ASEAN SOCIO-CULTURAL COMMUNITY

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ASEAN SOCIO-CULTURAL COMMUNITY

• Presented by the Professional Regulatory Board
  For Librarians at the Pre-CONSAL Convening on
  ASEAN Integration Cross Border Mobility of
  Librarians, Bangkok,
• 9 June 2015

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Outline of the Presentation

1. Background
2. The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint
3. Primary Goals
4. Characteristics and Elements
5. 2015 ASCC Priorities
6. Philippine Advocacies in the ASEAN
7. Impact on ASEAN Librarians

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Background 1/2

• Adoption of the Declaration of ASEAN Concord II
  (Bali Concord II) in Bali Indonesia on 7 October
  2003 to establish the ASEAN Community by 2020
  with three pillars.
• Political and Security Community
• Economic Community
• Socio-Cultural Community

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Background 2/2

• Cebu Declaration on the Acceleration of an ASEAN
  Community by 2015 on 13 Jan 2007 during the 12th
  ASEAN Summit in in Cebu, Philippines.
• Agreement to develop an ASEAN Socio-Cultural
  Community (ASCC) Blueprint on 20th Nov. 2007
  during the 13th ASEAN Summit in Singapore.

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• ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint.
• Source ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint.
  Jakarta ASEAN Secretariat, June 2009. ltAvailable
  online at http//www.asean.org/archive/5187-19.pdf
  gt

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ASCCs Primary Goals

• To contribute to realizing a people-centered and
  socially responsible ASEAN Community with
  enduring solidarity and unity by forging a
  common identity and building a caring and sharing
  society where the well being, livelihood and
  welfare of the people are enhanced.

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Characteristics and Elements of ASEAN
Socio-Cultural Community

• ASCC envisages the following
• A. Human Development
• B. Social Welfare and Protection
• C. Social Justice and Rights
• D. Ensuring Environmental Sustainability
• E. Building the ASEAN Identity and
• F. Narrowing the Development Gap.

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A. Human Development (1/2)

• ASEAN will enhance the well-being and livelihood
  of the peoples of ASEAN by providing them with
  equitable access to human development
  opportunities by
• promoting and investing in education and
  life-long learning, human resource training and
  capacity building,
• encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship,
• promoting the use of English language, ICT and
  applied science and technology in socio-economic
  development activities

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A. Human Development (2/2)

• A.1 Advancing and prioritizing education
• A.2 Investing in human resource development
• A.3 Promotion of decent work
• A.4 Promoting Information and Communication
  Technology (ICT) and Science and Technology
  (ST)
• A.5 Strengthening entrepreneur skills for women,
  youth, elderly and persons with disability and
• A.6 Building civil service capability.

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B. Social Welfare and Protection (1/2)

• ASEAN is committed to enhancing the well-being
  and the livelihood of the peoples of ASEAN
  through
• alleviating poverty
• ensuring social welfare and protection
• building a safe, secure and drug-free
  environment
• enhancing disaster resilience and
• addressing health development concerns.

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B. Social Welfare and Protection (2/2)

• B.1 Poverty alleviation
• B.2 Social safety net and protection from the
  negative impacts of integration and globalization
• B.3 Enhancing food security and safety
• B.4 Access to health care and promotion of
  healthy lifestyles
• B.5 Improving capability to control communicable
  diseases
• B.6 Ensuring a drug-free ASEAN
• B.7 Building disaster-resilient nations and safer
  communities

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C. Social Justice and Rights (1/2)

• ASEAN is committed to promoting social justice
  and mainstreaming peoples rights into its
  policies and all spheres of life, including the
  rights and welfare of disadvantaged, vulnerable
  and marginalized groups such as women, children,
  the elderly, persons with disability and migrant
  workers

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C. Social Justice and Rights (2/2)

• C.1 Promotion and protection of the rights and
  welfare of women, children, the elderly, and
  persons with disabilities
• C.2 Protection and promotion of the rights of
  migrant workers
• C.3 Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility
  (CSR)

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D. Ensuring Environmental Sustainability (1/3)

• ASEAN shall work towards achieving sustainable
  development as well as promoting clean and green
  environment by protecting the natural resource
  base for economic and social development
  including the sustainable management and
  conservation of soli, water, mineral, Energy,
  biodiversity, forest, coastal and marine
  resources as well as the improvement of water and
  air quality for the ASEAN Region.

