MULTILINGUALISM – UNITY IN DIVERSITY
Multilingualism is the unifying foundation supporting the ASEAN motto of “One Vision, One Identity, One Community”. It is a key strategy to protect the rights of every Member State against external interference, subversion, or coercion, whilst facilitating effective cooperation amongst them. Multilingualism brings ASEAN much closer its people, enabling them to engage and to have a sense of ownership of this Community.
OUR OBJECTIVES
We aim to develop infrastructure and centers of excellence based on our extensive international experiences and evidence-based best practices in translation, interpreting and terminology to:
From its individual citizens to its bureaucracy, Multilingualism will foster cultural, social and economic development within and across ASEAN Member States.