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ASEAN STUDIES
Dr. Ramil A. Ravanes
(Midterm Coverage)

• Subject Code: 810-102
• Subject Name: ASEAN STUDIES
• Subject Credits: 3(3-0-6)
• Course Description:
• Studies of significant and influential cultures
of ASEAN; diversity in terms of culture,
religion, politics, economy, society, technology
and laws; trends on international relations in
ASEAN; factors affecting changes in ASEAN at
present and in the future.
Week/Lesson No: 1

First Semester 2019
Month Dates Week
No.
Topic / Activities
August 5 - 9 1 Course Introduction, History on the Formation of ASEAN
12 - 16 2 ASEAN's Roles and Charters/ Q1
19 - 23 3 Pillar 1: ASEAN Political and Security Community (APSC)
26 - 30 4 Pillar 2: ASEAN Social and Cultural Community (ASCC)/ Q2
September 2 - 6 5 Pillar 3: ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
9 - 13 6
ASEAN Country Members; Culture, Religion, Political, Economy,
Society, Technology, Laws, Trends and other factors affecting ASEAN
(Library Work, Group Research)
16 – 20 7
ASEAN Country Members; Culture, Religion, Political, Economy,
Society, Technology, Laws, Trends and other factors affecting ASEAN
(Group Report Presentation: First Five (5)
23 – 27 8
ASEAN Members; Culture, Religion, Political, Economy, Society,
Technology, Laws, Trends and other factors affecting ASEAN
(Group Report Presentation: Second Five (5)

First Semester 2019
Month Dates Week No. Topic / Activities
October Sept 30-Oct 4 9 Mid-term exam
7-11 10
Opportunities and Challenges of being ASEAN member
14 - 18 11 Documentary Research: Group Presentation /
Social Media Uploading/ Q3
21 - 25 12 ASEAN Tourism Agreement; Articles 1 – 4
28 – Nov 1 13 ASEAN Tourism Agreement; Articles 5 – 8
November 4 - 8 14 ASEAN Tourism Agreement; Articles 9 – 12/ Q4
11 - 15 15 Thailand as active member of ASEAN
18 - 22 16 Course Synthesis: Kolb’s Reflective Learning
25 - 29 17 Documentary Research Final Output Assessment
Reminder: attendance and active participation to all of the activities is a MUST!

Grading
System:
Evaluation Methods Week Percentage of Evaluation
Quizzes 2, 4, 11,15 10%
Group Research/Library
Work (written report) 6,16 10%
Group Research (oral
report) 7,8 10%
ASEAN Documentary
Research Output
Presentation/Social
Media Uploading
11 20%
Mid-term Examination 9 25%
Final Examination
17 25%

 80 = A
75 – 79 = B+
70 – 74 = B
65 – 69 = C+
60 – 64 = C
55 – 59 = D+
50 – 54 = D
(Passing Mark)
 49 = E
(Failing Mark)
Remarks:

Criteria 20 15 10 5 Score
Storytelling
Techniques
Develops an interesting story
about influential cultures of
ASEAN from the point of view of
a central character.
Starts with an interesting
story, but influential
cultures of ASEAN is not
highlighted.
Story about
influential cultures
of ASEAN is
confusing or not
interesting.
Does not tell a story
about influential
cultures of ASEAN.
10
Sources
Uses and cites primary and
secondary sources that relate
directly to the narrative.
Uses only secondary
sources that support the
narrative.
Uses sources that
do not support the
narrative.
Does not use
outside sources.
15
Structure
Narrative has a clear organizing
structure and flows logically
aligned with the influential
cultures of ASEAN.
Narrative has an organizing
structure but needs some
improvement on
influential cultures of
ASEAN.
Narrative is
disorganized, not
aligned with the
influential cultures
of ASEAN.
No attempt at an
organizing structure
is in place.
15
Variety and Pacing
Changes the screen image
and/or audio on a regular basis to
engage the audience.
Changes media sometimes
to engage audience, but
pacing could be improved.
Uses more than
one medium, but
doesn’t engage
audience.
Uses only an
interview with no
other media.
20
Production Values
Has high-quality sound, video
editing, camera and work, and
transitions, within the specified
time.
Production values could be
better, but don’t interfere
with the story, over or
under the specified time.
Poor production
makes the story
hard to
understand below
the specified time.
Technical problems
ruin the video; the
story is lost.
20
ASEAN Documentary Research Project Rubric

Score Equivalent in (%) Score Equivalent in (%)
50 100 34 84
49 99 33 83
48 98 32 82
47 97 31 81
46 96 30 80
45 95 29 79
44 94 28 78
43 93 27 77
42 92 26 76
41 91 25 75
40 90 24 74
39 89 23 73
38 88 22 72
37 87 21 71
36 86 20 70
35 85 19 Failed
Rubric Scoring for “ASEAN Documentary Research Project”

Course Requirement:
“ASEAN Documentary Research Project”
• Students are divided into 10 groups
representing the 10 ASEAN countries.
• Documentary Research highlights; culture,
religion, politics, economy, society,
technology and laws and other factors
affecting changes in ASEAN.
• Video Presentation (20-25 minutes)

What is a Documentary Research:
• Documentary research is the use of
outside sources, documents, to support
the viewpoint or argument of an academic
work.
• The process of documentary research
often involves some or all of
conceptualizing, using and assessing
documents.

• A documentary is a film, television show
or radio program that provides a factual
record.
• To ensure the documentary is as
accurate and detailed as possible,
producers often hire researchers to
gather all the relevant information.

Key Steps to Making Documentaries:
1. Tell a story you care about. Start with a
subject that excites you.
2. Research. Learn everything you can about
your documentary subject.
3. Make a Plan. Create an outline.
4. Create a Shot List.
5. Start Shooting.
6. Write a Script.
7. Begin Editing.
8. Check Legal and Copyright Issues.

