U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership
USASCP Launches $3 Million Business Innovation Fund 2.0
The U.S. Department of State, through its U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership (USASCP), is pleased to announce the launch of the $3 million Smart Cities Business Innovation Fund 2.0 (BIF 2.0), in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute. This initiative aims to support micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in ASEAN member states pioneering innovative, carbon-neutral…
Highlights: 2024 Symposium on Smart Cities Innovation, Biotechnology, and Circularity
The 2024 Symposium on Smart Cities Innovation, Biotechnology, and Circularity organized July 17-19, in Vientiane, Laos, built upon the Symposium on Accelerating Science, Technology, and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia, held during the 2023 EAS Leaders’ Summit in Jakarta. The 2024 Vientiane Symposium attracted over 160 participants and partners across the ASEAN region, including universities,…
Media Note: Second Annual Symposium on Accelerating Science, Technology, and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia: Smart Cities Innovation, Biotechnology, and Circularity
July 23, 2024 The U.S. Department of State hosted the second annual Symposium on Accelerating Science, Technology, and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia: Smart Cities Innovation, Biotechnology, and Circularity in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) on July 17-19. The U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership (USASCP), Arizona State University (ASU)-implemented U.S-ASEAN Science, Technology, Innovation and…
USASCP Visit to 5RTECH and Da Nang Hi-Tech Park
The USASCP team met with representatives from the Da Nang Hi Tech Park and the Da Nang Hi Tech Park incubator program. Members from the EAP/MLA Foreign Assistance team visited the Da Nang Hi Tech Park and 5RTECH, one of the six recipients of the 2022 Business Innovation Fund in Da Nang, Vietnam. The Smart…
USASCP Support Enables Plastics Recycling Company Growth
Ms. Viengvilay Phimmasone, co-founder and director of Patihoub, stands with three employees and USASCP Program Manager Ms. Helen Santiago Fink, at the Patihoub factory. The walls enclosing the factory are made of Patihoub's primary product, recycled plastic boards. USASCP Program Manager, Helen Santiago Fink, visited Patihoub, a plastics recycling company, in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR.…
USASCP Semi Annual Newsletter – December 2023
The U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership kept busy during 2023! Read our newsletter to learn about our activities and achievements this year. Thank you to all of our partners and implementers for supporting our programs! december newsletter
Media Note: Symposium on Accelerating Science, Technology and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia
Office of the Spokesperson The U.S. Department of State hosted the Symposium on Accelerating Science, Technology, and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 5-7. The U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership (USASCP), Arizona State University, and Rochester Institute of Technology jointly developed this event, which focused on three primary themes: smart sustainable cities; cooperation in…
Symposium on Accelerating Science, Technology, and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia
September 5-7, 2023 Park Hyatt Jakarta – Jakarta, Indonesia The U.S. Department of State is hosting an integrated, multi-partner symposium entitled Accelerating Science, Technology and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia, in cooperation with the U.S-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership (USASCP), Arizona State University, Rochester Institute of Technology and other partners September 5-7, 2023, at the Park Hyatt Jakarta. The Symposium is structured…
