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
The Senior Executive Programme on Leadership in Disaster Management was held on 16 – 20 November in Singapore. The course was designed to address the importance of effective leadership in disaster management at strategic and policy levels, focusing on preparedness and response phase of the disaste
A Regional Workshop on Economic Analysis for Competition Law Enforcement and Advocacy was held on 18-19 November in Jakarta to discuss the role and scope of economic analysis within the context of Competition Policy and Law (CPL). The workshop aimed to enhance the knowledge and capabilities of compe
ASEAN Investment Report is an annual Report on the development of investment and other related issues in the region.
This year, the ASEAN Investment Report reviews the rise of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows into ASEAN and highlights the role of corporate players in infrastructure develo
The third and final workshop of the Training of Trainers on Infographics was held on 16-18 November at the ASEAN Secretariat. The training was designed to strengthen the capacities of officers from ASEANstats and all ten ASEAN National Statistical Offices (NSO) to communicate abstract relevant ASEAN
The ASEAN Foundation gathered 70 young ASEAN students to role play ASEAN officials at the First ASEAN Foundation Model ASEAN Meeting at Sunway University on 18-22 November —coinciding with the 27th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Kuala Lumpur.
The ASEAN Model Meeting is an initiative of
The ASEAN Heads of Civil Service signed today the Putrajaya Joint Declaration on ASEAN Post-2015 Priorities Towards an ASEAN Citizen-Centric Civil Service. The Declaration embodies ASEAN’s recognition of the need for civil service reform and greater engagement of the peoples to meet their needs, w
The second ASEAN Business Seminars and Business Policy Dialogues were held to promote awareness and understanding of the ASEAN Economic Community’s (AEC) key initiatives to the business community on 9-11 November in Ho Chi Minh City.
Two additional information packs covering the ASEAN Single
WE, the Transport Ministers of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic
Italy is seeking to further deepen its relationship with ASEAN and will work with other Members of the European Union to further promote ASEAN-EU Dialogue Relations. President of the Italian Republic, Honourable Sergio Mattarella, conveyed this message today when he made an official visit to the ASE
JAKARTA, 6 November 2015 – The 9th Meeting of the ASEAN-Japan Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) held yesterday in Jakarta reaffirmed commitment to forge closer ASEAN-Japan cooperation. The annual JCC Meeting is a key mechanism to review ASEAN-Japan cooperation and discuss its future direction.
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