This is a great video explaining the concept of the European Research Area, a unified area open to the world, in which scientific knowledge, technology and researchers circulate freely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl6Yc5SDeg0#t=32

The L'Oréal Foundation and UNESCO will present, on March 18th, the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards to five outstanding women scientists and 15 grants to promising young researchers. Each of these women is a brilliant example of scientific excellence. They prove everyday that women can greatly contribute to scientific progress in a field still largely dominated by men. More info

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution which supports the fight for wage impartiality, parental leave proposals and promote educational policies that encourage women to make their careers in science, technology and ICT sectors. http://tinyurl.com/pxl6m75

The open source tool was developed in the UK to cut carbon emissions by 2050. Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam have already published their first versions. http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/environment/news/more-asean-countries... I

.The Living Lab Logistics Indonesia – NL (LLLI) is a transnational Living Lab in the field of Logistics, created in 2013 by a consortium of Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences in collaboration with several Indonesian universities. In addition to universities and knowledge partners, other representatives from the triple helix (academia, industry and government) from both the Netherlands and Indonesia are involved. http://international.ristek....

17 UK universities met with H.E.Prof. M. Nasir, PhD, Akt., Indonesian Minister for Research, Technology, and Higher Education as well as Indonesian universities and research institutes to discuss increased R&D coooperation and capacity building.http://international.ristek.go.id/news/detail/view/166-excellent-brainst...

This poster is a result of the analysis work in the SEA-EU-NET 2 project that supports ASEAN-EU co-operation in science, technology and innovation and related policy dialogue. It presents evidence of bibliometric analyses, depicting ASEAN research ouput and ASEAN-EU research co-operation between 2004-2013, together with FP7 participation analyses. http://www.sea-eu.net/object/news/193

These brochures discuss how these thematics are being addressed by the projects, and provide an excellent overview of the current state of EU-ASEAN research collaboration

Developing world: The minority minority Women are under-represented in physical sciences and in science in the developing world. Meet three who beat both sets of odds. http://www.nature.com/news/developing-world-the-minority-minority-1.17023