Week One (1) : August 5 – 9, 2019
Topic : Course Introduction, History
on the Formation of ASEAN

Discussion Proper: Introduction to ASEAN

What is Regional Economic Groupings?
• are associations of countries situated in a particular region
whereby they come to a common understanding regarding
rules and regulations to be followed while exporting and
importing goods among them.
• regional and economic groupings are formed in order to
increase economic co-operation among nations in the
neighborhood or those sharing common economic Interests.

ASSOCIATION OF SOUTEAST ASEAN NATIONS
(ASEAN)

What is ASEAN?
https://asean.org/asean-2025-at-a-glance/
The Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (more commonly known as
ASEAN) is an intergovernmental
organization aimed primarily at
promoting economic growth and
regional stability among its members.

Association of Southeast Asian
Nation s (ASEAN)
• The ASEAN was founded on August 8,
1967.
• The Foreign Ministers of Indonesia,
Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and
Thailand – sat down together in the main
hall of the Department of Foreign Affairs
building in Bangkok, Thailand and signed
a document. By virtue of that document,
the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) was born.

• The five Foreign Ministers who signed it –
Adam Malik of Indonesia, Narciso R.
Ramos of the Philippines, Tun Abdul Razak
of Malaysia, S. Rajaratnam of Singapore,
and Thanat Khoman of Thailand – would
subsequently be hailed as the Founding
Fathers of probably the most successful
inter-governmental organization in the
developing world today. And the document
that they signed would be known as the
ASEAN Declaration.

• ASEAN is a regional grouping that
promotes economic, political, and security
cooperation among its ten members:
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,
Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
• In 1976, the members signed the Treaty
of Amity and Cooperation, emphasizing
ASEAN's promotion of peace, friendship,
and cooperation to build solidarity.

• The ASEAN Emblem
represents a stable, peaceful,
unitedanddynamicASEAN. The
colors of the Emblem — blue,
red, white and yellow —
represent the main colors of the
state crests of all the ASEAN
MemberStates.
•The blue represents peace
and stability. Red depicts
and dynamism,
shows purity and
courage
white
yellow symbolizes
prosperity.
•The stalks of padi in the centre of the Emblem represent the dream of ASEAN’s
Founding Fathers for an ASEAN comprising all the countries in Southeast Asia, bound
together in friendship and solidarity.
• The circle represents the unity of ASEAN.

What are required for the member
countries to do?
• Member countries agreed to open up their
economies and liberalize trade, investment
and services among each other.
• It is expected to enhance economic
development, although there will be catch-
up activities for member-countries with
wider development gaps specifically
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
(CLMV).

• Thailand
• Myanmar
• Cambodia
• Laos
• Brunei
• Vietnam
• Malaysia
• Singapore
• Philippines
• Indonesia

• Some of the joint development programs
first undertaken by ASEAN include
projects to:
 increase food production
 promote tourism
 ease travel restrictions, and
mass media through exchanges
enhance cooperation in the field of
of
radio and television programs.
Plans were also put in place to liberalize
trade among members in a bid to
improve intraregional trade.

• Today, ASEAN is considered one of the
most successful intergovernmental
organizations in the developing world.
Since its founding, the grouping has
expanded to include other Southeast
Asian states – Brunei (1984), Vietnam
(1995), Laos (1997), Myanmar (1997) and
Cambodia (1999).

THE ASEAN POST
Jason Thomas
5 August 2019
(https://theaseanpost.com/article/asean-growth-slower-forecasted)
 ASEAN growth slower than forecasted
• While growth in Southeast Asia remains robust, data from the
first half of 2019 indicates it has been slower than forecasted.
• The most recent Asian Development Bank (ADB) data suggests
that Southeast Asia has grown less than anticipated, resulting
in slight downward revisions to growth forecasts which now
stand at 4.8 percent (2019) and 4.9 percent (2020), down
from 4.9 percent and 5.0 percent, respectively.
• Meanwhile, regional inflation for 2019 is now expected to fall
to 2.4 percent from the previous forecast of 2.6 percent.

• The region’s more open economies are facing
the combined impacts of the United States
(US)-China trade tensions and a dip in the
electronics cycle, although this has partly
been offset by strong domestic demand
according to the ADB in last month’s
supplement to its Asian Development Outlook
report issued in April.

• The ADB’s main economic forecasting product,
the Asian Development Outlook is published
each April with an update released in
September and brief supplements in July and
December – with Singapore, Thailand and the
Philippines among the regional economies
which have seen cuts in their forecasted gross
domestic product (GDP) growth rates for
2019.

• The outlook for the other three ASEAN
countries in the report – Indonesia (5.2
percent), Malaysia (4.5 percent) and Vietnam
(6.8 percent) – remain unchanged from April.

• In Thailand, the ADB forecasted the nation’s
economy to grow by 3.5 percent, a drop from
the original forecast of 3.9 percent.
• Weaker global trade caused exports to
contract by 4.5 percent year-on-year in the
first five months of 2019, weighing on growth.
• Private consumption and investment remain
strong, and a sustained growth in income, low
unemployment and stable prices have helped
to drive private spending.

• In the Philippines, the ADB cut the country’s
GDP forecast from 6.4 percent to 6.2 percent
largely due to the delayed passage of the
national budget which held back government
spending.
• As in other ASEAN countries, the Philippines’
growth in exports also slowed as a result of
lacklustre global trade and economic activity.
• (lucklustre - lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired
or uninspiring.)

• However, there is widespread evidence that
the redirection in trade and production has
benefitted ASEAN.
• Vietnam, for example, expanded its exports by
6.7 percent in the first five months of this year
buoyed by a 28 percent rise in exports to the
US.

