to achieving the political-security, economic, and socio-cultural pillars of an
integrated ASEAN Community.
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Vision and strategic objectives
ASEAN Connectivity 2025
Physical connectivity
To achieve a seamlessly and comprehensively connected and
integrated ASEAN that will promote competitiveness, inclusiveness,
and a greater sense of Community
People-to-people
Institutional connectivity
connectivity
Strategic objectives
▪ Increase public and private infrastructure investment in each ASEAN Member State,
Sustainable
infrastructure
Digital
innovation
Seamless
logistics
Regulatory
excellence
People mobility
as needed
▪ Significantly enhance the evaluation and sharing of best practices on infrastructure
▪
▪
▪
▪
▪
productivity in ASEAN
Increase the deployment of smart urbanisation models across ASEAN
Support the adoption of technology by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)
Support financial access through digital technologies
Improve open data use in ASEAN Member States
Support enhanced data management in ASEAN Member States
▪ Lower supply chain costs in each ASEAN Member State
▪ Improve speed and reliability of supply chains in each ASEAN Member State
▪ Harmonise or mutually recognise standards, conformance, and technical regulations for
products in key sectors
▪ Reduce number of trade-distorting non-tariff measures across ASEAN Member States
▪ Support ease of travel throughout ASEAN
▪ Reduce the gaps between vocational skills demand and supply across ASEAN
▪ Increase the number of intra-ASEAN international students
Figure 1
2.
The following criteria were used to prioritise strategies to support the articulated
promote
competitiveness,
vision
statement: inclusiveness, and a iii. Relevance. The strategic areas must be within
the scope of the connectivity agenda, including
greater sense of Community (Figure 1). Greater
being regional in nature.
connectivity is the foundational supportive and
i .
Significance.
The
strategic
areas
must
have the
to have
material
The potential
strategic areas
must have
the
facilitative means to achieving the political- Iv. Timeliness.
impact and
on socio-cultural
the connectivity
in
ASEAN.
In other
words, impact
it must
potential
to achieve
demonstrable
over be
security, economic,
pillars of agenda
an
the 2016-2025
integrated critical
ASEAN Community.
to achieving the vision and goals
outlined period.
for ASEAN Connectivity.
Based on these criteria and consultations
The following criteria were used to prioritise with Government officials of ASEAN Member
strategies to support the articulated vision States, Dialogue Partners, academics, multilateral
institutions, business associations, private
statement:
i. Significance. The strategic areas must have sector representatives and other relevant
the potential to have material impact on the stakeholders, the following five strategic areas
connectivity agenda in ASEAN. In other words, have been prioritised for MPAC 2025: sustainable
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infrastructure, digital innovation, seamless logistics,
it MASTER
must be
critical
to achieving
the vision 2025
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regulatory excellence, and people mobility.
goals outlined for ASEAN Connectivity.
The five strategic areas cover and support
ii. Complementarity. The strategic areas relate
to opportunities to complement other ASEAN different ASEAN Connectivity dimensions and
sectoral work plans. This could include issues ASEAN Community pillars. In particular, there is
that span multiple sector working groups, wide coverage of the physical and institutional
which may not be adequately addressed by any dimensions; as well as significant alignment with
the ASEAN Community priorities.
existing group (e.g., infrastructure financing).
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