by Kaisar | Feb 8, 2015 | Projects, Services
Based on the final report of the Services Design Study supported during the transition period, the Services Diagnostic and Needs Assessment Study began in September 2010 and was completed in November 2011. The study assessed needs across all ASEAN Member States in four of the five AEC priority liberalisation sectors: air transport, e-ASEAN, healthcare and tourism. These were examined with reference to a range of important cross-cutting issues: competitiveness/productivity, institutional/regulatory, human resources, market constraints, adjustment costs and enterprise efficiencies. Using a network of in-country experts, fieldwork was conducted in each of the ASEAN Member States. Following conclusion of the fieldwork recommendations for follow-on activities were identified and presented in the final report. A number of project recommendations are now being implemented through AADCP II. Reports can be downloaded here: Abstract Executive Summary Final...
by Kaisar | Feb 8, 2015 | Projects, Services
This Design Study was concluded in December 2009. It included fieldwork undertaken in Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam as well as at ASEC in Jakarta. The study found that the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services commitments in liberalisation have been progressive and may not have reached unilateral liberalising levels in some instances. It identified a number of key cross-cutting issues as well as key sub-sectors. The report recommended a full Services Diagnostic and Needs Assessment Study be undertaken (refer Project 3). ...
by Kaisar | Feb 8, 2015 | Projects, Services
This project, completed in January 2011, examined the status of three key ASEAN Agreements – the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS) and the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA). Implementation of the commitments in these agreements is key to the achievement of AEC Blueprint goals of liberalisation of trade in goods, services and investment. The study examined gaps and legal impediments between the agreements and the existing legal situations in each of the ASEAN Member States and made recommendations for future activities to accelerate compliance. At the ASEAN-level, it recommended prioritisation of key sectors within each agreement-transport/logistics and telecommunication in services, agriculture and manufacturing in investment and agriculture in goods. For each ASEAN Member State, it also recommended priority industries which varied from country to country. ...
