The recovery of the Pesse canoe from about 10,000 years ago marks the earliest instance known to us when a boat was made1, demonstrating how humans have created tools to overcome geographical barriers to connect to other places. Modes of connectivity have since progressed tremendously and remain a critical role…

The Lead Implementing Body for the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025 Strategic Area of Sustainable Infrastructure (LIB-SI) held the ASUS Socialisation Forum for Cities in Jakarta on 20-21 February 2020. The Forum was part of the ongoing efforts to socialise and implement ASUS, and as a follow-up to…

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Around half of all ASEAN people live in urban areas, and an additional 70 million are forecast to live in ASEAN cities by 2025. ASUS provides the framework to address challenges associated with urbanisation and improve the living standards of our people. ASUS is one of ASEAN’s initiatives under the…

ASEAN is developing the Initial Rolling Priority Pipeline of Potential ASEAN Infrastructure Projects to accelerate investment in infrastructure projects shortlisted by the World Bank, which will support the movement of people, services, goods and innovation across the region of more than 630 million people. The Pipeline project is a part…