Tag: ASEAN Community
People-Centered ASEAN – Between Rhetoric and Reality
Jakarta (Antara News) - Over the last several years, ASEAN has proclaimed the rhetoric of becoming "people-oriented" or "people-centered" in a number of documents, speeches and meetings.
After 46 years, ASEAN leaders have now started talking about shifting the focus from state-centric to people-centric activities that would benefit people in...
Myanmar people’s forum underway in Yangon
A Myanmar People's Forum is underway here in preparation for hosting the ASEAN People's Forum as Myanmar is to serve as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2014.
The three-day forum, which began on Saturday and attended by more than 150 civil societies, aims to ensure...
Indonesia: Towards neoliberal urbanism in education – Setiono Sugiharto
The best perspective we can borrow to envision what Indonesia's educational policy looks like is the notion of neoliberal urbanism — a neologism first unveiled by educational sociologist Pauline Lipman.
Taking a specific case from the US’ urban school system, Lipman argues that urban areas have undoubtedly become the forefront...
Asean free-trade pacts weak, ADB study says
BANDAR Seri Begawan—Free-trade agreements (FTAs) in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) tend to be “weak” and could be distracting members from real economic reforms and regional integration, argued a study that reviews progress in the Asean Economic Community.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently published a collection of...
Asean Envoys Look Forward To AC In 2015 Under Malaysia’s Chairmanship
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31 (Bernama) -- Association of Southeast Asean (Asean) envoys based in Malaysia are looking forward towards the establishment of the "Asean Community" (AC) in 2015, marking the year when Malaysia will chair the 10-member bloc.
They are confident that under Malaysia's chairmanship, Asean members would reach a...
Nationalism: a barrier to integration?
Little is also known about how the region’s 500 million people feel about cooperating closer with citizens of countries that, in many cases, they have little in common. But a recently established Facebook community, with more than 200,000 members across all 10 members, has given some insight – and...
From pariah to prime time: Myanmar takes up ASEAN chair
By Saroj Mohanty, IANS,
In the new year, world attention would turn prime time to Myanmar as it assumes the coveted chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Jan 1 and leads the 10-nation group to becoming an economic community by 2015.
For India, Myanmar is not just its...
ASEAN and Universal Health Care
ASSOCIATION of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has traditionally relied on a mixture of public and private health care with an emphasis on the latter. It is a structure that is likely to continue as more countries in the region begin to move toward the provision of universal health care.
For...
Int’l traders see PH as gateway to Asean for auto parts
Investors are considering making the Philippines their gateway for their planned investments in the region, in preparation for the formation of the Asean Economic Community by 2015.
“With the AEC 2015 in the horizon, there is a strong interest in making the Philippines a hub for (investments in) retail, automotive...
ASEAN coordinating committee on investment to meet in Myanmar
YANGON, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar will host the 62nd ASEAN Coordination Committee on Investment in Nay Pyi Taw next weekend, state media reported Friday.
Dozens of investment officers from member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and host Myanmar will discuss at the two-day meeting on...