Best in ASEAN
• Vietnam has been the fastest-growing economy
in Southeast Asia this year and growth in the first
half of 2019 is estimated at 6.8 percent year-on-
year despite agriculture being hindered by a
prolonged drought and African swine fever.
• Growth in industry – especially manufacturing –
remained robust and foreign direct investment
(FDI) rose by 27 percent in the first five months of
2019 from a year earlier.

• Driven by a rapid expansion of exports such as
garments and robust internal demand,
Cambodia's GDP grew from 6.9 percent in
2016 to 7.0 percent in 2017 to 7.3 percent in
2018.
• At seven percent, the country’s forecast for
2019 during the ADB’s April report was the
highest among all ASEAN member states.
• However, no data on Cambodia was available
in July’s supplement report.

• Other threats to ASEAN’s progress and
prosperity include climate change and the risk
of natural disasters – the consequences of
which affect the poor and the marginalized in
developing countries disproportionally.
• Although ASEAN economies have remained
resilient in the face of current economic
challenges, the region has to stay vigilant if it
is to operate successfully in an increasingly
connected trade and financial system.

• Overall, strengthening domestic demand will
offset weaker export growth and strong
consumption –spurred by rising incomes,
subdued inflation, and robust remittances –
should boost economic activity in ASEAN.

Video Clips:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Bj8OC
mxb4 (culture)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNEhIqQ
RMgw (ASEAN History)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDTdXDD
zJ1k (What is ASEAN by CNBC)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rswa_M
1xKuo (7 things you need to know about
ASEAN by Mckinsey and Company)

Week Two (2) : August 12 – 16, 2019
Topic : ASEAN's Roles and
Charters

What is a Charter?
• a written grant by a country's legislative or
sovereign power, by which a body such as a
company, college, or city is founded and its
rights and privileges defined.
• a written document outlining or mapping the
rights and obligations of a company or
organization, or even, in older days, a town or
entire colony.

CHARTER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF
SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS:
• WE, THE PEOPLES of the Member States of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),
as represented by the Heads of State or
Government of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom
of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao
People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the
Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the
Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the
Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam:

• NOTING with satisfaction the significant
achievements and expansion of ASEAN since
its establishment in Bangkok through the
promulgation of The ASEAN Declaration;
• RECALLING the decisions to establish an
ASEAN Charter in the Vientiane Action
Programme, the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on
the Establishment of the ASEAN Charter and
the Cebu Declaration on the Blueprint of the
ASEAN Charter;

• MINDFUL of the existence of mutual interests
and interdependence among the peoples and
Member States of ASEAN which are bound by
geography, common objectives and shared
destiny;
• INSPIRED by and united under One Vision,
One Identity and One Caring and Sharing
Community;

• UNITED by a common desire and collective
will to live in a region of lasting peace, security
and stability, sustained
• economic growth, shared prosperity and
social progress, and to promote our vital
interests, ideals and aspirations;
• RESPECTING the fundamental importance of
amity and cooperation, and the principles of
sovereignty, equality, territorial integrity, non-
interference, consensus and unity in diversity;

• ADHERING to the principles of democracy, the
rule of law and good governance, respect for
and protection of human rights and
fundamental freedoms;
• RESOLVED to ensure sustainable development
for the benefit of present and future
generations and to place the well-being,
livelihood and welfare of the peoples at the
centre of the ASEAN community building
process;

• CONVINCED of the need to strengthen existing
bonds of regional solidarity to realize an
ASEAN Community that is politically cohesive,
economically integrated and socially
responsible in order to effectively respond to
current and future challenges and
opportunities;

• COMMITTED to intensifying community
building through enhanced regional
cooperation and integration, in particular by
establishing an ASEAN Community comprising
the ASEAN Security Community, theASEAN
Economic Community and the ASEAN Socio-
Cultural Community, as provided for in the Bali
Declaration of ASEAN Concord II;

• HEREBY DECIDE to establish, through this
Charter, the legal and institutional framework
for ASEAN,
• AND TO THIS END, the Heads of State or
Government of the Member States of ASEAN,
assembled in Singapore on the historic
occasion of the 40th anniversary of the
founding of ASEAN, have agreed to this
Charter.

PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES (Chapter 1, Article 1)
• The Purposes of ASEAN are:
• 1. To maintain and enhance peace, security
and stability and further strengthen peace-
oriented values in the region;
• 2. To enhance regional resilience by promoting
greater political, security, economic and socio-
cultural cooperation;

• 3. To preserve Southeast Asia as a Nuclear
Weapon-Free Zone and free of all other
weapons of mass destruction;
• 4. To ensure that the peoples and Member
States of ASEAN live in peace with the world
at large in a just, democratic and harmonious
environment

• 5. To create a single market and production
base which is stable, prosperous, highly
competitive and economically integrated with
effective facilitation for trade and investment
in which there is free flow of goods, services
and investment; facilitated movement of
business persons, professionals, talents and
labour; and freer flow of capital;

• 6. To alleviate poverty and narrow the
development gap within ASEAN through
mutual assistance and cooperation;
• 7. To strengthen democracy, enhance good
governance and the rule of law, and to
promote and protect human rights and
fundamental freedoms, with due regard to the
rights and responsibilities of the Member
States of ASEAN;

• 8. To respond effectively, in accordance with
the principle of comprehensive security, to all
forms of threats, transnational crimes and
transboundary challenges;
• 9. To promote sustainable development so as
to ensure the protection of the region’s
environment, the sustainability of its natural
resources, the preservation of its cultural
heritage and the high quality of life of its
peoples;

• 10. To develop human resources through
closer cooperation in education and life-long
learning, and in science and technology, for
the empowerment of the peoples of ASEAN
and for the strengthening of the ASEAN
Community;
• 11. To enhance the well-being and livelihood
of the peoples of ASEAN by providing them
with equitable access to opportunities for
human development, social welfare and
justice

• 12. To strengthen cooperation in building a
safe, secure and drug-free environment for
the peoples of ASEAN;
• 13. To promote a people-oriented ASEAN in
which all sectors of society are encouraged to
participate in, and benefit from, the process of
ASEAN integration and community building;

• 14. To promote an ASEAN identity through the
fostering of greater awareness of the diverse
culture and heritage of the region; and
• 15. To maintain the centrality and proactive
role of ASEAN as the primary driving force in
its relations and cooperation with its external
partners in a regional architecture that is
open, transparent and inclusive.

