ASEAN Secretariat, 28 January 2011 Indonesia looks forward to hosting the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre). The message was conveyed yesterday by the Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare, H.R. Agung Laksono, from Badan Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi (Agency for the Assessment and Application Technology), in Jakarta, the future premise [...]
Kunming, China, 26 January 2011 ASEAN and China Foreign Ministers met in Kunming, China, yesterday to explore long-term strategic cooperation between the two sides. Connectivity, the 20th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations, ASEAN-China Free Trade Area, socio-cultural exchanges, cooperation to address non-traditional security issues and the East Asia Summit cooperation were among the key topics [...]
ASEAN Secretariat, 25 January 2011 ASEAN traders and governments move closer to benefitting from the ASEAN Trade Repository (ATR), an online system for accessing trade laws and procedures for all Member States. In the support of the ATR, which was called for in the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) signed in February 2009, the [...]
Jakarta, 24 January 2011 Creating awareness and fostering "green industry" development in the ASEAN region by expanding and scaling-up the application of resource efficient and cleaner production methods, practices, technologies and policies were the aims of a seminar in the Indonesian capital today. The event was co-organised by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) [...]
ASEAN Secretariat, 21 January 2011 This Sunday, ASEAN Foreign Ministers will be embarking on a road trip traversing Thailand, Lao PDR and China, which will coincide with the 20th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue partnership followed by an ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting on 25 January. The three-day programme will begin on 23 January in Chiang Rai, [...]
ASEAN Secretariat, 21 January 2011 Tapping onto the power of tourism as a tool for development, ASEAN has come up with the "ASEAN Tourism Strategic Plan 2011-2015." The Plan is expected to promote the region as a single tourist destination, develop a set of ASEAN tourism standards with a certification process, enable tourism professionals to [...]