MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines hosted the 21st meeting of the High-Level Task Force on the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 (HLTF-ACV 2045) with the aim of setting the path for the region to achieve a resilient, innovative, dynamic and people-centered community by 2045.
The meeting, co-chaired by the Philippines and Malaysia, was attended by eminent persons and high-level representatives of ASEAN Member States, as well as the Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, representatives from the ASEAN Secretariat, co-Chairs of the Ad-Hoc Working Group to Develop the ASCC Post-2025 Strategic Plan (ASCC AHWG), and Chair of ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee (ACCC).
The Chair of the ASEAN Senior Economic Officials’ Meeting (SEOM) and ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting Responsible for Information and Media (SOMRI) attended the meeting virtually, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
According to the DFA, the HLFTF ACV adopted the finalized APSC Strategic Plan, and also discussed the development of Strategic Plans of the other ASEAN Community Pillars and ASEAN Connectivity to ensure their adoption at the 46th ASEAN Summit slated on May 26-27, 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
“The compendium of the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 will consist of the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on the ASEAN Community Vision 2045, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Strategic Plan, the ASEAN Economic Community Strategic Plan, the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Strategic Plan and the ASEAN Connectivity Strategic Plan,” DFA mentioned.
“These documents detail ASEAN’s vision for a dynamic, innovative, responsive, and people-centered ASEAN Community,” DFA added.
Also discussed are the monitoring and evaluation tools to be employed for the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 to ensure the accurate evaluation of the impact of the strategic plans on the lives of people.
“The need to create a communication plan to socialize the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 to the peoples of ASEAN was also a point of discussion during the meeting,” DFA said.
The Philippine delegation was led by Ambassador Elizabeth Buensuceso, Philippine Eminent Person to the HLTF-ACV and Ambassador Luis Cruz, Philippine High-Level Representative to the HLTF-ACV.
The Malaysian delegation was headed by Dato' Zainuddin Yahya, acting Eminent Person to the HLTF-ACV and Dato' Mohd Suhaimi Jaafar, Malaysia's High-Level Representative to the HLTF-ACV.
