ASEAN-Japan Football for SDGs Forum Held in Singapore

24 April 2025 -

Opening the event, Sport Authority of Viet Nam, Luyen Hong Hanh and Ambassador KIYA Masahiko of Japan Mission to ASEAN set the tone with a shared commitment to collaboration and a reminder of football’s power to inspire change across the region. Chairman of Football Association of Indonesia, Erick Thohir in his keynote speech, expressed Indonesia’s ambitions to transform football into an engine for jobs, unity and inclusive growth, as well as the call for collective ASEAN action to overcome shared challenges.

The event lasted for two days and comprises with abundant discussion on how football can drive real community impact across ASEAN.

ASEAN Football4SDGs: Activating the ASEAN Declaration on Leveraging the Role of Sports in ASEAN Community-Building and Achieving the SDGs is supported by the Government of Japan through the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF).