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1. ASEAN:
A Community of Opportunities

2. ASEAN – Asia’s Economic
PowerhouseA huge market:
625 million+
people
GDP:
USD 2.4
trillion
FDI USD
122
billion+

3. 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

4. The ASEAN Journey to Community Building
2015
ASEAN Community
2007
Cebu Declaration
2003
Bali Concord II
1997
ASEAN Vision 2020
1967
Bangkok Declaration

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. The ASEAN Journey to Community Building
12th ASEAN Summit
Cebu, Philippines
“Accelerate the
establishment of an
ASEAN Community by
2015…”
2007

9. 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

10. ASEAN–India Free Trade Area
• The ASEAN–India Free Trade Area (AIFTA) is a free
trade area among the ten member states of
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
and India. The initial framework agreement was signed
on 8 October 2003 in Bali, Indonesia. and the final
agreement was on 13 August 2009. The free trade
area came into effect on 1 January 2010. India hosted
the latest ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in
New Delhi on 20–21 December 2012. As of 2011-12,
two-way trade between India & ASEAN stood at US$
79.86 billion surpassing the US$ 70 billion target.

11. 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

12. 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.
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.

13. • 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.
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.

14. • 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.
Post-2015 Vision - ASCC
An ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community that is inclusive,
sustainable, resilient, dynamic and engages and
benefits the people.

15. 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

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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