by Irene Wijaya | Dec 9, 2020 | Agriculture, Technical Reports
To harmonise existing GAqP guidelines and standards of ASEAN Member States (AMS), the ASEAN Guidelines on Good Aquaculture Practices (GAqP) for Food Fish was developed in 2015, which addressed four areas affecting production, namely: a) Food safety; b) Animal health and welfare; c) Environmental integrity; and d) Socio-economic responsibility These ASEAN GAqP Guidelines address distinct issues on ensuring safety and quality of food fish during on-farm and post-production processes, enhancing environmental integrity of aqua farm operations, and contributing to socioeconomic sustainability. The guidelines cover all types of aquaculture (inland and marine) that produce fish for human consumption, including both hatcheries and grow-out farms. In order to operationalise the ASEAN GAqP Guidelines at both national and regional levels, promoting better understanding by capacitating AMS towards effective implementation of these guidelines, is crucial. This ASEAN Good Aquaculture Practices (GAqP) for Food Fish: Trainers’ Guide is intended to support AMS in delivering effective Training of Trainers (ToT) programs for aquaculture extension workers and trainers that will further contribute to better understanding and utilisation of ASEAN GAqP. To complement this Trainers’ Guide, a set of PowerPoint presentations is available covering the introduction, 12 teaching modules and a module on teaching methods for trainers to be used during the training course. Relevant project: Establishment of ASEAN Good Aquaculture Practices (ASEAN GAqP) Date published: December...
by Irene Wijaya | Nov 12, 2020 | Connectivity, Technical Reports
Sustainable infrastructure is critical to pandemic recovery and adaptation to the new normal. ASEAN, through the Lead Implementing Body for Sustainable Infrastructure (LIB-SI), has developed a Framework for Improving ASEAN Infrastructure Productivity that aims to help ASEAN Member States improve their infrastructure planning, delivery, and operation. The Framework for Improving ASEAN Infrastructure Productivity aims to assist relevant stakeholders across ASEAN Member States to make informed and evidence-based policies towards improving infrastructure productivity across the entire infrastructure project lifecycle. The Framework’s seven workstreams (comprising 36 priority actions) and two toolkits developed will help ASEAN Member States prioritise their capacity building needs and customise specific actions. DOWNLOAD THE FULL PUBLICATION As mentioned in the Publication, an Excel workbook is provided to assist ASEAN Member States with capturing their self-assessment and calculating the scores against each workstream. DOWNLOAD THE EXCEL WORKBOOK Related project: Development of Framework for Improving ASEAN Infrastructure...
by Irene Wijaya | Nov 12, 2020 | Connectivity, Technical Reports
The Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025, adopted by ASEAN Leaders at the 28th / 29th ASEAN Summits in Vientiane, Lao PDR, in September 2016 aims to achieve a seamlessly and comprehensively connected and integrated ASEAN that will promote competitiveness, inclusiveness, and a greater sense of Community. It comprises 15 initiatives in the five strategic areas of: (i) Sustainable Infrastructure; (ii) Digital Innovation; (iii) Seamless Logistics; (iv) Regulatory Excellence; and (v) People Mobility. This Mid-Term Review (MTR) of MPAC 2025 takes stock of the progress; highlights successes and challenges in the implementation of MPAC 2025; identifies and establishes linkages to other ASEAN and external initiatives; and makes recommendations for adjustments to ensure relevance and to boost implementation at both regional and national levels. In particular, the MTR assesses the relevance in light of emerging trends in the region, focus on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which has major implications for connectivity. To find out more on the key findings of MPAC 2025 progress, the potential impact of MPAC 2025, key challenges and recommendations, please download: Executive Summary of the Mid Term Review of the MPAC 2025 Infographic – Mid Term Review of MPAC 2025 Infographic– Linkages among Strategic Areas of MPAC 2025 Related project: Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC)...
by Irene Wijaya | Nov 11, 2020 | MSME & private sector engagement, Projects
Status: Completed. As a key stakeholder, the participation and involvement of the private sector is crucial to the creation of a strong foundation for the successful implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). Greater involvement and more structured participation of the private sector can contribute to the success of ASEAN in designing regional strategies and initiatives as well as in identifying impediments to deepen regional economic integration. The AEC, in turn, will also benefit the private sector, both large enterprises as well as small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This is due to an integrated economic region with greater liberalisation and freer movements of goods, services, investment and skilled labour as envisioned in the AEC. The project supported a study to gather insights from ASEAN indigenous enterprises (large enterprises and SMEs) on their sentiments towards the AEC, including the business environment, investment climate, and integration outlook in the region; and in particular, on the impact of services trade liberalisation as facilitated through the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS) and related regional cooperation programmes and initiatives. This study delved deeper to gauge the sentiment on services trade liberalisation and removal of barriers in services trade, focusing on three key sectors, namely financial services, tourism services, and distribution services. This video highlights the findings of this study: Download the report: ASEAN Business Sentiment Survey 2020-2021 | AADCP II (aadcp2.org) For more information regarding this project, please contact the Enterprise and Stakeholders Engagement Division of the ASEAN...
by Irene Wijaya | Nov 11, 2020 | MSME & private sector engagement, Projects
Status: Completed. The SAP SMED 2025 was adopted by ASEAN in November 2015 to enhance Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) competitiveness, resilience and to enable greater benefits from ASEAN economic integration. It serves to strengthen MSMEs in an increasingly competitive global economic environment. It supports initiatives conducive to improving the policy environment for MSME’s to drive productivity and innovation, as well as supporting inclusive and equitable development. This project supports the mid-term review (MTR) of the SAP SMED 2025. The main objective of the MTR is to assess the extent to which SAP SMED 2025 has been effectively implemented, the degree to which outcomes have been achieved, and to make recommendations that will improve implementation. It will enable key stakeholders, particularly the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ACCSME), to: make informed decisions to improve implementation effectiveness and performance understand drivers, success factors and lessons learned, as well as constraints and challenges that cause delay and areas requiring further work or reform consider a set of actionable and concrete recommendations towards improving implementation of the SAP SMED 2025 and moving it forward. The evaluation report can be downloaded...