PRINCIPLES (ARTICLE 2 )
• 1. In pursuit of the Purposes stated in Article
1, ASEAN and its Member States reaffirm and
adhere to the fundamental principles
contained in the declarations, agreements,
conventions, concords, treaties and other
instruments of ASEAN.

• 2. ASEAN and its Member States shall act in
accordance with the following Principles:
• (a) respect for the independence, sovereignty,
equality, territorial integrity and national
identity of all ASEAN Member States;
• (b) shared commitment and collective
responsibility in enhancing regional peace,
security and prosperity;

• (c) renunciation of aggression and of the
threat or use of force or other actions in any
manner inconsistent with international law;
• (d) reliance on peaceful settlement of
disputes;
• (e) non-interference in the internal affairs of
ASEAN Member States;

• (f) respect for the right of every Member State
to lead its national existence free from
external interference, subversion and
coercion;
• (g) enhanced consultations on matters
seriously affecting the common interest of
ASEAN;

• (h) adherence to the rule of law, good
governance, the principles of democracy and
constitutional government;
• (i) respect for fundamental freedoms, the
promotion and protection of human rights,
and the promotion of social justice;
• (j) upholding the United Nations Charter and
international law, including international
humanitarian law, subscribed to by ASEAN
Member States;

• (k) abstention from participation in any policy
or activity, including the use of its territory,
pursued by any ASEAN Member State or non-
ASEAN State or any non-State actor, which
threatens the sovereignty, territorial integrity
or political and economic stability of ASEAN
Member States;

• (l) respect for the different cultures, languages
and religions of the peoples of ASEAN, while
emphasizing their common values in the spirit
of unity in diversity
• (m) the centrality of ASEAN in external
political, economic, social and cultural
relations while remaining actively engaged,
outward-looking, inclusive and non-
discriminatory; and

• (n) adherence to multilateral trade rules and
ASEAN’s rules-based regimes for effective
implementation of economic commitments
and progressive reduction towards elimination
of all barriers to regional economic
integration, in a market-driven economy.

Week Three (3) : August 19 – 23, 2019
Topic : ASEAN Community Vision
2025, ASEAN Pillar 1:
Political and Security
Community

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.

ASEAN Community Goals
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• 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.

ASEAN Community Vision 2025
• What is the ASEAN Community Vision 2025?
What is the background and purpose of the
ASEAN Community Vision 2025?

• ASEAN Leaders took the decision at the 23rd
ASEAN Summit in November 2013 to develop
a Post-2015 Vision to realize a politically
cohesive, economically integrated, socially
responsible, and a truly people-oriented,
people-centered and rules-based ASEAN.

• The Vision will be a bold, visionary,
progressive and forward-looking document to
reflect the aspirations of the next generation
of ASEAN nationals. It aims to sustain the
momentum of regional integration and
further contribute to strengthening the ASEAN
community-building efforts.

• ASEAN community-building is a continuous
and evolving process. It is therefore important
to chart the future direction of the ASEAN
Community into the next decade.
• This vision, when realized, will further
consolidate and deepen the ASEAN
community-building and regional integration
process.

• Through the consolidation and integration
process, it is envisaged ASEAN will be able to
respond proactively and effectively to the
emerging threats and challenges presented by
the rapidly changing regional and global
landscape.

Pillar 1: Political-Security Community
• A rules-based, people-oriented, people-
centered ASEAN in a region of peace, stability
and prosperity;
• A consolidated ASEAN Community;
• A dynamic, resilient and harmonious
community able to effectively respond to
social and economic vulnerabilities and other
non-traditional security threats;

• A Community that can respond effectively to
challenges affecting ASEAN from within and
beyond the region;
• A Community that steadfastly maintains ASEAN
centrality in regional mechanisms;
• Strengthened ASEAN unity and cohesiveness to
protect its leading and central role in dealing with
matters of common concern; and
• Enhanced dialogue and cooperation with ASEAN
external partners for mutual benefit and interest.
Pillar 1: Political-Security Community

• The Bangkok Declaration of 8 August 1967 that
established ASEAN declared among others the
following aims and purposes that to this day
remain relevant for ASEAN political and security
cooperation, namely:
• 2 - ASEAN Political-Security Community
(APSC)ASEAN Political-Security Community
(APSC) - 3ASEAN Political-Security Community
(APSC)The Bangkok Declaration of 8 August 1967
that established ASEAN declared among others
the following aims and purposes that to this day
remain relevant for ASEAN political and security
cooperation, namely

• To accelerate the economic growth, social
progress and cultural development in the
region through joint endeavors in the spirit of
equality and partnership in order to
strengthen the foundation for a prosperous
and peaceful community of Southeast Asia;
and
• To promote regional peace and stability
through abiding respect for justice and the
rule of law in the relationship among
countries of the region and adherence to the
principles of the United Nations Charter.

• Preserving regional peace and stability,
adopting a comprehensive approach to
security challenges and developing friendly
and mutually beneficial relations with external
partners have been the underlying principles
of ASEAN’s approach to political and security
issues and developments.

