ASEAN: A Community of Opportunities

ASEAN – Asia’s Economic

Powerhouse A huge market:

625 million+

people

GDP:

USD 2.4

trillion

FDI USD

122

billion+

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

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

Vast natural

resources

Rich culture

Courtesy of ASEAN National Tourism Organisations

Courtesy of ASEAN National Tourism Organisations

Courtesy of ASEAN National Tourism Organisations

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)

ASEAN: Association of South East Asian Nations

The ASEAN Journey to Community Building

2015ASEAN Community

2007Cebu Declaration

2003Bali Concord II

1997ASEAN Vision 2020

1967Bangkok 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 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.”

ASEAN Vision 2020

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 SummitCebu, 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 anASEAN Community

2009–2015 2009

Master Plan on

ASEAN Connectivity 2010

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

22

*as of Dec 2014

83.8%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Single Market& Production

Base

CompetitiveEconomic

Region

EquitableEconomic

Development

Integrationinto theGlobal

Economy

Ongoing

Implemented Ahead

Not Implemented

Fully Implemented

The Community Building MilestonesAEC 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

• 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

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 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: 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 sectoralMinisterial 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

Corporate Affairs (CCA)

Conclusion

The ASEAN Secretariat

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Jakarta 12110

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