COOPERATION IN
CULTURE AND INFORMATION
(COCI)
The Twenty Third Meeting of the ASEAN
Committee on Culture and Information (COCI)
was held in Bandar Seri Begawan on 10-13
December 1990. The Meeting marked the end of
Brunei Darussalam’s three-year chairmanship of
the Committee and the beginning for Indonesia's.
The Meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan
among others outlined the tentative budget
requests for projects. A sum of US$2,153,457.00
was recommended by the Meeting to finance 24
projects. However, at the 24th ASEAN-COCI
Meeting held in Prigen, East Java, Indonesia
from 20 May to 1 June 1991, the budget re-
quested was proposed for an allocation of
US$2,445,826 to finance 25 projects.
Some of the highlights of the ASEAN COCI
Projects
2 During the year under review, ASEAN
COCI successfully implemented a number of
projects. In the field of Literary and ASEAN
Studies, ASEAN COCI completed another publication
of Children Book's and Sources Materials
on ASEAN Culture. The latest publication
entitled "My Family" were printed in 7,500
copies and each member country received one
thousand copies. The Sixth Intra-ASEAN
Archaeological Excavation and Conservation
was completed in Bandar Seri Begawan with
recommendation for extension for a second
cycle. Also successfully completed was the
Exchange of ASEAN Librarians.
3 In the Performing Arts, the Second ASEAN
Theatre Festival was held in Singapore. The
Festival was attended by 20 participants from
each ASEAN countries. The week-long Festival
involved both performances and workshop
discussions by member countries.
4 In the field of Radio and Television, ASEAN
COCI successfully implemented the Fifth ASEAN
Festival of Songs in the Indonesian city of
Surabaya from 4-12 October 1990. In conjunction
with the Festival, an ASEAN song writers/composers
Workshop was convened. The Festival
culminated in a Gala Performance telecast live
over TVRI and RRI (Government Television and
Radio Network).
5 In the field of Films and Video, ASEAN
COCI in its effort to portray the agricultural
aspects in ASEAN successfully produced a 30-
minute documentary Film on Agriculture.
6 In Print Media, two projects were implemented
in September 1990 for ASEAN journalists.
The first was the Fourth Workshop Seminar
for Journalists of ASEAN News Agencies and
Related News Organization which was held in
Kuala Lumpur. Some 14 journalists took part in
the 12-day workshop seminar. The other project
was the Fourth ASEAN Exchange of Journalists
Programme in which about thirty journalists
journeyed through the six ASEAN capitals to
learn more about ASEAN through interaction.
While in Jakarta, they also visited the ASEAN
Secretariat.
7 In Interpersonal Media, one of the
important projects of ASEAN COCI, the Second
ASEAN Awards Ceremony for Culture, Communication
and Literary Work, was implemented in
Singapore, on November the 8th, 1990. The
ASEAN Awards was introduced in 1987 to give
recognition to artists and media professionals
of ASEAN who have excelled in the arts and
communications. It was agreed by ASEAN COCI
that member countries take turn to host a
presentation ceremony every three years.
ASEAN COCI Projects for FY 1991/1992
8 At its 24th Meeting in, the COCI agreed to
submit 25 projects with a budget requirement of
more than US$2,445,826.00 for Financial Year
1991/1992 for the ASEAN Standing Committee's
approval. It would be submitted to the ASEAN
Standing Committee for approval.
The projects were as follows:
A. Projects on Culture Literary
and ASEAN Studies
1 - 7th Meeting of the Working Group on
Literary and ASEAN Studies
2. Anthology of ASEAN Literatures
a. Volume II, II(a), III (Singapore)
b. Volume I (reprint, Malaysia)
3. ASEAN Colloquium on Oral History (Phase
II)
4. ASEAN Folk Literature: A Collection,
Classification and Bibliography
5. Publication on ASEAN Comparative Librarianship
Visual and Performing Arts
1. 7th Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group
on Visual and Performing Arts
2. ASEAN Artistes Creative Interaction
3. Second ASEAN Dance Festival
4. ASEAN Youth Symphonic Band Workshop
5. ASEAN Festival of Children’s Choirs
B. Projects on Information
Radio/Television and Films/Video
1 7th Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group
on Radio/Television and Films/Video
2. ASEAN Radio Cultural Programme
Exchange
3. ASEAN Television Cultural Programme
Exchange
4. Sixth ASEAN Festival of Songs
5. Fourth ASEAN Film Week/Exchange of
Film Personages
6. Film/Video Documentary on Investment
Opportunities in the ASEAN Region
7. Workshop on the Impact of Recent Broad-
casting Technology Upon Programme
Approaches in ASEAN
Print and Interpersonal Media
1. 7th Meeting of the Working Group on Print
and Interpersonal Media
2. Fifth ASEAN Editors Conference
3. ASEAN Attachment/Exchange Programme
for Information Officers
4. Workshop Seminar on the Role of ASEAN
Rural and Community Press in National
Development
5. An ASEAN Travelogue
For more information, please refer to the
project details