Shared Initiatives in Education and Knowledge Between ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific Countries for Sustainability

Abstract

This chapter presents some initiatives in education, and knowledge sharing between ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific countries for sustainability by focusing on people-to-people connectivity, particularly education cooperation. The ASEAN body of knowledge and Indo-Pacific traditional medicines should be researched and published through digital platforms for health security. In today’s world, there are numerous uncertainties: climate change, the risk of severe natural disaster, pandemics like Covid-19, wars and conflicts to name but a few. As ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific countries have different development levels, many countries still depend on agriculture to support their economy, making them self-reliant for food which can also be exported. Therefore, the late King Bhumibol’s philosophy for sustainable development is raised as an efficient tool which can be applied by people and the government for achieving some of the SDGs.