ASEAN:
A Community of Opportunities
ASEAN – Asia’s Economic Powerhouse
A huge market:
622 million+
people
GDP:
USD 2.6
trillion
FDI USD
136
billion+
ASEAN
If ASEAN were a single country, it would already be the
seventh-largest economy in the world, with a combined GDP
of $2.4 trillion in 2013.
It is projected to rank as the fourth-largest economy by 2050.
McKinsey & Co – May 2014
ASEAN
• Highly connected:
Physically,
Institutionally and
among the Peoples
• Free trade
agreements with
major regional
economies
• Young educated
labor force
ASEAN…
DIVERSE
Home to major
religions
Rich culture
Courtesy of ASEAN National Tourism Organisations
Courtesy of ASEAN National Tourism Organisations
Vast natural
resources
Courtesy of ASEAN National Tourism Organisations
ASEAN: Association of South East Asian Nations
10 MEMBER STATES
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Brunei Darussalam (7 January 1984)
Cambodia (30 April 1999)
Indonesia (8 August 1967)
Lao PDR (23 July 1997)
Malaysia (8 August 1967)
Myanmar (23 July 1997)
Philippines (8 August 1967)
Singapore (8 August 1967)
Thailand (8 August 1967)
Viet Nam (28 July 1995)
The ASEAN Journey to Community Building
2015
ASEAN Community
2007
Cebu Declaration
2003
Bali Concord II
1997
ASEAN Vision 2020
1967
Bangkok Declaration
The ASEAN Journey to Community Building
Bangkok
Declaration
“Accelerate the economic
growth, social progress and
cultural development in the
region through joint
endeavors.”
“Promote regional peace
and stability through
abiding respect for justice
and the rule of law.”
1967
The ASEAN Journey to Community Building
ASEAN Vision 2020
“ASEAN as a concert of
Southeast Asian nations,
outward looking, living in
peace, stability and
prosperity, bonded
together in partnership in
dynamic development and
in a community of caring
societies.”
1997
The ASEAN Journey to Community Building
Bali Concord II
“An ASEAN Community
shall be established
comprising three pillars,
namely political and
security cooperation,
economic cooperation,
and socio-cultural
cooperation…”
2003
The ASEAN Journey to Community Building
12th ASEAN Summit
Cebu, Philippines
“Accelerate the
establishment of an
ASEAN Community by
2015…”
2007
The ASEAN Journey to Community Building
Strengthening Framework
of ASEAN Integration
ASEAN Charter
2008
Roadmap for an
ASEAN Community
2009–2015
2009
Master Plan on
ASEAN Connectivity 2010
Why an ASEAN Community?
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Need to intensify political cooperation, strengthen peace
and security in Southeast Asia
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Enhance economic competitiveness of individual Member
States, and of ASEAN as regional market and production
base for global economic competition
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Need to narrow the development gaps
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Need to respond effectively to transnational threats to
human security and new challenges in the 21st century
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Harness human resources and benefit from rich cultural
diversity in the ASEAN region
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Gain international recognition and support for communitybuilding
The ASEAN Journey to Community Building
Coordination Mechanism of the ASEAN Integration
The ASEAN Journey to Community Building
Coordination Mechanism of the ASEAN Integration
Overview of the ASEAN Community
• ASEAN Political Security Community (APSC)
– Ensures that the peoples and Member States of ASEAN live in peace
with one another and with the world at large in a just, democratic and
harmonious environment.
• ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
– Transforms ASEAN into a stable, prosperous, and highly competitive
region with equitable economic development, and reduced poverty
and socio-economic disparities.
• ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC)
– Contributes to realising an ASEAN Community that is people-oriented
and socially responsible with a view to achieving enduring solidarity
and unity among the peoples and Member States of ASEAN.
Narrowing the Development Gap (NDG)
Progressing together through cooperation in development.
The Community Building Milestones
ASEAN Political-Security Community
1. Ensure that the peoples and Member
States of ASEAN live in peace with one
another and with the world at large
2. Strengthen the mutually beneficial
relations between ASEAN and its
Dialogue Partners and friends.
3. Maintains the centrality and proactive
role of ASEAN in a regional architecture
that is open, transparent and inclusive,
while remaining actively engaged,
forward-looking and non-discriminatory
The Community Building Milestones
ASEAN Political-Security Community – Milestones
International recognition of the Treaty of
Amity and Cooperation as a key code of
conduct for inter-state relations in the region
has grown remarkably.
