Human resource for economic recovery
and development
The role of ASEAN Skills Competition in
enhancement of ASEAN members’ competitiveness
ASEAN SKILLS COMPETITION (ASC) was initiated in
1993 at the ILO/APSDEP meeting in Japan, where it
was agreed that there be a biennial skill competition
among ASEAN member countries. Such competition
is to promote and upgrade skills standards in the
region and consequently to the international level,
which is organized on a cost-sharing basis.
To date there are 10 participating countries and 21
skill areas.
The objectives of the ASEAN Skills Competition are
1. To promote the development of quality vocational and technical and
work values among the youth and skilled workers
2. To foster technical cooperation in vocational/technical education and
training between member countries
3. To encourage close cooperation among government, industries,
employers and workers organizations and vocational training institutions
4. ASC will pave the way for work excellence and development of high
skilled workers
There has been 7 ASEAN Skills Competition:
1st ASC
hosted by
Malaysia
from 12-23
August 1995
- 6 skills
areas
2nd ASC
hosted by
Philippines
from 10-17
December
1996 – 10
skills areas
3rd ASC
hosted by
Thailand
from 16-18
March 2001
– 12 skills
areas
4th ASC
hosted by
Indonesia
from 1-10
October
2002 – 12
skills areas
5th ASC hosted by Vietnam from 21-30 September
2004 – 14 skills areas
6th ASC hosted by Brunei Darussalam from 3-12
September 2006 – 12 skills areas
7th ASC hosted by Malaysia from 10-19 November
2008 – 19 skills areas
8th ASC will be hosted by Thailand
14-24 November 2010
8th ASC will be hosted by Thailand at the Challenger
Impact Centre, Bangkok
14-24 November 2010
21 skills areas
ASC AND WORLDSKILLS
What is WorldSkills international ?
*Promoting Skills across the World
*Organizing 40 WorldSkills competitions
50 member countries
 Organized every 2 years
 6 Skills Categories
 44 skills areas
 7 ASEAN member
countries






ASC uses WS as a benchmark
Technical description of skills areas
Test projects
Rules and Procedures
Computer Information System or CIS
for Assessment
WS August 2009 in Calgary Canada
 promoting Branding strategy
to WS members to adopt WS logo
for more concrete and stronger
cooperation between ASC and WS

Achievement of ASEAN member
countries in WorldSkills Competition
2005
2007
2009
28 medalists
42 medalists
54 medalists
Member Results Comparison
Comparison By Total Medal Points
WorldSkills Competition 2007
Position
Member
Total
Medal
Points
Number
of
Competit
ors
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Medallion
For
Excellence
13
15
22
29
32
Singapore
20
19
6
2
1
12
16
15
14
8
3
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
7
3
2
1
Thailand
Indonesia
Malaysia
Vietnam
Member Results Comparison
Comparison By Total Medal Points
WorldSkills Competition 2009
Position
Member
Total
Medal
Points
Number
of
Competit
ors
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Medallion
For
Excellence
15
17
Singapore
22
17
16
15
3
2
0
0
1
2
8
5
23
28
33
Indonesia
7
4
2
22
9
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
4
2
Thailand
Vietnam
Malaysia
Logo and Branding
STATUS OF ASC UNDER THE ASEAN UMBRELLA
• No formal relation between ASC and ASEAN
• Initiative to push forward the ASC as one of the activities of
ASEAN
• For continuity and sustainability of ASC
ASEAN Labour Ministerial Meeting
Senior Labour Officials Meeting
Working Group
ASEAN Skills Competition
ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
• Establish ASEAN as a single market and
production base making
• ASEAN more dynamic and competitive through
various mechanisms and measures.
• Facilitating free flow of skilled labour by 2015
• Towards harmonization and standardization
• ASEAN is striving for developing competencies
and qualifications for skills in service sectors to
facilitate its skill labour free flow.






ASEAN Economics Community 2015
One vision, One Identity, One Community
Skills Competition: reflects the training and
Human Resources Development
ASC is a Human Resources mechanism
Displays strong spirit of member countries
Public Private Partnership
Our Skills Our Future
Future of ASEAN
Our Skills Our Future
Future of ASEAN