Functional and Development Cooperation
12. ASEAN and EU agreed on the Regional EU-ASEAN Dialogue Instrument (READI), which is a policy dialogue mechanism/process for promoting the ASEAN-EU dialogue relations in non-trade areas. Following the introduction of the READI, ASEAN and EC organised a number of sectoral/experts consultations in trafficking in persons, information and communication technologies (ICT), employment, air transport, and climate change. Consultations on some other areas such as, energy, and science and technology have been conducted, while consultations on minerals, maritime environment and disaster relief, and animal health are being arranged.
13. EU actively supports ASEAN integration and community building efforts. Various cooperation programmes in a number of areas, such as standards, quality and conformity assessment, intellectual property rights, energy, environment, capacity building, and higher education were developed and implemented to support ASEAN’s goals and objectives. The EU has allocated an amount of EUR 70 million to the regional EU-ASEAN programmes for the period 2007-2013. The Programmes that so far have been identified are: (1) ASEAN-EU Programme for Regional Integration Support Phase II (APRIS II); (2) ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB); (3) ASEAN-EU Programme on Statistical Capacity Building; (4) EU-ASEAN Migration and Border Management Programme; (5) ASEAN Project on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (ECAP III); (6) ASEAN Air Transport Integration Project (AATIP); (7) Enhancing ASEAN FTA Negotiating Capacity/Support to the ASEAN-EU FTA Negotiating Process; and (8) the Regional EC-ASEAN Dialogue Instrument (READI) Facility and Support to ASEAN Economic Integration.
[1] The 14 accredited Ambassadors are from Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Commission, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania, Spain and the United Kingdom.
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