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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
HANOI, 8 June 2016 – Today, ASEAN and the European Union (EU) Support to Higher Education in ASEAN Region (SHARE) Programme commenced their third in a series of SHARE policy dialogues. In cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, this two-day event brings together 1
JAKARTA, 6 June 2016 – ASEAN and New Zealand reaffirmed their commitment to further deepen cooperation as strategic partners at the 4th ASEAN-New Zealand Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) Meeting, held on 3 June at the ASEAN Secretariat.
This is the first JCC to be held since ASEAN a
SINGAPORE, 31 May 2016 – Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in Southeast Asia are set to benefit from the ASEAN SME On-line Academy which offers courses and business information for MSME accessible through computers, smart phones, and tablets. The Academy was launched today on the si
ASEAN and the U.S. Mission to ASEAN on May 23, 2016 named its 2016/17 ASEAN-U.S. Science and Technology (S&T) Fellows, recognizing 15 scientists from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam with a track record of achievements and the potential for sig
JAKARTA, 17 May 2016 – ASEAN and Canada held their 4th Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) Meeting at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta yesterday, reaffirming their strong commitment to further strengthen their long-standing partnership and cooperation for mutual benefit.
The ASEAN-Cana
SINGAPORE, 13 May 2016 – An ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand Heads of Competition Agencies meeting was convened on 27 April 2016, during the Annual Conference of the International Competition Network (ICN) in Singapore, to exchange experiences and share best practices on the challenges faced
Kuala Lumpur, 13 May 2016 – The commitment to strengthen the ASEAN-US strategic partnership was reaffirmed by Senior Officials from both sides who met at the 29th ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue convened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, yesterday. This Senior Officials Dialogue was significant as it was
SINGAPORE, 13 May 2016 – An ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand Heads of Competition Agencies meeting was convened on 27 April 2016, during the Annual Conference of the International Competition Network (ICN) in Singapore, to exchange experiences and share best practices on the challenges faced
PARIS, 10 May 2016 – H.E. Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Socio-Cultural Community, paid a courtesy call on H.E. Irena Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris yesterday. DSG Vongthep introduced the latest developments in
CAPE TOWN, 9 May 2016 – The ongoing efforts of ASEAN on higher education harmonisation and the introduction of an ASEAN scholarship inspired by the EU’s Erasmus Mundus through the European Union Support for Higher Education in ASEAN Region (EU SHARE) stimulated discussion at the Going Glob
