he Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership (ASEP) plays a crucial role in promoting mutual understanding among the people and countries of Asia and Europe. It adds the complement of parliamentary diplomacy to an ASEM process otherwise dominated by intergovernmental meetings. It meets every two years. Having as one of its objectives to influence the agenda of the ASEM Leaders, it usually convenes in the place where the Summit is hosted and shortly before it.

Former ASEP meetings were held in a good and constructive spirit and always had an impressive turnout. In Brussels, in the context of ASEM 8, ASEP will convene for the 6th time. It has chosen for a date 4 months in advance of the Summit to allow itself enough lead time for its recommendations to be fed into Summit proceedings. It promises to uphold the level of participation of former meetings.

ASEP 6 is organized and coordinated by the services of the Belgian Federal Parliament (Chamber of Representatives and Senate).

Expected participation:

Members of Parliament, by invitation only

 

For more information, please visit the ASEP6 website .