The 2nd Ecothon for The Sustainability in Mekong River Basin
ASEIC, ASEM Eco-Innovation Center held the second Ecothon on October 7th. Let’s take a close look on the program pursuing global sustainability and its host institution, shall we? ASEIC and Ecothon ASEIC is an international cooperation organization established in 2011 to promote the sustainable growth of SMEs of the 51 countries in membership in Asia and Europe and is jointly operated by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups in Korea. Among various cooperative projects, ASEIC designed the Ecothon, a business starter competition, to support less developed countries with institutional and economical resource to spread the awareness on ‘SCP: Sustainable Consumption and Production’. It was first held in Cambodia last year. This program is subjected to a prep entrepreneur or a start-up at the beginning stage. Ecothon collects innovative ideas in regard to SCP and provides supports to develop these ideas to make it more practical. It includes lectures on entrepreneurship and...