JAKARTA, 1 December 2022 – ASEAN and Brazil convened the inaugural ASEAN-Brazil Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee (AB-JSCC) Meeting at the ASEAN Secretariat today. The meeting marks the launch of the formal partnership where both sides identified a number of mutually beneficial projects and programme of cooperation.
The ASEAN Foreign Ministers conferred the status of Sectoral Dialogue Partner to Brazil at the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in August 2022 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Following this, the AB-JSCC was convened to provide direction and oversee all aspects of cooperation under the ASEAN-Brazil Sectoral Dialogue Partnership Framework.
The meeting adopted the Terms of Reference for AB-JSCC and deliberated on several areas of future cooperation including food security, forestry and agriculture, renewable energy, e-governance and digital connectivity, climate change, smart cities, sustainable tourism and infrastructure, aviation industry, people-to-people contacts, and Portuguese language course for ASEAN diplomats. Both sides also agreed to develop the ASEAN-Brazil Practical Cooperation Areas (PCA) which will serve as a guiding framework in achieving shared goals and corresponding priorities in the years to come.
The Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community R.M. Michael Tene and Ambassador of the Republic of Brazil to ASEAN José Amir da Costa Dornelles co-chaired the meeting. It was attended by members of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN or their representatives.
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