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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
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ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
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ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
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The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
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ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Trend Report – Communication Strategies to Amplify ASEAN Awareness and Foster an ASEAN Identity

This report analyses the external communication strategies of ASEAN and ASEAN Member States (AMS) intended to amplify ASEAN awareness and foster a shared regional identity. It explores the following areas:
- How digital and social media platforms engage young people in AMS, and how emerging technologies create immersive ASEAN-related experiences.
- How ASEAN-related information has been incorporated into individual AMS national education curricula.
- How AMS have leveraged their unique cultural assets to promote their national and ASEAN regional identities.
- How bottom-up, youth-led projects can foster ASEAN awareness.
More Details
| Headline | Communication Strategies to Amplify ASEAN Awareness and Foster an ASEAN Identity |
| Volume | 2026 |
| Number | 23 |
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| Barcode number | <000000021570> |
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