Southeast Asian Economics Project

The Southeast Asian Economics Project (SEAEcon) is one of Southeast Asia's leading student-led economic initiatives, operating as a not-for-profit social enterprise to build multidisciplinary pluralist economic thinking and thought across the region. Our approach combines centralised programme coordination with locally-driven impact through our country chapter network by designing and facilitating competitions, events, and programmes at the regional level, while empowering student-led chapters across Southeast Asia to adapt our frameworks to their national contexts, engage their local communities, and contribute to economic discourse in their own countries. We sustain our social mission through our enterprise operations with 100% of our profits reinvested directly into our mission. Through our Competitions & Programmes pathway, we organise economics competitions in diverse formats and intensive simulation programmes. Through our Events & Discourse pathway, we aim to host an annual forum yearly alongside year-round post-summit convenings responding to global economic forum and summit discussions. Through our Research & Publications pathway, Cengkih Research, our student-led independent policy think tank, produces rigorous policy briefs and white papers on Southeast Asian economic challenges. Through our Workshops & Education pathway, we deliver free workshops at the schools and grassroots level for students across different demographics and family income levels across Southeast Asia. The Southeast Asian Economics Project advances the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and aligns with the ASEAN Community Vision 2045.