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Title: 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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Thank you!
  • Professional Regulatory Board for Librarians,
    Professional Regulation Commission, Philippines.
  • Address P. Paredes Street, Sampaloc Manila.
  • Website http//www.prc.gov.ph/
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