• Seven years of implementation of the ASEAN
Political-Security Community (APSC) Blueprint
(2009-2015) has cemented the foundation of
the APSC by deepening and expanding ASEAN
political and security cooperation and
strengthening ASEAN capacity in responding
to regional and international challenges.
• Building upon these achievements, the APSC
Blueprint 2025 aims to elevate ASEAN
political-security cooperation to an even
higher plane as an integral part of the ASEAN
Community Vision 2025.

• It is envisaged that the ASEAN Political-
Security Community by 2025 shall be a united,
inclusive and resilient community where the
ASEAN peoples shall live in a safe, harmonious
and secure environment, embrace the values
of tolerance and moderation as well as uphold
ASEAN fundamental principles, hared values
and norms.

• It is further envisaged that ASEAN shall remain
cohesive, responsive and relevant in
addressing challenges to regional peace and
security as well as play a central role in
shaping the evolving regional architecture,
while deepening our engagement with
external parties and contributing collectively
to global peace, security and stability.

The APSC has the following key characteristics:
• A rules-based, people-oriented, people-
centered community bound by fundamental
principles, shared values and norms, in which
our peoples enjoy human rights, fundamental
freedoms and social justice, embrace the
values of tolerance and moderation, and share
a strong sense of togetherness, common
identity and destiny;

• (ii) A resilient community in a peaceful, secure
and stable region, with enhanced capacity to
respond effectively and in a timely manner to
challenges for the common good of ASEAN, in
accordance with the principle of
comprehensive security;

• An outward-looking community that deepens
cooperation with our external parties, upholds
and strengthens ASEAN centrality in the
evolving regional architecture, and plays a
responsible and constructive role globally
based on an ASEAN common platform on
international issues; and

• A community with strengthened institutional
capacity through improved ASEAN work
processes and coordination, increased
effectiveness and efficiency in the work of all
ASEAN Organs, including a strengthened
ASEAN Secretariat, as well as with increased
ASEAN institutional presence at the national,
regional and international levels.

• To build a rules-based, people-oriented,
people-centered community, the APSC has
consistently promoted cooperation in political
development that adheres to the principles of
democracy, the rule of law and good
governance as well as respect for, promotion
and protection of human rights and
fundamental freedoms.

• In the area of human rights, the ASEAN
Intergovernmental Commission on Human
Rights (AICHR), six years after its inception in
2009, has set the momentum and recorded
progress in human rights promotion and
protection in ASEAN.

• It has expanded its activities to include new
topics and target groups such as the
environment and climate change, peace, the
role of women in small and medium
enterprises, education, legal aid, journalists
and persons with disabilities.

• The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD),
which was adopted in November 2012,
further embodies the commitment of the
Governments of AMS to safeguard the human
rights and fundamental freedoms of the
people of ASEAN.
• n building a peaceful, secure and stable
region, ASEAN adopts a comprehensive
approach to security which enhances our
capacity to deal with existing and emerging
challenges.

• It pursues peaceful settlement of disputes and
renounces aggression and the threat or use of
force or other actions in any manner
inconsistent with international law.
• It also seeks to address non-traditional
security challenges including drug, trafficking
in persons, terrorism, disaster relief, public
health epidemics, among others.

• Serving as the bedrock for peace and stability
in Southeast Asia are ASEAN political
instruments such as the Treaty of Amity and
Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) which is a
key code of conduct governing inter-state
relations in the region;

• the Treaty on the Southeast Asian Nuclear
Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ) which
preserves our region free of nuclear weapons;
• and the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties
in the South China Sea (DOC) and the on-going
discussion on a Code of Conduct in the South
China Sea (COC) which promotes peaceful
settlement of disputes and practical maritime
cooperation in the South China Sea.

• The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) remains an
important mechanism to promote security
cooperation in the wider Asia-Pacific region.
• The focus of the ARF is on a wide array of
existing and emerging non-traditional security
threats such as trafficking of illicit drugs, cyber
security, bio-security, space security, maritime
safety, protection of the marine environment,
international migration and wildlife trafficking.

• Practical cooperation and strategic dialogue in
the defense sector remain significant, specifically
in maritime security, peacekeeping operations,
military medicine, counter-terrorism, and
humanitarian mine action.
• Cooperation between ASEAN Defense
establishments continue to evolve in the area of
humanitarian assistance and disaster relief
(HADR) with two initiatives having been endorsed
recently, namely the ASEAN Militaries Ready
Group on HADR and the ASEAN Center of Military
Medicine.
• https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/11b.-April-
2016-Fact-Sheet-of-APSC.pdf

Week Four (4) : August 26 – 30, 2019
Topic : Pillar 2: Economic
Community

Pillar 2: Economic Community
• A well integrated and connected economy
within the global economic system;
• A business-friendly, trade-facilitative, market
driven and predictable environment which
inspires investor confidence;
• A region with a key role in global value chains
and increasing participation in high value
added and knowledge-based activities;

Pillar 2: Economic Community
• A competitive and dynamic region that inspires
innovation and where businesses of all sizes thrive, and
where consumers’ rights are protected;
• A community where the benefits from economic
integration are equitably shared among and within
ASEAN Member States, including with micro, small and
medium enterprises, youth, and women
entrepreneurs; and
• A connected region where improvements in transport
linkages and infrastructure help peoples and
businesses move efficiently and work more
productively across borders, expand market reach and
strategically source goods and services.

