Asialink

About Us

     

Asialink is Australia’s leading centre for the promotion of public understanding of the countries of Asia and of Australia’s role in the region. Asialink is a key provider of information, training and professional networks.

Asialink is a non-academic centre of The University of Melbourne and an initiative of the Myer Foundation.


Mission: 

Asialink’s mission is to work with business, government, philanthropic and cultural partners to initiate and strengthen Australia Asia engagement.


Reach:

Asialink excels in “soft diplomacy”, delivering high-level forums, international collaborations, leadership training, education, community health and cultural programs in Australia and Asia.

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Programs:

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Sid Myer

Read a Statement from
the Chairman of Asialink,
Mr Sid Myer

High Level Forums, Briefings and Collaborations


Asialink organises national and international forums, events and exclusive boardroom briefings on contemporary Asia-Australia issues.

2010 National Forum 		National Forum, Canberra, 2010

Research and Analysis


Asialink provides intelligence on key issues facing Australia and the Asian Region.

Read the Asialink Essays   |   2010 Index 		PricewaterhouseCoopers Melbourne Institute Asialink Index 2009, cover

Education


Asialink’s Asia Education Foundation is Australia's leading organisation dedicated to advocating and supporting the study of Asia and Asian languages in Australian primary and secondary schools. The AEF is ensuring that the cross curriculum priority Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia and the general capability Intercultural understanding are fully realised in the emerging Australian Curriculum.

The Business Alliance for Asia Literacy comprises major corporations and peak organisations which represent 400,000 Australian companies. 

The Asia Literacy Ambassadors Program matches skilled professionals with secondary schools across the country. In an inspiring series of videos, twenty dynamic Australians discuss how Asia skills have enriched their lives and careers.

The Education Alliance for Asia Literacy comprises 24 national organisations representing education, business and community sectors. Read the Call for a National Action Plan for Asia Literacy in Schools. 



photo of kids, Asia Education Foundation

Leadership


The Asialink Leaders Program is building a regional network of emerging leaders from all sectors with the skills to exercise vision in the context of challenging global issues.

Apply for the 2011 Leaders program 		Asialink Leaders Program

Arts and Cultural Programs


Asialink Arts initiates and nurtures cultural and artistic exchange through artist residencies, touring exhibitions, writers’ tours and exchange projects.

View exhibitions 		The Word in Painting, John Citizen

Community Health


Asia-Australia Mental Health is a consortium of St Vincent’s Hospital and the University of Melbourne’s Department of Psychiatry and Asialink. The program works across 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific developing partnerships in community mental health service delivery.

AAMH Website   |   Download training brochure [pdf]


20 Years of Asialink


Location:

Asialink is headquartered at The University of Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Asia Centre (building 158, see map).  Our state-of-the-art facilities have hosted presidential addresses, eminent speakers and international conferences: a world class centre for debate and discussion.


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Download a map of Asialink's location at the University of Melbourne [pdf, 1 page, 344kb].

The Sidney Myer Asia Centre is a purpose-built facility to house Asialink and the University of Melbourne’s Asia Institute.

To mark the centenary of the arrival in Melbourne of one of Australia's most successful immigrants - Sidney Myer - the Myer family reinforced its commitment to Asia-Australia relations in 1999 with a $2 million grant to the University of Melbourne towards the design and building of the Sidney Myer Asia Centre.

The Sidney Myer Asia Centre was designed by Bob Nation of Nation Fender Katsalidis. In June 2002, the centre was opened by The Hon. Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs. It comprises the 500-seat Carrillo Gantner Theatre, the Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room and five storeys of teaching and learning, research and academic office space.

The Building features a major sculptural commission by Japanese-Australian artist Akio Makigawa.  Rich in symbolic meaning, wonderfully tactile, but simple and elegant in construction, Spirit Wall is now acknowledged as one of Melbourne’s landmark artworks.

For information about venue booking please see the Sidney Myer Asia Centre website.
mials8 spirit_wall

theatre
Architect: Bob Nation (Nation Fender Katsalidas, Photography: Tony Miller