Overview
Sports is also used as a tool to promote ASEAN awareness and to foster the sense of ASEAN Community. Mutually beneficial sports exchange programmes and sporting activities are also promoting mutual understanding and friendship in the region. ASEAN leaders hope to harness the power of sports to be an enabler of sustainable development as well as a tool for peace and social cohesion.
Priority Areas of Cooperation
Cooperation in the sports sector focuses on skills development programmes targeting coaches and sports officials; workshops and trainings in sports management; development of leadership skills amongst ASEAN youth leaders to enable them to advocate for healthy lifestyles and prevent youth crime as well as promotion of increased participation of women and girls in sports.
In line with global and regional developments in the sporting landscape, ASEAN is exploring the potential of sports to contribute to the development goals and regional peace. Values associated with sports promote community integration and peace through closer interaction among the ASEAN peoples. Sports can also foster a sense of solidarity and develop integrity, as well as leadership and life skills among the youth of ASEAN. For the period 2021-2025, ASEAN will focus on promoting sports for development and peace, sports integrity, sports for all, sport science, sports tourism, and sports industry.
Major Sectoral Bodies/Committees
ASEAN Sectoral Ministerial Bodies
| ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports (AMMS) |
| ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Sports (SOMS) |
| ASEAN Plus Japan Ministerial Meeting on Sports (AMMS+Japan) |
| ASEAN Plus Japan Senior Officials Meeting on Sports (SOMS+Japan) |
Key Documents
- Terms of Reference ASEAN Plus China Senior Officials Meeting on Sports (SOMS+China)
- Terms of Reference ASEAN Plus China Ministerial Meeting on Sports (AMMS+China)
- ASEAN Work Plan on Sports 2016-2020
- Terms of Reference of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports (AMMS)
- Terms of Reference of the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Sports (SOMS)
- Terms of Reference of the ASEAN Plus Japan Ministerial Meeting on Sports (AMMS+Japan)
- Term of Reference of the ASEAN Plus Japan Senior Officials Meeting on Sports (SOMS+Japan)
- Joint Statement of the Fourth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports
- Joint Statement of the Sports Ministers of ASEAN Member States on the Achievement of the ASEAN Athletes at the XXXI Olympic and the XV Paralympic Games Held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in August and September 2016
- Joint Statement of the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports (AMMS-3)
- Joint Statement of the First ASEAN Plus Japan Ministerial Meeting on Sports (1st AMMS+Japan)
- Joint Statement of the Second ASEAN Plus Japan Ministerial Meeting on Sports (2nd AMMS+Japan)
- Chairman’s Statement of the Second ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports (AMMS)
- The First ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports (AMMS)
- Vientiane Declaration on Sports Cooperation in ASEAN
- Joint Statement of the Fifth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports (AMMS-5)
Publications and Related Links
- Entities Associated with ASEAN under the ASEAN Sports Sector
