II yesterday.
ASEAN
Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi said, in his greeting speech, the youths
are the new generations having differences and similarities according to the
regional location. Currently, all are facing the challenges of the COVID-19
pandemic.
The
ASEAN YDI Phase I was launched in 2017 while the ASEAN YDI Phase II measured in
three major domains for all youths, and the youth development programmes will
be also implemented in the future. Then, the Ministers for Youth Affairs in
ASEAN countries respectively made remarks on ASEAN Youth Development Index
Phase II.
Afterwards,
Union Minister Dr Thet Thet Khine appreciated the efforts in launching the
ASEAN YDI Phase II, adding Myanmar participated in programmes for ASEAN YDI
Phase I.
The
expert team conducted the systematic survey of the opinions of university
students on ASEAN for ASEAN YDI Phase II.
The
report will benefit the youth development in ASEAN countries. The ASEAN YDI
Phase I looked at four domains of education, health and wellbeing, employment,
participation and engagement while the ASEAN YDI Phase II studied awareness,
values and identity.
A
total of 1,582 students from 10 universities from ASEAN countries, 627 students
from 4 universities in ASEAN regions and 151 Myanmar experts and students
participated in data collection programmes of ASEAN YDI Phase II.
MNA
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