SOCIAL & HUMAN RESOURCES

COOPERATION
i. The outbreak of avian influenza
ii. Eradication of HIV/AIDS
iii. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
i. Rural Development and Poverty Eradication
ii. Social Welfare and Development
iii. Children and Youth
iv. Women
v. Labour and Employment 
vi. Education
 ERADICATION OF HIV/AIDS
• Strategies adopted by ASEAN;
ASEAN commitment to realize a Drug Free ASEAN 2015 adopted
at International Congress “in Pursuit of a Drug Free ASEAN” in
October 2000 is a first steps taken by ASEAN to eradicate the
widespread of this disease.
The member countries agreed to lead and guide the national
responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a national priority to
prevent the spread of HIV infection and reduce the impact of the
epidemic by integrating HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment
and effective prevention of sexually transmitted disease (STD).
Promote creation of a positive environment in confronting
stigma, silence and denial, elimination of discrimination, care
and support needs of those young people and women.
 ERADICATION OF HIV/AIDS
Increase and strengthen multi-sectoral collaboration
involving all resources, the business sector, media,
community-based organization, non governmental
organizations, to help fight widespread of this disease.
Cooperation in technical, finance and human resources to
formulate a programs and strategies to eliminate this
disease. 
Demanding ASEAN external relations partners such as its
Dialogue Partners, United Nations organizations, donor
agencies and other international organizations to support
greater action and coordination including developing above
programs by using health fund raised from the donors.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ERADICATION

• Suggested plans;
Developing human resources and to empower individuals,
families and disadvantaged groups to cope effectively with the
challenges of modernization and globalization.
Promoting the sharing of experiences, training resources, best
practices and information among member countries to eradicate
poverty.
Encouraging the active participation of the private/business
sector and the empowerment of non-governmental/people's
organizations as a primary means to develop rural areas and
automatically eliminate poverty.
Promoting active cooperation with Dialogue Partners and
international donors to fund rural development and poverty
eradication programs.
 TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
• Strategies to Develop;
Marketing the region as a single tourist destination
with multi faceted attractions and world-class
standards and facilities.
Encouraging tourism investments under a more
competitive regime. 
Developing a critical pool of tourism manpower.
Promoting environmentally sustainable tourism.
Facilitating seamless Intra-ASEAN travel.
 ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION
• The challenge in environmental cooperation is to ensure
optimum balance between development and
conservation of natural resources also known as
sustainable development.
• The cooperative programs and projects of ASOEN are
guided by the ASEAN Strategic Plan of Action on the
Environment and until recently, were carried out
through the following Working Groups:
ASEAN Seas and Marine Environment
Environmental Economics
Environmental Information, Public Awareness and Education
Transboundary Pollution
TRANSBOUNDARY HAZE POLLUTION
• The burning of plants, lands of jungle and crops by the
farmers, estate owners and logging companies mostly
located in Indonesia has polluted this region atmosphere, as
why it is termed transboundary haze pollution, as the haze
migrate to neighbouring countries.
•  The ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution
was produced in June 2002, held in Siem Reap, Cambodia
• This agreement contains provisions on monitoring,
assessment and prevention, technical cooperation and
scientific research, mechanisms for coordination, lines of
communication and simplified customs and immigration
procedures for disaster relief.
• It also provided establishment of an ASEAN Coordinating
Centre for Transboundary Haze Pollution Control.
TRANSBOUNDARY HAZE POLLUTION
• Effects;
Serious effect to public health especially breathing in
pollutants area will cause respiratory problems and escalated
medical costs.
Death of local peoples and huge numbers of peoples has been
hospitalized.
The smoke has reduced rainfall frequency and prevents
photosynthesis in plants.
Destruction to habitat of wide variety of plant and animal life
and effects to ecotourism.
Economic and financial loss – loss of forest timber, agricultural
production, air travel and transport.
TRANSBOUNDARY HAZE POLLUTION
• Preventive actions – ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze
Pollution (2003);
ASEAN Co-ordinating Centre for Transboundary Haze.
Prevent land and forest fires through better management
policies and enforcement, and intensified public education
programs.
Establish operational mechanisms to monitor land and forest
fires, and ;
Strengthen regional land and forest fire-fighting capability.
 Strengthen the enforcement bodies and impose/amend
current laws to prohibit forest burning.
THE GAP BETWEEN THE DEVELOPING AND LESS
DEVELOPED STATES

i. Political gap
ii. Economic gap
iii.Human resources gap
iv. Institutional gap