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
Areas of Cooperation
The key role of AEM, with support of SEOM, is to perform a supervisory and monitoring role in the effort of achieving a deeper economic integration in the region. The AEM oversees the work under priority areas of economic integration as stipulated in the ASEAN Economic Community
Overview
ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) is a ministerial body under the AEC Council responsible for steering ASEAN’s economic integration. The AEM comprises of economic or trade ministers from all 10 ASEAN Member States. The first AEM meeting took place in November 1975 in Jakarta, Indonesia. At t
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Overview
Key Documents
Sectoral Body No Name Of Sectoral Body Establishment Time Description Number of Meetings Reporting Mechanism 2025 Chairmanship 2026 Chairmanship 1 ASEAN Trade Facilitation Joint Consultative Committee (ATF-JCC) It was initially established in 2006 1. Non-Tariff Measures Overview
Key Documents
The Trade Facilitation stipulated in Chapter 5 of the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA).
The key documents of the ASEAN Trade Facilitation are as follows:
Sectoral Bodies
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Areas of Cooperation
1.1. NTM Cost-Effectiveness Toolkit
The NTM Cost-Effectiveness Toolkit is a key initiative for streamlining NTMs in the ASEAN region. The Toolkit is designed to provide a systematic approach in evaluating the effectiveness of NTMs, offering guidance and relevant tools for Memb
Overview
Trade facilitation, as a key driver of economic development and regional integration, is crucial in the realisation of ASEAN as a single market and production base. Recognising this critical role, during the 38th Meeting of ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) on 22 August 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, t
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