The TAC now has 32 High Contracting
Parties.
The Community Building Milestones
ASEAN Political-Security Community – Milestones
78 Non-ASEAN Member States and
organizations have accredited their
Ambassadors to ASEAN.
ASEAN has established 42 ASEAN
Committees in Third Countries around the
globe to further contribute to raise ASEAN
awareness and profile.
The Community Building Milestones
ASEAN Economic Community
Establish ASEAN as:
The Community Building Milestones
The Community Building Milestones
AEC Key Achievements
• Free flow of goods: The ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement
(ATIGA).
• Free flow of services: The ASEAN Framework Agreement
on Services (AFAS) and the Mutual Recognition
Arrangements.
• Free flow of investment: The ASEAN Comprehensive
Investment Agreement (ACIA) and the Protocol to Amend
the ACIA.
• Freer flow of capital: Implementation of measures to further
spur financial services liberalisation, capital market
development, and capital account liberalisation.
• Free flow of skilled labour: The ASEAN Agreement on the
Movement of Natural Persons and the ASEAN Qualification
Reference Framework (AQRF).
The Community Building Milestones
AEC Key Achievements
• For Pillar 2 (Competitive Economic Region), measures to
develop capacities and frameworks on competition policy
and law, consumer protection and IPR, and infrastructure
development measures to enhance the region’s
competitiveness and connectivity.
• To narrow the development gaps (Pillar 3), ASEAN Leaders
endorsed the ASEAN Framework on Equitable Economic
Development (EED) in November 2011.
• On‐going negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive
Economic Partnership (RCEP) and preparations for the
ASEAN‐Hong Kong Free Trade Area (AHKFTA)
negotiations.
The Community Building Milestones
ASEAN SOCIO-CULTURAL
COMMUNITY
1.
Realising an ASEAN Community that
is people-oriented and socially
responsible to achieve enduring
solidarity and unity among the
peoples and Member States of
ASEAN.
2.
Forming a common identity and build
a caring and sharing society which is
inclusive and where the well-being,
livelihood, and welfare of the peoples
are enhanced.
The Community Building Milestones
ASEAN SOCIO-CULTURAL COMMUNITY
Heightened Commitments
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Declaration on Non-communicable Diseases
in ASEAN
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Declaration on Elimination of Violence
Against Women and Elimination of Violence
Against Children in ASEAN
Development of ASEAN instruments for the
protection and promotion of the rights of
migrant workers
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The Community Building Milestones
ASEAN SOCIO-CULTURAL COMMUNITY
Quick, tangible action
Humanitarian assistance through the ASEAN
Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian
Assistance (AHA Centre)
Post-2015 ASEAN
23rd SUMMIT – BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
DECLARATION ON THE ASEAN
COMMUNITY’S POST-2015 VISION
Vision:
“A politically cohesive, economically integrated,
socially responsible, and truly people-oriented,
people-centered and rules-based ASEAN”
Started this year (2014) and to be launched by the Leaders at
the end of 2015
Central Elements
• Enhance and consolidate the ASEAN Community
through deeper and more comprehensive
process of integration
• Emphasis on centrality of ASEAN
• Emphasis on integrated economies, equitable
development of the ASEAN Member States
• Contain aspirational goals. One such goal is to
halve the number of people living in poverty in
ASEAN countries and double the combined GDP
of ASEAN by 2030.
A work in progress
ASEAN Community is a process, not an event
Post-2015 Vision - APSC
An ASEAN Political-Security Community where
peace, stability and security prevail and the
peoples live in a safe and secured environment,
with shared principles, values and norms, with
enhanced external relations in depth and scope,
strengthened ASEAN's centrality in the regional
architecture, and an ASEAN common platform on
global issues.
From the Nay Pyi Taw Declaration on the ASEAN Community's
Post-2015 Vision, 12 November 2014
Post-2015 Vision - AEC
An ASEAN Economic Community for 2016-2025
(AEC 2025) that includes an integrated and highly
cohesive economy, a competitive, innovative and
dynamic ASEAN, a resilient, inclusive and peopleoriented, people-centred ASEAN, enhanced
sectoral integration and cooperation, and a global
ASEAN.
