September 2020 UpdateNgày Quốc Khánh is a national holiday in Vietnam observed on 2 September, commemorating President Hồ Chí Minh reading the Declarations of independence of Vietnam at Ba Đình Square in Hanoi on 2 September 1945. It is the country's National Day Kia ora, hope everyone is well. As September is upon us, we thought we should update you on some of SEA CAPE's activities as we approach the last quarter of 2020, and what we have achieved in the last couple of months. We had a successful online ASEAN Forum yesterday. In partnership with the ASEAN NZ Business Council, we utilised the half-day ASEAN Forum as a vehicle to emphasize the importance of the ASEAN economies to NZ, especially at a time when many other economies around the globe are still grappling with the effects of the pandemic. Speakers from both NZ and ASEAN countries shared their insights on resilience, reinvention and rejuvenation as we prepare to move on, building on our efforts to ride out the challenges of the last few months. Later this month, we will once again work with the New Zealand ASEAN Business Alliance and ASEAN NZ Business Council on this year's free virtual conference "The New Normal: Trends and Opportunities for People, Products and Services" to explore further opportunities for New Zealand businesses in the ASEAN region post – Covid. Applications for our Te Hononga-ā-Kiwa programme will close soon. We encourage Māori students and businesses to apply for the opportunity to explore Vietnam’s diverse business landscape, through interactions with both businesses and government agencies in NZ and Vietnam virtually while working on a business idea.
In this update, we also feature an exciting new remote creative business collaboration project with Miramar Creative. The project researches and explores cross-border business collaboration through digital platforms. Read on for more detail on all of these exciting projects. - Siah Hwee Ang, Southeast Asia CAPE Director ASEAN Forum 2020100% Virtual Forum a success!
The 100% virtual forum, which took place yesterday, gave attendees a snapshot of our relationship with ASEAN now, as well as looking forward to the future potential for development in this dynamic region. The impressive lineup of speakers, including SEA CAPE Director Siah Hwee Ang, set an overview of the ASEAN - NZ political and economic relationship, and how that importantly impacts on the business we do. SEA CAPE also funded a number of New Zealand tertiary students to attend. Missed the forum? Te Hononga-ā-KiwaVietnam
Te Hononga-ā-Kiwa 2020 introduces Māori tertiary students to the business landscape in Vietnam. Students are guided by Tuakana (mentors) and Māori businesses as they explore this dynamic market. In light of current travel restrictions, the programme has been redesigned as an online offering that allows participants to connect with Vietnamese and New Zealand industry experts via a series of weekly online workshops. Participants will also take part in SEA CAPE’s Vietnam Market Readiness Programme and attend a Cultural Acumen Tourism Training workshop. Māori tertiary students from any New Zealand university, polytech or wānanga and Māori businesses registered in Aotearoa are invited to apply. Included: Programme resources and return flights to the orientation and group business project presentations (Auckland & Wellington) Applications close September 13th, 5 pm. Market Readiness ProgrammeNew dates!
We also collaborated with the Wellington School of Business and Government at Victoria University of Wellington to deliver a custom ASEAN Market Readiness Workshop for executive students. Looking to the next few months, we have plenty of dates of all three workshop modules scheduled throughout the country. Come along and tap into the FREE expert knowledge provided by international business experts and industry professionals. September dates: Nelson 'ASEAN' workshop - 15th September Tauranga 'Singapore & Malaysia' - 17th September Palmerston North 'Vietnam' workshop - 23rd September Whanganui 'Vietnam' workshop - 24th September Christchurch 'Singapore & Malaysia' workshop - 30th September We also have many dates planned for October with even more to be announced for November and December. Don't forget, we now also offer digital badges for all attendees after each workshop to showcase your newly acquired ASEAN knowledge. See all upcoming dates by following the link below. New Zealand ASEAN Business Alliance Conference 2020The New Normal: Trends and Opportunities for People, Products and Services.
This virtual event taking place on 24th and 25th September (half days) explores how New Zealand and ASEAN businesses can come out of the events of 2020 bigger, stronger and more resilient than ever by making the most of the ASEAN region and beyond. This 100% Virtual Conference will have a raft of fantastic NZ and ASEAN based speakers. The four sessions spread over the two days will cover; • Sustainability • Consumer Trends • Regulations and Branding • Case Studies Join this FREE event from the comfort of your office or home Follow the link below for full details. Remote Creative Business Collaboration SEA CAPE has embarked on an exciting new project with Miramar Creative to explore collaboration with Southeast Asian businesses in creative industries. The project has two major components: a research project on business continuation and digital economies in Southeast Asia, and a remote creative business collaboration between New Zealand and Southeast Asian media creators The research component provides insights around economic recovery and continuation of remote and digital business, including what approaches are being undertaken in Southeast Asia – with a specific focus on Singapore and Malaysia. In the second part of the project, a team of New Zealand developers puts these insights into practice, joining forces with Glenda Studio in Vietnam to develop a new level of the VR game, Oddball. The game is expected to be launched in late 2020. Follow the link below for more details. Building Global Community Volunteers at University of Otago Building Global Community Volunteers is a collaboration between the University of Otago and the Southeast Asia, North Asia and Latin America CAPEs. The programme, now in it's second year, involves international tertiary students delivering a series of interactive workshops to primary and intermediate schools across the south island. These workshops which are run for year 7 and 8 pupils, are designed to encourage students to learn more about the languages and cultures of the CAPEs regions. The pilot programme in 2019, involving approximately 220 students, 12 teachers and 14 student volunteers proved to be a huge success and resulted in some lifelong friendships and connections. We expect this year's programme to be even more fruitful. Stay tuned for updates. SEA CAPE SpotlightCatching up with SEA CAPE friends and alumni Who are you and what do you do? Hi my name is Amarit Charoenphan, I am the ASEAN director for Impact Collective, Co Founder of Hubba - Thailand’s first co working space and Techsauce - Thailand’s leading technology media and conference company. What is your connection with SEA CAPE? Based in Bangkok, I was very lucky to meet with the SEA CAPE Tertiary Market Immersion and BizVenture programmes in 2019. I was pleased to see that when passing through Thailand they not only wanted to connect with the local start-up eco system and community but also share and give back and tell us more about how innovation and entrepreneurship is happening in NZ. Tell us about your favourite SEA CAPE memory? When I met the participants of these programmes I was highly impressed by the level of commitment, the hustle, the energy and the quality of ideas of very young people, some of who actually had projects already in market, making money and actually solving problems. It was quite refreshing to see their projects were way above the quality of what you would expect of people of such a young age. If you could drop everything and travel to anywhere in Southeast Asia right now, where would you choose, and why? Even though I am already in Thailand I would chose to go to Phi Phi island, down south. Hotel occupancy is at about 10% in some of Thailand's most amazing resorts and the islands are completely empty. You have these pristine beaches and national parks all to yourself. Thailand is considered one of the safest places for tourism right now, which is very weird because 4 or 5 months ago we thought our tourism industry was decimated. New to the SEA CAPE mailing list? You can now access our past updates here. |