Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025 is unlocking more opportunities to improve the way people live, work and travel across the region. The journey of MPAC 2025 has come a long way since its adoption in September 2016. Find out more MPAC 2025 journey by downloading this infographic.
Strategic Area Category: Sustainable Infrastucture
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. Download this infographic to learn more about the Framework. …
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ASEAN is situated in a vibrant environment where it needs to address the challenge of improving overall productivity to sustain economic progress. Given limited resources and considering the huge infrastructure needs in the region, ASEAN will need to increase not only in the infrastructure spending but also in the productivity of the infrastructure itself. The …
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The Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien (SOAS) Bridge, spanning 26.3 kilometres across the Brunei Bay which connects the Temburong district to Bandar Seri Begawan, was opened to public on 17 March 2020. The bridge shortens the local commuters’ travel time to the capital to less than 30 minutes. Before the opening of the bridge, travellers …
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Half of ASEAN’s population live in urban areas and an additional 70 million people are forecast to live in ASEAN cities by 2025. Rapid urbanisation has brought challenges such as floods, traffic congestion, and waste problems. Other major trends are impacting urbanisation in ASEAN such as the emergence of digital technologies and growing inequality, and …
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Improving Financing for Asias Public Transportation Projects Asia’s Critical Urban Transport Needs Some of the worlds most bustling cities are in Asia. According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), 80% of Asia’s new economic growth will be generated through these urban economies. With most jobs located in cities, 44 million people move to Asia’s cities …
Generating waste is easy, but managing it is difficult Wasting away The world is generating more waste than ever. Waste generated in Asia Pacific is projected to increase from about 802 million tonnes in 2016 to 1.1 trillion tonnes in 2030[1]. In Southeast Asia alone, waste volume has been increasing rapidly since 2000, reaching about …
The Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan (MSDP) provides a long-term vision; a vision of a peaceful, prosperous and democratic country. Founded upon the objective of giving coherence to the policies and institutions necessary to achieve genuine, inclusive and transformational economic growth, this MSDP has been developed to reinvigorate reform and promote bold action.
WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March 2020. The crisis has affected economic and social lives of people around the world since. ASEAN took swift actions to strengthen connectivity to mitigate the immediate impact. Download this infographic to learn more what can ASEAN Connectivity do to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19.
Connectivity remains key to strengthening the ASEAN Community. As challenges arise, ASEAN is moving forward to achieve a more connected region, strengthen our resilience and bring opportunities to our people. Find out more what is our plan in 2020 here.