ASEAN Secretariat News

JAKARTA, 20 October 2020 – Today, the  Secretariat hosted the 4th Forum of Entities Associated with ASEAN. This annual forum provides a platform for the ASEAN accredited Entities to bolster further cooperation with ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN sectoral bodies and ASEAN related centres, and among themselves. About 150 participants representing ASEAN parliamentarians, judiciaries, youth, civil societies, [...]

JAKARTA, 19 October 2020 – ASEAN and the Republic of Korea (ROK) reaffirmed commitment to enhance cooperation and further strengthen their partnership at the 7th ASEAN-ROK Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting held via video-conference, today. The meeting welcomed the substantive progress made in the implementation of the ASEAN-ROK Plan of Action 2016-2020 to enhance cooperation [...]

JAKARTA, 19 October 2020 - Representatives from ASEAN sectoral bodies on disaster management, health and social welfare development convened in a high-level roundtable on 14 October to discuss accelerated actions in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. The roundtable took place during the official launch of the ASEAN Guidelines on Disaster Responsive Social Protection to Increase Resilience, [...]

JAKARTA, 19 October 2020 - Today, ASEAN Member States government officials, Dialogue Partners and other External Partners attended a regional workshop on “Development of ASEAN Database on Trade Routes and Framework for Enhancing Supply Chain Efficiency.” The virtual workshop is a project under the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025 towards achieving a seamless and [...]

JAKARTA, 19 OCTOBER 2020 – ASEAN and Switzerland reaffirmed commitment to further strengthen their cooperation at the 5th Meeting of the ASEAN-Switzerland Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee held via videoconference on 16 October. The meeting noted with satisfaction the progress made in cooperation since their partnership began four years ago. Both sides discussed the completed, ongoing, and [...]