Welcome to the first edition of the ASSET Regional Project Newsletter! 

Issued every four months, this newsletter is to share information about the ASSET regional project implemented in Lao PDR, Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar that mobilizes the expertise of 27 national, European, and international partners, including the Ministries of Agriculture of the four countries.  

The ASSET project aims to address challenges for the research and development community, in generating and sharing contextualized knowledge to support the transitions from a relatively standard and simple Green-Revolution based model of intensification, to a mosaic of production systems (agroforestry, crop-livestock integration, crop-diversity, conservation agriculture, etc.) with increasingly diverse and strengthened connections to safe food systems, including domestic and export value-chains.

This newsletter will showcase successful experiences, lessons learnt, recently released studies and reports as well as upcoming events related to agroecology and food systems, from grass root to policy levels. 

Kind regards, 

The ASSET Project Coordination Unit 

The project activities will be structured into two operational components organized into six sub-components. For more details on the activities, please visit LINK

The Project is implemented by GRET as the general coordinator, in a strong articulation with CIRAD in charge of the scientific coordination, in partnership with a consortium of 23 International/ European/ National Institutions and Organizations and two United Nations Agencies. Find out MORE

A significant milestone in the history of ALiSEA Network was reached towards an autonomous member-managed network with the creation of the National ALiSEA Board of Members in three countries: Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam!

Get to know more: National ALiSEA Board of Member

The Agroecological and Safe food System Transitions in Southeast Asia (ASSET) project was successfully launched in hybrid kick-off workshop from 10^th to 12^th of November 2020.To know more on key message, participation click HERE. 

Flagship sites are pilot administratively managed territories where efforts and resources are concentrated to support and document agroecological and safe food system transitions. FIND OUT MORE.

As a part of communication and capacity development activities, ASSET formed a Community of Practice (CoP) to better manage the communication flows and outreach. FIND MORE.

A Theory of Change (ToC) building guidance document was developed, ToC facilitation trainings for national ToC facilitators, and preliminary workshops were organized with project partners. Follow the link to learn more about the ACTIVITIES.

ESCAP and other ASSET project partners teamed-up to convene a multi-stakeholder virtual workshop on "Agroecology and Smart Food System Transitions for a green, inclusive and resilient recovery in the ASEAN region". CLICK TO FIND DETAILS on the recordings and presentations.