On 18 September 2023, diplomats of the ASEAN Committee in Cairo (ACC) participated in the “Brown Bag Session on ASEAN with ASEAN Diplomats” at the Mary Cross Lecture Hall, The American University in Cairo (AUC). There were around 40 undergraduate and graduate students of economic development classes attending the said event. The briefings and exchange of views covered the history and mechanisms of ASEAN as well as current developments with the focus on issues of students’ interests such as ASEAN economic integration and ASEAN’s positions on climate change, sustainable development, migration, and competition of major powers in the region.

The “Brown Bag Session on ASEAN” is initiated by Thailand and co-organised by the ASEAN Committee in Cairo and the American University in Cairo for the second time with the view to raise awareness about ASEAN in leading universities in Egypt.