INTRODUCTION

1. The ASEAN Plus Three Ministerial Meeting on Creative Management for Government was held on 26 May 2005 and preceded by the ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials Meeting on Creative Management for Government on 25 May 2005. The Meeting was attended by Ministers from ASEAN Member Countries, and People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea (ROK) and H.E. Ong Keng Yong Secretary-General of ASEAN.

2. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Oh Young Gyo, Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs, ROK and H.E. Dr. Phankham Viphavanh, Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR).

3. It was noteworthy that the Meeting was proposed by the ROK, one of the Plus Three countries, while 13 other existing ASEAN Plus Three Ministerial Meetings in various sectors had been established upon the request of the ASEAN side.  The Ministers noted that through this Meeting, the cooperation among ASEAN Plus Three countries would be reinforced and developed into various forms.

SHARING THE EXPERIENCE AND INFORMATION

4. The Ministers had fruitful exchanges of views on their respective countries’ experiences on creative management for government.

EXCHANGING VIEWS ON THE TERMS OF REFERENCE AND ASEAN PLUS THREE E-GOVERNMENT CENTRE

5. The Ministers acknowledged that the necessity for the regional and international cooperation in the area of public administration to cope with common challenges in the information and globalization era has gradually increased.

6. The Ministers considered the draft TOR and agreed that the draft TOR would be further discussed among ASEAN Member Countries in accordance with the ASEAN procedure.

7. The Ministers noted ROK’s suggestions for sectoral collaboration on creative management for government and agreed that further study of the ROK’s proposal would be required. The Ministers appreciated a concept paper on ASEAN Plus Three E-Government Centre, prepared by the ROK. The Ministers agreed that the draft concept paper would be further discussed among ASEAN Member Countries in accordance with the ASEAN procedure.

COOPERATIVE PROGRAMME

8. The Ministers had a general exchange of views on possible areas of cooperation as follows:

• As ASEAN has 10 ASEAN Resource Centres (ARCs), one in each ASEAN Member Country, collaboration among ASEAN Plus Three countries in implementing the Plans of Action of the ARCs could be considered;
• How to assist the less developed ASEAN Members in E-Government; and
• A network of the e-Government centers/websites of the ASEAN Plus Three countries could be another option for cooperation on e-Government.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

9. The Ministers expressed their appreciation to the Government of the Republic of Korea for its warm welcome and generous hospitality towards delegates and excellent arrangement for the Meeting.

10. The Meeting was attended by:

• H.E. Mr. Pahin Dato Hazair Hj Abdullah, Deputy Minister of Health, Brunei Darussalam;
• H.E. Mr. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of Council of Ministers, Kingdom of Cambodia;
• H.E. Mr. Taufiq Effendi, State Minister of Administrative Reform, Republic of Indonesia;
• H.E. Dr. Phankham Viphavanh, Minister to the Prime Minister Office, Lao People’s Democratic Republic;
• H.E. Datuk Dr. Maximus Johnity Ongkili, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia;
• H.E. U Nyan Win, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Union of Myanmar;
• H.E. Mr. Aladin Villacorte, Ambassador, Republic of the Philippines;
• Ms. Lim Soo Hoon, Permanent Secretary, Public Service Division, Prime Minister’s Office, Republic of Singapore;
• H.E. Dr. Suranand Vejjajiva, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister’s Office, Kingdom of Thailand;
• H.E. Mr. Do Quang Trung, Minister of Home Affairs, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam;
• H.E. Mr. Wang Hemin, Senior Commissioner, Ministry of Supervision, People’s Republic of China;
• H.E. Mr. Oh Young Gyo, Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs, Republic of Korea;
• H.E. Mr. Ong Keng Yong, Secretary-General of ASEAN.