Strategic Area Category: Sustainable Infrastucture

ASEAN Member States launched the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025 Video Series at the sidelines of 31st ASEAN Summit on 12 November 2017 in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, to introduce ASEAN Connectivity and MPAC 2025.

The Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 is the first medium-term plan to be anchored on the 0-10 point Socioeconomic Agenda and is geared towards the Ambisyon Natin 2040 which articulates the Filipino people’s collective vision of a MATATAG, MAGINHAWA, AT PANATAG NA BUHAY PARA SA LAHAT. It also takes into account the country’s international commitments such …

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The Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022 is the country’s economic blueprint for the next six years which is anchored on the Filipino people’s vision of a Matatag, Maginhawa, at Panatag na Buhay Para sa Lahat.

The DOTr has been finding ways to enhance mobility and connectivity in the country. There is the boldest transportation infrastructure under the Build, Build, Build Program, and the policies and initiatives that are going to transform the current state of their country’s public transportation system.

Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade leads the inauguration of Maasin Airports new passenger terminal building in Maasin City, Southern Leyte on July 02, 2018. Initially constructed in 2015 within the 36-hectare airport, the new building can hold 300 passengers daily, amounting to roughly 100,000 travellers per year. Currently, it allows the Air Juans …

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Half of ASEAN peoples already live in urban areas and a further 70 million people are expected to live in the regions urban areas by 2025. Creating sustainable and liveable cities in ASEAN will be crucial to narrowing the existing development gaps, strengthening resilience, promoting innovations, improving well-being, and enhancing connectivity among ASEAN peoples. The …

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On 11 June 2018 the Department of ASEAN Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand organized a symposium on Fostering Regional Connectivity in the Indo-Pacific Region: Connecting the Connectivities in Bangkok. The Symposium discussed ways and means to promote regional connectivity, including cooperation and collaboration on regional connectivity among ASEAN Member States and beyond. In …

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In Singapore, a small and densely built-up city state, an integrated approach to transport and land use planning is essential to creating a highly liveable and sustainable environment. This Urban Systems Study traces more than five decades of integration between the planning and development of transport and land use, to minimise congestion and inefficient use …

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Connectivity in ASEAN encompasses the physical (e.g., transport, ICT, and energy), institutional (e.g., trade, investment, and services liberalisation), and people-to-people linkages (e.g., education, culture, and tourism) that are the foundational supportive means to achieving the economic, political-security, and socio-cultural pillars of an integrated ASEAN Community. Since the adoption of the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity …

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