In the foreseeable future, countries agreed to step up projects within the framework of the Master Plan’s 15 initiatives, including raising responsibility of coordinating agencies, improving inter-sectoral collaboration and actively calling for aid from financial partners and organisations.
During the first joint consultation meeting between the ACCC and 10 full and 4 field dialogue partners, partners pledged to make connectivity a priority in their cooperation with ASEAN in the future and consider joining in the 15 initiatives.
In another meeting, the ACCC and the European Union promised to incorporate the Master Plan into the EU’s support programmes for ASEAN in the 2014-2020 period. At the 28th ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Laos in September, ASEAN leaders adopted the ASEAN Master Plan on Connectivity until 2025 with a vision to create a connected and inclusive bloc to improve its competitiveness, inclusiveness and community awareness.
The Master Plan focuses on boosting collaboration in five priority areas of sustainable infrastructure, digital creativity, uninterrupted supply chain, management optimisation and the people’s movement via 15 specific initiatives.
