by Irene Wijaya | Dec 29, 2018 | Consumer Protection, Technical Reports
In 2016, AADCP II supported ASEAN in producing six technical modules, aimed to enhance ASEAN Member States (AMS) with effective capacities to adopt and implement consumer protection laws at the national level. They serve as resource materials for training, focusing on technical requirements provisionally involving consumer concerns and demands in 6 core areas: (a) Product safety and labelling; (b) Phone and internet services, and e-commerce; (c) Consumer credit and banking; (d) Environment; (e) Healthcare services; and (f) Professional services. These training manuals complement these six technical modules, to be used by AMS to deliver teaching/ training to their respective stakeholders. Details of each modules are below: Training Manual on Phone, Internet Service and E-Commerce This module focuses on phones, internet services, and e-commerce in the ASEAN Member States. It aims to provide trainees, who are officials and heads of agencies, with additional competencies in terms of technical knowledge, better understanding of industry policies and practices, and skills in enhancing consumer protection in this sub-sector. This training module provides a resource for trainers seeking to train participants on how to deal with systematic problems that arise in the telecommunications and e-commerce marketplace within the ASEAN region. Training Manuals on Professional Services This module focuses on the Professional Services, including a summary of current rules and practices for registration and discipline of medical and legal practitioners in the ASEAN Member States (AMS). It aims to provide trainees, who are officials and heads of agencies, with additional competencies in terms of technical knowledge, better understanding of industry policies and practices, and skills in enhancing consumer protection in this sub-sector. This Training Module will...
by Irene Wijaya | Sep 13, 2018 | IAI/NDG, Projects
Status: Completed. Post-harvest losses in Southeast Asia remain a persistent problem, and are very high in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Viet Nam (CLMV countries). Reducing post-harvest losses in fruits in CLMV countries is particularly important as CLMV countries export a large proportion of their seasonal fruits. Access to post-harvest reduction technologies and/or practices would directly benefit farmers and help to improve the total volume and value of exports. CLMV countries would benefit from a project which examines current post-harvest loses in a seasonal fruit of common importance and identifies hands-on training on low cost technologies/ practices to reduce losses. This project assessed post-harvest losses along the value chain for mango in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar, and for dragon fruit in Viet Nam. It then identified the capacity building and technical assistance requirements of these countries to implement low cost and easy-to-use technologies and/or practices to reduce post-harvest losses. This project is part of ASEAN’s Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) Work Plan...
by Irene Wijaya | Sep 13, 2018 | Connectivity, Projects
Status: Completed. Electricity demand in ASEAN is projected to grow faster than any other final form of energy, accounting for 56% of growth in total energy demand until 2040. As a result, the ASEAN Member States (AMS) will collectively need to construct 350 gigawatts of additional generating capacity, more than double what exists today. This will require an estimated USD 600 billion in generation investments and USD 730 billion in transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure. These investments can best be supported through increased regional power integration and, in particular, through the enhanced implementation of a regional ASEAN Power Grid (APG) whereby excess power and reserve capacity can be beneficially shared. Multilateral power trading, as a way to implement the APG, can bring multiple benefits, including reduced system costs, increased energy security and an ability to integrate higher shares of variable renewable energy. This project produces a report identifies a set of minimum political, technical and institutional requirements that the ASEAN member states will need to meet in order to establish multilateral power trading in the region. Some of these minimum requirements can be met by building upon existing efforts in the region. The report also proposes a set of trading arrangements of increasing levels of ambition which, taken together, will enable ASEAN to establish multilateral power trading in a manner that is consistent with maximising national sovereignty and the equitable sharing of benefits. These recommendations include a summary of potential roles for regional institutions and an example transaction to show how trading might potentially work in practice. The report has been published and presented at the 37th ASEAN Ministers...
by Irene Wijaya | Sep 13, 2018 | Corporate Development, Projects
Status: ongoing. Within the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC), Programme Cooperation and Project Management Division (PCPMD) is responsible for strengthening project management in the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) and supporting development cooperation programmes and projects in ASEAN and between ASEAN Member States (AMS) and its partners. This project will develop a Terms of Reference for PCPMD, highlighting its roles and responsibilities in the following focus areas: (1) programme cooperation; (2) development and implementation of a project management framework; (3) development and implementation of a ASEAN projects database; and (4) project management leadership. It will identify any changes in the business processes and mechanisms as well as capacity gaps within PCPMD and ASEC, that are required for PCPMD to implement its mandate effectively. It will also provide PCPMD with a strategic plan to promote and implement those changes, and address those...
by Irene Wijaya | Mar 21, 2018 | Connectivity, Projects
Status: Completed. With the increasing pace of urbanisation comes the immediate need for cities in ASEAN to provide adequate urban infrastructure. This need is reflected in the Master Plan for ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025, which aims to advance sustainable urbanisation and scale up the sharing of smart urbanisation models across cities in the ASEAN Member States (AMS). Given the various efforts and available expertise already existing in ASEAN, it is important for all stakeholders to have a common understanding, consolidate experiences and exchange “know-how” on developing cities in a liveable and sustainable way. This project undertook scoping of cooperation for sustainable urbanisation in ASEAN, to identify prioritised areas of work related to sustainable urbanisation that can quickly yield an agreed regional outcome. It took stock of various initiatives, and share results and lessons learned from relevant past and current regional, national and sub-national initiatives. It defined a roadmap describing time-specific targeted actions or activities and initial indicators of sustainable urbanisation performance as a baseline for future measurement. The result of this project is the ASEAN Sustainable Urbanisation Strategy which was launched at the 33rd ASEAN Summit in Singapore. It can also be downloaded from the ASEAN Connectivity...
