The Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the AEC Blueprint 2025 assesses progress in the first five years of implementation of the Blueprint, identifies gaps, and offers recommendations on the way forward. The release of the MTR is timely as ASEAN embarks on the second half of implementation of the Blueprint and as the region works towards [...]
Recognising the importance of preparing our workforce to be future-ready, globally competitive and resilient, the 36th ASEAN Summit adopted the ASEAN Declaration on Human Resources Development (HRD) for the Changing World of Work in June 2020. Subsequently, the multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder HRD Roadmap was launched in September 2020 to translate the Declaration into concrete strategies [...]
There is growing global recognition that efforts to efforts to recover from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic must also contribute to lowering emissions and improving the environmental performance of the economy. This is true in the ASEAN region, where the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework (ACRF) includes the transition towards a green and circular [...]
Driven by innovation and consumer expectations, digital payments gain momentum in ASEAN, strengthening financial inclusion; connectivity and interoperability are key. Get the latest ASEAN Policy Brief on the digitalisation of payment systems from the below button: Related Publications : List of ASEAN Policy Brief
This month marks one year since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 a global pandemic. The past year was said to be a lost year for our youth, with many unable to celebrate rites of passage and milestones in their life. As several surveys show, the truth is that many young people have lost [...]
As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread worldwide, the global economy is falling into recession. In the absence of a functioning, targeted and widely distributed vaccine, precautions taken to limit the spread and severity of the coronavirus have, to a large degree, curtailed peoples’ movements and economic activity, driving many economies into recession. Like [...]
