- 26th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ RETREAT, 9-10 March 2020, Da Nang, Viet Nam
- 51st ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 6 September 2019, Bangkok, Thailand
- Joint Media Statement
- Adopted: ASEAN Declaration on Industrial Transformation to Industry 4.0
- Adopted: ASEAN Guideline on Skilled Labour/Professional Services Development in Response to the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Adopted: Policy Guideline on Digitalisation of ASEAN Micro Enterprises
- Adopted: the ASEAN Digital Integration Framework Action Plan (DIFAP) 2019-2025
- 50th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 29 August 2018, Singapore
- Joint Media Statement
- Signed: The First Protocol to Amend the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) to allow for the operationalisation of the ASEAN-wide Self Certification (AWSC)
- Signed: The Protocol to Implement the 10th ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS)
- Adopted: ASEAN Digital Integration Framework
- Adopted: ASEAN Good Regulatory Practice (GRP) Core Principles
- Endorsed: ASEAN Agreement on Electronic Commerce (Signed by the AEM during the 33rd ASEAN Summit in November 2018, Singapore)
- 49th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 7 September 2017, Pasay City, Philippines
- Joint Media Statement
- Adopted: ASEAN Seamless Trade Facilitation Indicators (ASTFI)
- Adopted: AEC 2025 Trade Facilitation Strategic Action Plan (ATF-SAP)
- Adopted: ASEAN Work Programme on Electronic Commerce (AWPEC) 2017-2025
- Endorsed: ASEAN Inclusive Business Framework
- Endorsed: ASEAN Self-Assessment Toolkit on Competition Enforcement and Advocacy
- Endorsed: ASEAN Regional Capacity Building Roadmap for Competition (2017-2020)
- Endorsed: ASEAN High-Level Principles on Consumer Protection (AHLPCP)
- Endorsed: ASEAN Regional Principles for Good Business Registration Practices
- 48th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 3 August 2016, Vientiane, Lao PDR
- Joint Media Statement
- Adopted: Sectoral work plans, including AEC 2025 Strategic Action Plan for Trade in Goods; the Strategic Action Plan for Services 2016- 2025; the 2016-2025 Investment Work Programme; ASEAN Standards and Conformance Strategic Plan 2016-2025; ASEAN Competition Action Plan 2016-2025; ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for Consumer Protection 2016-2025; ASEAN Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Action Plan 2016-2025; ASEAN Community Statistical System (ACSS) Strategic Plan 2016- 2025; and ASEAN Work Plan for Enhancing the GVC Agenda.
- Adopted: ASEAN Trade Facilitation Framework
- Adopted: ASEAN Food Safety Regulatory Framework (AFSRF)
- Adopted: ASEAN Institutional Framework on Access to Finance for the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
- Adopted: Report and Work Programme on Starting a Business in ASEAN
- Adopted: ASEAN Guidelines for Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Development and Collaboration
- Endorsed: AEC 2025 Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
- Endorsed: ASEAN Qualification Reference Framework (AQRF) Governance and Structure Document
- Endorsed: Amended ATIGA’s Operational Certification Procedure (OCP) to allow the acceptance of e-Form D under the ASW
- 47th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 22 August 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- 46th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 25 August 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
- 20th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ RETREAT, 26-27 February 2014, Singapore
- 45th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 19 August 2013, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
- 44th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 27 – 28 August 2012, Siem Reap, Cambodia
- 43rd ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 10-11 August 2011, Manado, Indonesia
- 42nd ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 24-25 August 2010, Da Nang, Viet Nam
- 41st ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 13-14 August 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
- 40th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 25-26 August 2008, Singapore
- 39th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 24 August 2007, Makati City, Philippines
- 38th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 22 August 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- 37th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 28 September 2005, Vientiane, Lao PDR
- 36th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 3 September 2004, Jakarta, Indonesia
- 35th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 2 September 2003, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- 34th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 12 September 2002, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
- 33RD ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 15 September 2001, Ha Noi, Vietnam
- 32nd ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS MEETING, 5 October 2000, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- 31st ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTER’S MEETING, 30 September 1999, Singapore
- 30th ASEAN ECONOMIC MINISTERS’ MEETING, 7-8 October 1998 Makati City, Philippines
- ABOUT ASEAN
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.
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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
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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.
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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
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