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

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
- harmonize capital market
measures on intra-ASEAN standard; facilitate market
portfolio investments driven efforts to establish
exchange and debt
market linkages

labor discrimination on
employment
- harmonization of
standards in
education and
training; MRA on
vocational training
free flow of skilled - remove

For the ASEAN people, ASEAN 2025
means that:
• They will continue to live in a more united,
secure, peaceful and cohesive region;
• They will benefit and enjoy the gains resulting
from enhanced sustainable environmental
governance and practices in the region;
• Their human rights, fundamental freedoms,
dignity and social justice will be promoted and
protected;

• They will enjoy good governance that shall be
further strengthened;
• They will be part of a participative and socially
responsible community with equitable access
to opportunities for all;
• They will be better protected against
pandemics, natural and human-induced
disasters and calamities, transnational crimes
and transboundary challenges;

• They can engage purposefully with one
another in ASEAN and the world;
• They will enjoy greater prosperity through
increased economic opportunities, enhanced
regional connectivity, ease of intra-ASEAN
travel and doing business as well as a resilient
regional economy;
• They will benefit from greater employment
opportunities and quality jobs as well as from
mobility of skilled labor and talents;

• They will enjoy access to wider choices, safer,
and better quality products and services;
• They will benefit from better cost savings for
businesses as well as consumers through
improved access and connectivity;
• They will benefit from access to a wider and
better range of technologies and expertise;
and
• They will benefit from a strengthened ASEAN
institutional capacity to implement the ASEAN
agenda;
• https://asean.org/asean-2025-at-a-glance/

ASOCIO ASEAN ECONOMIC
COMMUNITY (AEC) DIGITAL
TASKFORCE

1967 : ASEAN formation providing political
leadership for regional integration
1999 – e-ASEAN Framework
2007 – ASEAN Economic Blueprint 2015
2015 – ASEAN Economic Community
ASEAN INSTITUTIONAL
MILESTONES
2015 – ASEAN Economic Blueprint 2025

Human Rights
Foreign Affairs
Regional Affairs
Defense
Legal
Transnational Crime
Economy
Trade
Energy
Agriculture & Forestry
Finance
Investment
Minerals
Science & Technology
Transport
Telecommunications / IT
Tourism
Mekong Basin
Development Gap
Culture & Arts
Sports
Disaster Management
Education
Environment
Haze Pollution
Health
Information
Rural / Poverty
Labour
Social Welfare
Women
Youth
MINISTERIAL
LEVEL
INTERVENTIONS
&
ADVOCACY ASEAN STRATEGIC
STRUCTURE

WHAT IS AEC?
The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) shall be the goal of regional economic
integration by 2015. AEC envisages the following key characteristics: (a) a single
market and production base, (b) a highly competitive economic region, (c) a
region of equitable economic development, and (d) a region fully integrated into
the global economy.
The AEC areas of cooperation include human resources development and
capacity building; recognition of professional qualifications; closer consultation on
macroeconomic and financial policies; trade financing measures; enhanced
infrastructure and communications connectivity; development of electronic
transactions through e-ASEAN; integrating industries across the region to
promote regional sourcing; and enhancing private sector involvement for the
building of the AEC. In short, the AEC will transform ASEAN into a region with free
movement of goods, services, investment, skilled labor, and freer flow of capital.
Source: asean.org

AEC Blueprint 2015
1. The ASEAN Leaders adopted the ASEAN Economic Blueprint in 2007 to serve
as a coherent master plan guiding the establishment of the ASEAN Economic
Community 2015.
2. Among the objectives:
i. Eliminating tariffs and facilitating trade
ii. Advancing services trade liberalisation
iii. Liberalising and facilitating investment
iv. Streamlining and harmonising capital market regulations
v. Facilitating skilled labour mobility
vi. Promoting development of regional competition framework
vii. Consumer protection and IPR
viii. Promoting connectivity
ix. Narrowing development gaps
x. Strengthening ASEAN relationship with external parties
3. Implementation has been mostly achieved by 2015
Source: AEC Blueprint 2025

AEC Blueprint 2025
1. AEC Blueprint 2025 will build on the previous Blueprint. The commitments of
CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) given special focus.
2. The Blueprint will include:
i. A highly integrated and cohesive economy
ii. A competitive, Innovative and Dynamic ASEAN
iii. An enhanced Connectivity and Sectoral Cooperation
iv. A resilient, inclusive, people-oriented and people-centred ASEAN
v. A global ASEAN
3. There are specific measures on ICT and E-Commerce

AEC Blueprint 2025 – ICT
1. Economic Transformation – ICT for economic development and promote
digital trade
2. People Integration and Empowerment Through ICT – Strengthen digital
inclusion, enhance broadband penetration and affordability
3. Innovation – Support ICT innovations and entrepreneurship and new
technology developments such as Big Data, Smart City
4. The Blueprint will include:
i. A highly integrated and cohesive economy
ii. A competitive, Innovative and Dynamic ASEAN
iii. An enhanced Connectivity and Sectoral Cooperation
iv. A resilient, inclusive, people-oriented and people-centred ASEAN
v. A global ASEAN
vi. Human Capital Development – Strengthen ICT workforce
vii. ICT in the Single Market – Promote the freer flow of ICT products,
services and investment as well as lowering roaming charges
viii. New Media and Content – Encourage e-services and new media
ix. Information Security and Assurance – Build a trusted ecosystem

AEC Blueprint 2025 – E-Commerce
1. To develop an ASEAN Agreement on E-Commerce
2. These include measures on:
i. Harmonised consumer rights and protection laws
ii. Harmonised online dispute resolution framework
iii. Schemes on e-identity and authorisation (electronic signature)
iv. Coherent framework on personal data protection

ASOCIO AEC DIGITAL TAKFORCE
1. ASOCIO formed the AEC Digital Taskforce to capitalise and provide a voice on
for the ICT industry on AEC implementation.
2. Malaysia will be chairing the taskforce with founding members Thailand and
Vietnam.
3. The Terms of Reference include:
• Engage with Asian Economic Community (AEC) stakeholders to Enable Maximum
Participation in Business Opportunities among ASOCIO Member Economies.
• Develop trade initiatives aligned to the Blue Print of AEC
• Create platform for certifications to support free flow of skilled workforce in AEC.
• Recommendation of policies
• Identify taxation impediments and recommendation of tax-free policies to
promote e-commerce.
• Increase English literacy and use English as primary language to communicate in
ICT arena
• Make ASOCIO as a vital interest group of AEC to engage dialogues with ASEAN
Secretariat and ASEAN ICT Ministers Meeting (TELMIN).

