ASEANAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATION

Establishment

EstablishmentEstablished on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand

ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration)

Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand

Brunei (1984), Viet Nam (1995), Lao, Myanmar (1997), Cambodia (1999)

Member States

Member StatesBrunei Darussalam

Cambodia

Indonesia

Lao PDR

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

600 million people

What is ASEAN for?

What is ASEAN for? Accelerate economic growth, social progress, and cultural development

Promote regional peace and stability

Promote active collaboration and mutual assistance in economic, social, cultural, technical, scientific and administration

Aim

Aim

Balanced diversity

Beneficial unity

Further integrate into ASEAN Community by 2015

AEC: ASEAN Economic Community

AEC: ASEAN Economic CommunityA single market and production base

A highly competitive economic region

A region of equitable economic development

A region of fully integrated into the global economy

A region with free movement of goods, services, investment, skilled labour, and free flow of capital

Mutual Recognition Arrangement

Mutual Recognition ArrangementEngineering Services

Nursing Services

Architectural Services

Surveying Qualifications

Accountancy Services

Dental Practitioners

Medical Practitioners

Preparing for ASEAN

Preparing for ASEAN

Language skill (English, local dialect, Chinese)

Skilled Labour

Regional investment

Technology

News Article

Read the article on ASEAN from CNN

Think-Pair-Share

HTTP://EDITION.CNN.COM/2013/08/14/OPINION/ASEAN-DREAM-KHANNA/INDEX.HTML?IREF=ALLSEARCH

Assignment

Assignment

A 700-word essay on “Why Southeast Asia matters?”

References

http://visasblog.y-axis.com/?attachment_id=694

http://www.aseansec.org/18619.htm

http://www.thai-aec.com