Attachment Programme: Support for ASEAN Secretariat
Implemented as part of the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI), the Attachment Programme dispatches young government officials from CLMV countries (Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Myanmar, Viet Nam) to the ASEAN Secretariat for one year to enhance their administrative capacities. Japan has supported the Attachment Programme since its inception in 2001 to assist ASEAN’s efforts to narrow the gap between the CLMV and the other ASEAN Member States.
Strengthening support for the functions of the ASEAN Secretariat is one of the sectors covered by 130 cooperation items of the Implementation Plan of the Joint Vision Statement on ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation. Japan is committed to working together with ASEAN as Trusted Partners to implement measures to realise the Joint Vision Statement and further strengthen cooperation.
Attachment Programme is supported by the Government of Japan through the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF).