Post-2015 Vision - ASCC
An ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community that is
inclusive, sustainable, resilient, dynamic and
engages and benefits the people.
ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together
• Endorsed by the Leaders
at 27th Summit
• Charts the path for ASEAN
Community building over
the next ten years.
• A forward looking roadmap
that articulates ASEAN
goals and aspirations to
realise further
consolidation, integration
and stronger cohesiveness
as a Community.
ASEAN Organs
Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR)
As stipulated in Article 12 of the ASEAN Charter, each ASEAN Member State
shall appoint a Permanent Representative to ASEAN with the rank of
Ambassador based in Jakarta.
The Permanent Representatives collectively constitute a Committee of
Permanent Representatives (CPR), which shall:
• support the work of the ASEAN Community Councils and ASEAN Sectoral
Ministerial Bodies;
• coordinate with ASEAN National Secretariats and other ASEAN Sectoral
Ministerial Bodies;
• liaise with the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat on
all subjects relevant to its work;
• facilitate ASEAN cooperation with external partners; and
• perform such other functions as may be determined by the ASEAN
Coordinating Council.
ASEAN Organs
ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human
Rights (AICHR)
Pursuant to Article 14 of the ASEAN Charter, the AICHR was officially
inaugurated at the 15th ASEAN Summit on 23 October 2009.
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14 mandates and functions of AICHR
10 Representatives
Line of Reporting: ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM)
Chair of AICHR: the Representative of the Member State holding the
Chairmanship of ASEAN
Two regular meetings (ASEAN Secretariat and AMS holding
Chairpersonship); with additional meetings when necessary
Interface meetings with Foreign Ministers / AMM
Consultation and consensus
ASEAN Organs
ASEAN Foundation
The ASEAN Foundation is a unique ASEAN organ established in 1997, and is a
separate organisation from the ASEAN Secretariat.
As mandated in Article 15 of the ASEAN Charter, the ASEAN Foundation is expected
to:
• Support the Secretary-General of ASEAN; and
• Collaborate with the relevant ASEAN bodies to support ASEAN community
building
The ASEAN Foundation objectives as reflected in the Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) on the establishment of the ASEAN Foundation are:
• The Foundation shall promote greater awareness of ASEAN, and greater
interaction among the peoples of ASEAN as well as their wider participation in
ASEAN's activities inter alia through human resources development that will
enable them to realize their full potential and capacity to contribute to progress of
ASEAN Member States as productive and responsible members of society.
• The Foundation shall also endeavor to contribute to the evolution of a
development cooperation strategy that promotes mutual assistance, equitable
economic development, and the alleviation of poverty.
ASEAN Secretariat
• Established on 24 February 1976 by the Foreign Ministers of
ASEAN
• Existing ASEAN Secretariat premises in Jakarta officiated in
1981
• Staff recruited locally and from the ASEAN Member States
• ASEC Vision: By 2015, ASEC will be the nerve centre of a
strong and confident ASEAN Community that is globally
respected for acting in full compliance with its Charter and in the
best interest of its people.
• ASEC Mission: ASEC’s Mission is to initiate, facilitate and
coordinate ASEAN stakeholder collaboration in realising the
purposes and principles of ASEAN as reflected in the ASEAN
Charter.
ASEAN Secretariat’s Basic Function
Provide for greater efficiency in the coordination of ASEAN
organs and for more effective implementation of ASEAN
projects and activities.
Secretary-General of ASEAN
(2013-2017)
• H.E. Le Luong Minh from Viet Nam
• Carry out duties and responsibilities in
accordance with the provisions of the Charter
and relevant ASEAN instruments, protocols and
established practices
• Facilitate and monitor progress in the
implementation of ASEAN agreements and
decisions
• Participate in meetings of the ASEAN Summit,
ASEAN Community Council,
• ASEAN Coordinating Council, and sectoral
Ministerial bodies
Deputy Secretaries-General
The ASEAN SG is assisted by four Deputy SecretariesGeneral from different nationalities from SG and from
four different ASEAN Member States.
Hirubalan
V. P.
Dr Lim
Hong Hin
Vongthep
Arthakaivalvatee
Dr AKP
Mochtan
(Singapore)
(Brunei Darussalam)
(Thailand)
(Indonesia)
APSC
AEC
ASCC
Community and
Corporate Affairs (CCA)
Conclusion
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