ASEAN:

A Community of Opportunities
 ASEAN Asias Economic
Powerhouse
A huge market:
A huge market: GDP: FDI USD
625 million+ USD 2.4 122
people trillion 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
McKinsey &
& Co
Co May
May 2014
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

Vast natural
resources
Courtesy of ASEAN National Tourism
Organisations
Courtesy of ASEAN National Tourism
Organisations
ASEAN: Association of South East
Asian Nations
10 MEMBER STATES
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

1997
in a community of caring
societies.
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
20092015
2009
Master Plan on
ASEAN Connectivity
Why an ASEAN Community?
Need to intensify political cooperation, strengthen peace
and security in Southeast Asia
Enhance economic competitiveness of individual Member
States, and of ASEAN as regional market and production
base for global economic competition
Need to narrow the development gaps
Need to respond effectively to transnational threats to
human security and new challenges in the 21st century
Harness human resources and benefit from rich cultural
diversity in the ASEAN region
Gain international recognition and support for community-
building
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.

APSC Blueprint implementation rate: 86%

(as of 15 December 2014)
The Community Building Milestones

ASEAN Economic
Community
Establish ASEAN as:
The Community Building Milestones
AEC Scorecard Key Deliverables
100%
90%
83.8
%
80%
70% *as of Dec
60% 2014
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Ongoing
Implemented
Ahead
Not
Implemented

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 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 regions
competitiveness and connectivity.

To narrow the development gaps (Pillar 3), ASEAN Leaders

endorsed the ASEAN Framework on Equitable Economic
Development (EED) in November 2011.

Ongoing negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive

Economic Partnership (RCEP) and preparations for the
ASEANHong 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
Declaration on Non-communicable Diseases in
ASEAN
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
The Community Building Milestones

ASEAN SOCIO-CULTURAL COMMUNITY

Quick, tangible action

Humanitarian assistance through the ASEAN

Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian
Assistance (AHA Centre)

ASCC Blueprint implementation rate: 97%

(as of December 2014)
Post-2015 ASEAN

23rd SUMMIT BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

DECLARATION ON THE ASEAN
COMMUNITYS 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 people-
oriented, 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 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: ASECs 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 Secretariats 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 Secretaries-
General from different nationalities from SG and from
four different ASEAN Member States.

U Nyan Dr Lim Alicia Dela

Dr AKP Lynn Hong Hin
Rosa Bala Mochtan
(Myanmar) (Brunei Darussalam) (Philippines)
(Indonesia)

APSC AEC ASCC

Community and
Conclusion
The ASEAN Secretariat

Jalan Sisingamangaraja 70 A
Jakarta 12110
Thank You

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