1. Mutual Recognition Arrangements on certification of
ICT Products
2. Framework on movement of ICT professionals
3. Common E-Waste and Green ICT Policy
4. Taxation on E-Commerce products and services
5. IP protection registration
6. Complete tariff elimination
POSSIBLE POLICY INTERVENTION

1. ASEAN Broadband and Data Roaming Programme
2. ASEAN ICT4D and Digital Inclusion Programmes
3. ASEAN e-Digital Mall
4. ASEAN Green ICT Initiative
5. Annual ASEAN Digital Summit and Workshop
6. ASEAN Digital Academy for Human Capital
Development
7. ASEAN Digital Research on State of ICT Sector
POSSIBLE PROJECTS/INITIATIVES

• Political gap – at different levels of democracy;
• Socio-economic gap - different levels of
democracy;
• Digital gaps
- infrastructure ;
- Access;
- ICT Diffusion;
- Affordability
- Usage levels and patterns
- Skill
GAPS AND CHALLENGES IN ASEAN

Week Five (5) : Sept 2 – 6, 2019
Topic : Pillar 3: Socio-Cultural
Community

Pillar 3: Socio-Cultural Community
• The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) is
one of the three pillars of ASEAN Community.
• At the heart of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural
Community (ASCC) is the commitment to lift the
quality of life of its peoples through cooperative
activities that are people-oriented, people
centered, environmentally friendly, and geared
towards the promotion of sustainable
development to face new and emerging
challenges in ASEAN.

• An inclusive Community that is people-
oriented, people-centered and promotes a
high quality of life and equitable access to
opportunities for all, and engages relevant
stakeholders in ASEAN processes;
• A sustainable Community that promotes social
development and environmental protection
through effective mechanisms to meet current
and future needs of the peoples;

• A resilient Community with enhanced capacity
to continuously respond and adapt to current
challenges and emerging threats; and
• A dynamic, open, creative and adaptive
Community with an ASEAN identity reflecting
the region’s collective personality, norms,
values and beliefs as well as aspirations as one
ASEAN Community.

• The ASCC is committed to opening a world of
opportunities to collectively deliver and fully
realize human development, resiliency and
sustainable development through Member
States’ cooperation on a wide range of areas
such as:
Culture and Information
Education, Youth and Sports
Social Welfare and Development

Women and Gender
Rural Development and Poverty Eradication
Environment
Disaster Management and Humanitarian
Assistance
Health

• Against this backdrop of intensified regional
cooperation, the region has witnessed
extreme poverty dramatically declining in a
number of ASEAN Member States.
• The region also experienced an expanding
middle class, improving health and education,
a growing workforce serving regional and
global labour needs, a rapidly rising urban
population that generates new services, city
infrastructure development, and evolving
lifestyles.

ASCC Blueprint 2025
• Given the complex challenges in the region,
the ASCC envisions an ASEAN Socio-Cultural
Community where people enjoy the benefits
of being part of ASEAN.
• The ASCC Blueprint 2025 will thus strive for a
community that engages and benefits the
people, and is inclusive, sustainable, resilient
and dynamic.

To do this, the ASCC will work towards:
• A committed, participative and socially-
responsible community for the benefit of
ASEAN peoples;
• An inclusive community that promotes high
quality of life, equitable access to
opportunities for all and promotes and
protects human rights;

• A sustainable community that promotes social
development and environmental protection;
• A resilient community with enhanced capacity
and capability to adapt and respond to social
and economic vulnerabilities, disasters,
climate change, and other new challenges;
and
• A dynamic and harmonious community that is
aware and proud of its identity, culture and
heritage.

• To do this, the ASCC will work towards:
• A committed, participative and socially-
responsible community for the benefit of
ASEAN peoples;
• An inclusive community that promotes high
quality of life, equitable access to
opportunities for all and promotes and
protects human rights;
• A sustainable community that promotes social
development and environmental protection;

Children’s Rights, Social Welfare and
Development of Vulnerable Groups:
• High-level Conference on Social Protection
• Cross-regional Roundtable on the Elimination
of Violence Against Children
• Baseline Study on Child Protection Systems in
ASEAN
• Baseline Study on the Status of Child
Participationin ASEAN and Member States

Poverty Eradication and Rural
Development:
• Regional Study on Social Entrepreneurship in
ASEAN
• Regional Study on Food Security and Price
Spikes: Responsive Social Protection Policies
for Vulnerable Poor
• ASEAN Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI)
• https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7d.-May-
2017-Factsheet-on-ASCC.pdf

Milestones in 2017 -Culture and Information
• ASEAN-Republic of Korea (ROK) Cultural
Exchange Year 2017
• Policy Dialogue with the ASEAN Media and
Information Sector
• ASEAN-UNESCO Forum on Safeguarding
Underwater Heritage

Education, Youth and Sports
• Report on the First ASEAN Youth Development
Index (YDI)
• ASEAN Statement on Youth Development
Index
• First ASEAN University Student Council Union
Conference (ASEAN 50th Anniversary
Commemorative Activity)

• First ASEAN Student Mobility Forum (ASEAN
50th Anniversary Commemorative Activity)
• Signing of the ASEAN University Network
(AUN) Charter
• Formulation of the Proposed ASEAN Fitness
Indicators
• Among others

