Presentation by Ong Keng Yong, Ambassador-at-Large, Singapore “Looking Towards ASEAN community 2015: Constraints, Obstacles and Opportunities” seminar on 21 April 2011 at Chulalongkorn University

1. ASEAN Community 2015 - beginnings, opportunities and challenges Ambassador Ong Keng Yong Director, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore

7. Towards an ASEAN Community ASEAN Vision 2020 (1997) “ A concert of Southeast Asian nations, outward looking, living in peace, stability and prosperity, bonded together in partnership in dynamic development and in a community of caring societies” Bali Concord II (2003) “ An ASEAN Community shall be established comprising three pillars, namely political and security cooperation, economic cooperation, and socio-cultural cooperation that are closely intertwined and mutually reinforcing for the purpose of ensuring durable peace, stability and shared prosperity in the region”

8. I N C O N C E R T D Y N A M I C C A R I N G OUTWARD LOOKING SECURITY POLITICAL ECONOMIC CULTURAL SOCIO External Relations NARROWING THE DEVELOPMENT GAP

12. ASEAN Community APSC AEC ASCC Enhance rules and good governance Enhance integration and competitiveness Enhance well-being of ASEAN citizens Narrowing the Development Gaps People-to-People Connectivity Tourism, Education, Culture Physical Connectivity Hard Infrastructure Transportation, Logistics Facilities, ICT, Energy (Power Grid and Pipelines), Special Economic Zones Institutional Connectivity Soft Infrastructure Trade facilitation, ASEAN Single Window, Investment facilitation, Services Liberalisation, Regional Transport Agreements, Capacity-building programmes ASEAN Connectivity Resource Mobilisation

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