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3. What is ASEAN?

4. Countries Involve in ASEAN

5. ASEAN Community Councils
The ASEAN Community Councils came into
force on 15 December 2008. The councils had
provided the institutional framework required to
achieve the ASEAN Community by 2015. Under
the requirements of the Charter, this forms the
newly approved organizational structure of the
ASEAN Secretariat .The ASEAN Community
Councils includes the three pillars of ASEAN.

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ASEAN Community Goals
The ASEAN Community shall be
established comprising three pillars,
namely political and security community,
economic community, and socio-cultural
community that are closely intertwined
and mutually reinforcing for the purpose
of ensuring durable peace, stability, and
shared prosperity in the region.

8. Three Pillars of ASEAN
This are the
most crucial
areas
deemed
necessary for
the progress
and evolution
of ASEAN and
its peoples.

9. 1) ASEAN Political-Security Community
(APSC) Blueprint
The APSC Blueprint promotes political
stability, democracy and good governance
among the member countries. It also
contains the promotion and protection of
human rights and fundamental freedoms to
enhance political development.
As the rule of law, human rights is addressed
as a rules-based community of shared values
and norms.

10. 1) ASEAN Political-Security Community
(APSC) Blueprint
Under APSC, lists of specific action are
to be undertaken by ASEAN member states
to promote and protect human rights
including the rights of migrant workers, the
rights of women and children and other civil
society organizations as well as to education
and public awareness on human rights.

11. 1) ASEAN Political-Security Community
(APSC) Blueprint
Another characteristic under a
cohesive, peaceful and resilient
region with shared responsibility for
comprehensive security involves
important human rights issues
relating to trafficking in persons and
counterterrorism.

12. 1) ASEAN Political-Security Community
(APSC) Blueprint
The APSC Blueprint also
suggests strengthening criminal
justice responses to trafficking in
persons and enhancing
cooperation to combat people-
smuggling.

13. 2) ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
Blueprint
The AEC Blueprint fosters
equitable and stable economic
development on a global level. It
includes establishment of a single
market, production base and
regional competitiveness.
The AEC Blueprint fosters
equitable and stable economic
development on a global level. It
includes establishment of a single
market, production base and
regional competitiveness.

15. Single Market and Production Base
Liberalization Facilitation
free flow of goods - tariff and non-tariff
barrier (NTB)
elimination
synchronized external
tariff alignment
- customs integration
standards and
technical barriers to
trade
free flow of
services
- full market access
and national treatment
- remove substantially
all restrictions on trade
in services
- mutual recognition
arrangements (MRAs)
on professional
services; professional
exchange

16. Liberalization Facilitation
free flow of
investment
- all industries and
services incidental to
these industries to ASEAN
investors
- transparency;
streamlined procedures,
avoidance of double
taxation; joint promotion
free flow of capital - relax capital control
measures on intra-ASEAN
portfolio investments
- harmonize capital market
standard; facilitate market
driven efforts to establish
exchange and debt
market linkages
Single Market and Production Base

17. Liberalization Facilitation
free flow of skilled
labor
- remove
discrimination on
employment
- harmonization of
standards in
education and
training; MRA on
vocational training
Single Market and Production Base

18. conduct a biannual review to monitor
status, progress, and effectiveness of the PIS
road maps to ensure timely
implementation.
identify sector-specific projects or
initiatives through regular dialogues or
consultation with stakeholders, particularly
the private sector.
Priority Integration Sectors (PIS)

19. •enhance trade and long-term
competitiveness of ASEAN food,
agriculture, and forestry products.
•promote cooperation with
international and regional
organizations and the private sector.
A. Food, Agriculture and Forestry

20. •develop a competitive policy
•strengthen consumer protection
•regional cooperation in intellectual property
rights (IPRs)
•regional cooperation in infrastructure
development
•complex network of bilateral agreements on
avoidance of double taxation
•promote electronic commerce (e-commerce)
B. Competitive Economic Region

21. • accelerate the development of
small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs)
• enhance the initiative for ASEAN
Integration (IA) to narrow the
development gap.
C. Equitable Economic Development

22. • Achieve the coherent approach
towards external economic relations,
including its negotiations for free trade
area (FTAs) and comprehensive economic
partnerships (CEP) agreements
• Enhance participation in global supply
networks
D. Integration into the Global Economy

23. 3) ASEAN Socio-cultural Community (ASCC)
Blueprint
The ASCC Blueprint establishes
a socially responsible ASEAN
community with the view of
achieving as well as building a
sharing and caring society to fill
the gap at the country level.

24. 3) ASEAN Socio-cultural Community (ASCC)
Blueprint
The goal of the ASCC Blueprint is
to enhance the well-being and
provide equitable access to human
resource. It calls for access to primary
healthcare of the vulnerable groups
or people at risk.

25. 3) ASEAN Socio-cultural Community (ASCC)
Blueprint
This is in line with the Declaration of
the Right to Development by the UN
General Assembly on 4 December 1986.
Three objectives are set to achieve the
ASCC Blueprint: advancing and
prioritizing education, investing in human
resource development and promotion of
decent work.