This Plan of Action guides implementation of the goals and objectives of the Joint Declaration on ASEAN-Canada Enhanced Partnership, adopted by the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (PMC+1) with Canada on 22 July 2009, with a focus on areas where ASEAN and Canada have expertise and mutual interests.
Building on a longstanding dialogue partnership and to continue the progress made under the previous Plan of Action (2016-2020), ASEAN and Canada, through this Plan of Action, are committed to further deepen and continue close consultations on widening the scope of their relations through ASEAN-led mechanisms and in all pillars of cooperation. Both sides will also continue to support ASEAN integration as well as its efforts in realising the ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together for a politically cohesive, economically integrated, socially responsible, and a truly people-oriented, peoplecentred and rules-based ASEAN, including by narrowing the development gap and enhancing ASEAN Connectivity.
- 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.
Menu - WHAT WE DO
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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