The US Department of State’s Educational and Cultural Affairs Office (ECA) and Google today announced a new partnership to support education, training and skills development in Southeast Asia. Pilot projects will start in Indonesia and Vietnam in the coming days. This public-private partnership, originally announced by the White House at the recent US-ASEAN Special Meeting, underscores the continued emphasis on the valuable role of the US private sector in international diplomacy and media literacy, as well as the continued commitment of the United States to the countries of Southeast Asia.
3.-7. In October 2022, the Google Startup Academy Americas Center in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam will host tech entrepreneurs for a four-day bootcamp-style curriculum that supports early-stage tech startups in solving local challenges such as business formation, access to capital and more. American Spaces are open-access learning and gathering spaces around the world that promote engagement with local communities and the United States.
In addition, on October 7, 2022, the ASEAN Foundation and its local partners, supported by Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, will launch @Americas, an initiative focused on youth engagement and media literacy in Jakarta, Indonesia, one of 12 Americas. Premises in Indonesia. The initiative educates underserved local communities, especially young leaders, about media literacy, combating online misinformation and navigating the Internet. The goal is to equip more than 1,000 trainers with new skills and materials, enabling them to deliver training to more than 100,000 people of all ages and levels of internet experience over the next two years.
For more information about public-private partnerships with ECA, contact the Public-Private Partnerships Unit at ECApartnerships@state.gov. For program updates and highlights, follow @atamerica, American Spaces on Twitter, and Education and Cultural Affairs on social media.
