Head of the Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to ASEAN, Ambassador Tran Duc Binh (middle) at the meeting (Photo: VNA)Jakarta (VNA) – Head of the Vietnam’s PermanentMission to ASEAN, Ambassador Tran Duc Binh chaired the first 2020 meeting ofthe ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee (ACCC) in Indonesia on February18.
The meeting spoke highly of progress in the implementationof the 2025 Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC 2025), with 12 out of 15initiatives in five strategic fields of sustainable infrastructure, digitalinnovation, seamless logistics, regulatory excellence and people mobility alreadyunderway, and the remaining in the process of preparation.
Participants adopted orientations and priorities during theyear Vietnam holds the ASEAN Chairmanship and the 2020-2022 working plan inorder to realise the MPAC.
Specifically, ASEAN will give priority to projects under thethree initiatives that are yet to be implemented, especially schemes on buildingdata on commercial routes, a dictionary on ASEAN open data, developing digitalplatforms, enhancing vocational and human resources training in the new period.
Delegates also highlighted the need to popularise contentsand benefits of MPAC 2025, encourage the involvement of ASEAN’s specialisedagencies in the implementation of MPAC 2025 projects, and strengthen mechanismsto link MPAC 2025 with initiatives to connect the region with partnercountries.
The ACCC was established with the aim to supervise MPAC 2025implementation and report to the ASEAN Coordinating Council and the ASEANSummit.
The MPAC 2025 was adopted at the 28th ASEANSummit in Vientiane, Laos in September 2016./.
The meeting spoke highly of progress in the implementationof the 2025 Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC 2025), with 12 out of 15initiatives in five strategic fields of sustainable infrastructure, digitalinnovation, seamless logistics, regulatory excellence and people mobility alreadyunderway, and the remaining in the process of preparation.
Participants adopted orientations and priorities during theyear Vietnam holds the ASEAN Chairmanship and the 2020-2022 working plan inorder to realise the MPAC.
Specifically, ASEAN will give priority to projects under thethree initiatives that are yet to be implemented, especially schemes on buildingdata on commercial routes, a dictionary on ASEAN open data, developing digitalplatforms, enhancing vocational and human resources training in the new period.
Delegates also highlighted the need to popularise contentsand benefits of MPAC 2025, encourage the involvement of ASEAN’s specialisedagencies in the implementation of MPAC 2025 projects, and strengthen mechanismsto link MPAC 2025 with initiatives to connect the region with partnercountries.
The ACCC was established with the aim to supervise MPAC 2025implementation and report to the ASEAN Coordinating Council and the ASEANSummit.
The MPAC 2025 was adopted at the 28th ASEANSummit in Vientiane, Laos in September 2016./.
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