Title: ASEAN SOCIO-CULTURAL COMMUNITY
1ASEAN 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
2Outline of the Presentation
- Background
- The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint
- Primary Goals
- Characteristics and Elements
- 2015 ASCC Priorities
- Philippine Advocacies in the ASEAN
- Impact on ASEAN Librarians
3Background 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
4Background 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.
5- 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
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6ASCCs 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.
7Characteristics 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.
8A. 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
9A. 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.
10B. 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.
11B. 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 -
12C. 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
13C. 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)
14D. 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.
15D. 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
16D. 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 -
17D. 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)
18E. 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
19F. 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.
20ASCC 2015 Priorities
- Source ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC)
Manila Philippine ASCC Secretariat, April 2015.
(PowerPoint Presentation)
212015 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
222015 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
232015 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
24Philippine 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)
25Impact 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.
26References
- 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)
27Thank 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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