1. SEAMEO CHAT Ms MyintMyintOhn Thiri Hall, Pyay Road Yangon 11041, Myanmar seameo_chat@mptmail.net.mm www.seameochat.org

2. Mission To promote cooperation in the study of history and traditions among Member Countries and the development of a greater regional identity through research, human resource development, education and public awareness programmes our motto is … • Building Regional Identity: Valuing History and Maintaining Tradition

3. researches connected to seminars and publications 1 2 field related researches, the study on one’s traditions 3 resource development and capacity building 4 curriculum development projects

4. Major Programmes: Training Myanmar History from Myanmar Perspectives • Lectures Series on history and traditions of Southeast Asia countries

5. Major Programmes: Research and Development Research Projects on Southeast Asia History and Culture Traditional Festivals of Southeast Asia

6. Significant Accomplishments • with the aim of bringing about an understanding of the history and culture of Southeast Asia as studied and interpreted by its own scholars, CHAT has conducted the programmeannyally since 2002. • participants not only form the region but also from outside the region. Myanmar History from Myanmar Perspectives

7. Vision for the future Japan History from Japanese Perspectives Lecture Series : Traditions of Japan (with exhibits) Japan Institutes joining our MHMP Expert Dispatch Programme