Mission of Japan to ASEAN and the JAIF Management Team Attend Stakeholder Consultation with the ASEAN Dialogue Partners

The ASEAN Member States (AMS) and the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) are currently endeavouring to develop Strategic Plans of the ASEAN Community Vision 2045, building on the achievements of the ASEAN Blueprints 2025, sectoral master plans, and other related workplans and strategies. To contribute to this pivotal initiative, the Ad-Hoc Working Group (AHWG), established by the Senior Officials Committee for the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC), has been conducting extensive stakeholder dialogues to exchange views, perspectives, and recommendations for formulating an ASCC Post-2025 Strategic Plan. They are also exploring potential mechanisms for cooperation and collaboration in advancing the goals of the ASCC.

Supported by JAIF, “The Stakeholder Consultation with the ASEAN Dialogue Partners,” organized in Jakarta on 27 August 2024, was one of the AHWG’s platforms to move forward with the initiative. This event involved ASEAN’s Dialogue and Development Partners, including the JAIF Management Team (JMT) and the Mission of Japan to ASEAN (MoJ), as well as international organizations.

The Consultation discussed, inter alia, the priority areas to be supported by the stakeholders, mainstreaming of the focus areas in the ASCC, partnerships and cooperation mechanisms, public engagement, and improved communication. In response to a call from the AHWG for feedback, JMT pointed out the need to more clearly define the strategic goals and objectives of the ASCC Post-2025 Strategic Plan in a viable way that would allow stakeholders to better understand the targets and to forge and take concrete actions to achieve the objectives.