The Framework Action Plan aims to assist ASEAN Member States (AMS) in achieving the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) goals as reflected on the relevant Strategic Objectives and Action Lines of the ASCC Blueprint and to assist the AMS in their collaboration on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication (RDPE), and reaffirming the core elements of the ASCC's Plan of Action of the Vientiane Action Programme (VAP 2004-2010).