Jakarta. A meeting with the delegation of the Ambassadors of the ASEAN Countries Committee in Italy (Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar is scheduled for 13:00 tomorrow May 19 in Polyphonic Hall in Polo Monte Dago of Ancona, The Polytechnic University of Marche. UNIVPM consists of collaborative research and training with Southeast Asia, and this meeting will help create new profitable relationships on research and innovation for the many students involved in the subjects of interest and the Marche region. “A concrete opening towards the east,” according to Rector Sauro Longhi. In addition, the Deputy Rector and Representative to Internationalisation, Professor Mario Giordano recently conducted a long journey on South East Asia, intensifying collaborations with universities and research institutes. ASEAN is a grouping of ten Southeast Asian countries that, in addition to members of the Delegation to the Univpm, also include Brunei, Cambodia, Laos and Singapore. The aim of ASEAN is to promote the regional integration of the ten member countries and to foster the political, economic and cultural cooperation of the area with the rest of the world. This year is also the 50th anniversary of the Asean foundation. (9Colonne)