Third year political science student Paolo J. Nazareno was chosen to as one of the participants for the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths popularly known as JENESYS 2.0. He was one of the 150 chosen delegates in ASEAN countries, together with 30 Japanese participating youths, for the program Japan-ASEAN Student Conference last December 07-16, 2013.
The 15 representatives of the Philippines coming from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao had a pre-departure briefing last December 6, 2013 conducted by the National Youth Commission.
The 150 ASEAN delegates were divided into 5 five discussion topics: Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment and Corporate Social Contribution (CSC), Social Contribution Activities by Youth based on the Volunteerism, and Traditional Culture. Each group visited different Prefectures such as Shiga, Wakayama, Tottori, Hokkaido and Kagoshima prefectures respectively; and exposed them to Japanese culture.
Through these discussion topics, the delegates were tasked to make an action plan that will solve the existing problems of Asian countries.
Asean-Japan Special Summit Meeting from Dec. 13-15 coincided with the The Japan-Asean Students' Conference, in celebration of the 40th year of Asean-Japan Friendship, with the theme “Thoughts Connected, Future Connected.”
This student conference focused on “the cooperative role of youth in Asean and Japan toward peace, stability, and development, and prosperity in Asia.”Jenesys 2.0, was an offshoot of the original Jenesys program way back in 2007. It was opened this year by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, with the purpose of offering varied youth exchange opportunities to Japan.
As part of Jenesys 2.0, the Japan-Asean Student Conference served as an instrument for youth involvement in building the Asian community, and building camaraderie among Asian youths.
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