Children’s Rights, Social Welfare and
Development of Vulnerable Groups:
• High-level Conference on Social Protection
• Cross-regional Roundtable on the Elimination
of Violence Against Children
• Baseline Study on Child Protection Systems in
ASEAN
• Baseline Study on the Status of Child
Participation in ASEAN and Member States

Poverty Eradication and Rural
Development:
• Regional Study on Social Entrepreneurship in
ASEAN
• Regional Study on Food Security and Price
Spikes: Responsive Social Protection Policies
for Vulnerable Poor
• ASEAN Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI)

Labor
• ASEAN instrument on the protection and
promotion of the rights of migrant workers
• Regional Plan of Action to Implement the
Vientiane Declaration on Transition from Informal
Employment to Formal Employment towards
Decent Work Promotion in ASEAN
• Study on Women Migrant Workers in ASEAN
Economic Integration
• ASEAN-ILO Joint Programme

Week Six (6) : Sept 16 – 20, 2019
Topic/Activity : (Library Work, Group
Research)
• ASEAN Country Members; Culture,
Religion, Political, Economy, Society,
Technology, Laws, Trends and other
factors affecting ASEAN

Week Seven (7) : Sept 23 – 27, 2019
Topic / Activity : Group Report
Presentation: First Five (5)
ASEAN Country Members; Culture, Religion,
Political, Economy, Society, Technology, Laws,
Trends and other factors affecting ASEAN.

Week Eight (8) : Sept 23 – 27, 2019
Topic/ Activity : Group Report Presentation:
Second Five (5)
ASEAN Country Members; Culture,
Religion, Political, Economy, Society,
Technology, Laws, Trends and other factors
affecting ASEAN.

ASEAN Members
Week/Lesson No: 5

Thailand
• Thailand is a newly industrialized country. Its
economy is heavily export-dependent, with
exports accounting for more than two-thirds of its
gross domestic product.
• In 2017, according to the IMF, Thailand had a GDP
of 15.450 trillion baht, the 8th largest economy of
Asia.
• Currency: Thai baht
Indonesia
• Indonesia has the largest economy in Southeast
Asia and is one of the emerging market economies
of the world.
• The country is also a member of G20 and classified
as a newly industrialized country.
• It is the 16th largest economy in the world by
nominal GDP and the 7th largest in terms of GDP.
• Currency: Indonesian rupiah

Singapore
• The economy of Singapore is a highly developed free-
market economy.
• Singapore's economy has been ranked as the most
open in the world, 3rd least corrupt, most pro-
business, with low tax rates and has the third highest
per-capita GDP in the world in terms of Purchasing
Power Parity.
• APEC is headquartered in Singapore
• Currency: Singapore dollar
Malaysia
• Malaysia is a Southeast Asian country occupying
parts of the Malay Peninsula and the island of
Borneo.
• It's known for its beaches, rainforests and mix of
Malay, Chinese, Indian and European cultural
influences.
• The capital, Kuala Lumpur, is home to colonial
buildings, busy shopping districts such as Bukit
Bintang and skyscrapers such as the iconic, 451m-tall
Petronas Twin Towers.
• Currency: Malaysian ringgit

Philippines
• The economy of the Philippines is the world's 34th
largest economy by nominal GDP according to the
2017 estimate of the International Monetary Fund's
statistics, it is the 13th largest economy in Asia, and the
3rd largest economy in the ASEAN after Indonesia and
Thailand.
• Currency: Philippine peso
Vietnam
• The socialist-oriented market economy of the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam is the 47th-largest
economy in the world measured by nominal
gross domestic product and 35th-largest in the
world measured by purchasing power parity.
• Currency: Vietnamese dong

Brunei
• Brunei is a country with a small, wealthy
economy that is a mixture of foreign and
domestic entrepreneurship, government
regulation and welfare measures, and village
tradition.
• Currency: Brunei dollar
Cambodia
• The economy of Cambodia at present follows
an open market system and has seen rapid
economic progress in the last decade.
• Cambodia had a GDP of $18.05 billion in 2015.
Per capita income, although rapidly increasing,
is low compared with most neighboring
countries.
• Currency: Cambodian riel

Myanmar
Myanmar is an emerging economy with a nominal
GDP of $69.322 billion in 2017 and an estimated
purchasing power adjusted GDP of $327.629 billion
in 2017 according to World Bank. For 2018
estimate, the country's per capita will be $6,509 in
PPP per capita and $1,490 in nominal per capita.
Currency: Burmese kyat
Laos
• The economy of the Lao People's Democratic
Republic is rapidly growing, as a result of
decentralized government control and
encouragement of private enterprise since
1986.
• Currently, Laos ranks amongst the fastest
growing economies in the world, averaging 8%
a year in GDP growth.
• Currency: Lao kip

Written Examination: Quiz
Week/ Lesson No: 6

Exhibition progress presentation
Exhibit highlighting the ASEAN countries culture,
religion, politics, economy and etc.
Week/Lesson No: 7

What is ASEAN Economic Community?
• AEC is an economic arrangement among the 10
member-countries of ASEAN with the following
characteristics:

1. Single Market Production Base
• Free flow of goods
• Free flow of services
• Free flow of investment
• Freer flow of capital
• Free flow of skilled labor
• Priority integration sectors
• Food, agriculture, and forestry

2. Competitive Economic Region
• Competition policy
• Consumer protection
• Intellectual property rights
• Infrastructure development
• Taxation
• E-commerce

3.Equitable economic development
• SME development
• Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI),
designed to narrow the development gap
between members and accelerate
integration of Cambodia, Laos, Burma
(Myanmar), and Vietnam.

4. Integration into the global economy
• Coherent approach to external economic
relations.
• Enhanced participation in global supply
networks.

ASEAN work as ONE for a common goals

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