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D. Ensuring Environmental Sustainability (1/3)

• D.1 Addressing global environmental issues
• D.2Managing and preventing transboundary
  environmental pollution
• D.2.1 Transboundary haze pollution
• D.2.2 Transboundary movement of hazardous wastes
• D3. Promoting sustainable development through
  environment education and public participation

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D. Ensuring Environmental Sustainability (2/3)

• D4. Promoting Environmentally Sound Technology
  (EST)
• D5. Promoting quality living standards in ASEAN
  cities/urban areas
• D6.Harmonizing environmental policies and
  databases
• D.7. Promoting the sustainable use of coastal and
  marine environment

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D. Ensuring Environmental Sustainability (3/3)

• D.8. Promoting Sustainable Management of Natural
  Resources and Biodiversity
• D9. Promoting the sustainability of forest
  resources, agriculture and environment
• D10. Responding to climate change and addressing
  its impacts
• D.11. Promoting Sustainable Forest Management
  (SFM)

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E. Building the ASEAN Identity

• ASEAN will mainstream and promote greater
  awareness and common values in the spirit of
  unity and diversity at all levels of society.
• E.1 Promotion of ASEAN awareness and a sense of
  community
• E.2 Preservation and promotion of ASEAN cultural
  heritage
• E.3 Promotion of cultural creativity and Industry
• E.4 Engagement with the Community

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F. Narrowing the Development Gap

• Strategic objectives Strengthen cooperation to
  reduce the development gap in particular the
  social dimensions of development between the
  ASEAN-6 and the CLMV countries and within ASEAN
  where some isolated pockets of underdevelopment
  persists.

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ASCC 2015 Priorities

• Source ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC)
  Manila Philippine ASCC Secretariat, April 2015.
  (PowerPoint Presentation)

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2015 ASCC Priorities (1/3)

• GeneralAdoption of the ASEAN Community 2025
  Vision and attendant document
• LabourAdoption of the ASEAN instrument on the
  Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant
  workers
• Civil ServiceAdoption of the ASEAN Joint
  Statement on Post-2015 Priorities Relating to
  Civil Service

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2015 ASCC Priorities (2/3)

• Social Welfare and Development
• Adoption of the Regional Framework and Action
  Plan to Implement the Declaration on
  Strengthening Social Protection in ASEAN
• Adoption of the ASEAN Declaration on Ageing
  Empowering Older Person in ASEAN
• HealthAdoption of Declaration or Joint Statement
  on Universal Health Coverage in ASEAN

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2015 ASCC Priorities (3/3)

• Disaster Management
• Adoption of the ASEAN Declaration on One ASEAN,
  One Response 2029 and Beyond ASEAN responding to
  Disaster as One
• Adoption of the Declaration on Mainstreaming the
  resilience of ASEAN and its Communities and
  Peoples to Disaster and Climate Change
• EnvironmentAdoption of the ASEAN Joint Statement
  on Climate Change 2015
• SportsAdoption of the ASEAN Joint Statement on
  Sports Cooperation

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Philippine Advocacies

• Migrant workers protection
• Social protection
• Disaster Management
• Climate Change
• Biodiversity Conservation
• Source ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC)
  Manila Philippine ASCC Secretariat, April 2015.
  (PowerPoint Presentation)

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Impact on the ASEAN Librarians

• The characteristics and elements of the ASCC will
  ensure the
• Continuing development of their knowledge and
  skills
• Welfare and Protection of librarians who will
  work in other ASEAN countries outside their own
• Promotion of the ASEAN Identity to close the
  cultural/language gap
• Establishment of an ASEAN standard for the
  education of librarians and its practice.

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References

• ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint.
  Jakarta ASEAN Secretariat, June 2009. ltAvailable
  online at http//www.asean.org/archive/5187-19.pdf
  gt
• ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Manila
  Philippine ASCC Secretariat, April 2015.
  (PowerPoint Presentation)

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  Professional Regulation Commission, Philippines.
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