Summary of CO-EXIST-SEA Activities
   
1. What is CO-EXIST-SEA?
 

CO-EXIST-SEA“ (Co-operative Program for the Exchange of Experiences, Expertise, Information in S&T in South East Asian Countries) is a framework of organizations engaged in scientific and technological information activities under the ministries of Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

It started in 1999 as a JST initiative to promote the cooperation of scientific and technological information activities in Asia and the Pacific region.
   
2.  Activities: CO-EXIST-SEA Workshops and Seminars

 

Under this framework, JST holds an annual workshop which is co-hosted by each country and organizes an annual seminar in Tokyo, inviting two persons from each country. The past activities are shown below.
   
3. Achievements of CO-EXIST-SEA

 

The countries exchange opinion on the latest advances in S&T information services and can also build a network among organizations in order to contribute to the progress in S&T. A comprehensive list of S&T contents available through the web free-of-charge in each country is on preparation. A tentative list can be found from the shortcut in the menu.
 
WORKSHOP
WORKSHOP THEME
TRAINING COURSE / SEMINAR
TRAINING COURSE / SEMINAR THEME

1999, June:
1st Workshop, Kuala Lumpur

Overall activities on S&T Information

1999, December:
1st Training course: Japan

Training on JST and Japanese Information Service

2000, October:
2nd Workshop, Hanoi

Updates on S&T Information
DB map, Sharing of DBs

2000, November:
2nd Training course, Japan

XML/JAVA, ReaD, JST DB, Visit to Miraikan

2001, October:
3rd Workshop, Tokyo

Updates on S&T Information
DB map, Sharing of DBs

2002, March:
3rd Training course, Japan

XML/JAVA, ReaD, JST DB, Visit to Miraikan

2002, October:
4th Workshop, Jakarta

Updates on S&T Information
Summary of past activities

2002, September:
4th Training course, Japan

XML/JAVA, ReaD, JST DB, Visit to Miraikan

2003, October:
5th  Workshop, Manila

Updates on S&T Information
E-learning activities

2004, February:
5th Training course, Japan

XML/JAVA, ReaD, JST DB, Visit to Miraikan

2004, December:
6th Workshop, Kuala Lumpur

Updates on S&T Information
ICT Application at Community Level

2005, March:
6th Seminar, Japan

“E-Journal & content resources”, JST DB, visit to NII, NDL and Miraikan

2005, November 7th Workshop, Bangkok

S&T Contents Development in CO-EXIST-SEA Countries

2006, February:
7th Seminar, Japan

“S&T Contents: Resources and contents development strategy in CO-EXIST-SEA countries”, JST DB, visits to NII, NDL and Miraikan

2006, December: 8th Workshop, Hanoi

STI services, activities and strategies

2007, January - February:
8th Seminar, Japan

"Database integration and knowledge management for development of S&T and innovation", "Publication of e-journals in Japan", "STI and technology transfer", "Science Portal, Science Links Japan, and one-stop-shop services for S&T in Japan"
Visit to NII, NDL and Miraikan

2007, November:
9th Workshop,
Jakarta

Online research information databases in each country and integration tools status and future plans

2008, February:
9th Seminar, Japan

"Federated Search" and "Open Access", Special Lecture on "Science search-Examples and best practices"
Visit to NII, NDL, IDE-JETRO and Miraikan

2008, November:
10th Workshop, Bangkok

User Survey and its Analysis and National STI Policies and STI Services / Products

2008, November:
10th Workshop, Bangkok 2nd-Day session

"Looking back on 10 years of CO-EXIST-SEA"