Vision

“Building ACMECS CONNECT by 2023”

Adopted at the eighth ACMECS Summit in Bangkok on 16 June 2018, the Master Plan is carried through three goals/pillars:

  1. Pillar 01

    Seamless ACMECS

    Promote seamless connectivity through multi-modal transport links.

  2. Pillar 02

    Synchronized ACMECS

    Enhance software connectivity by fostering trade, investment, industrial cooperation, and financial cooperation.

  3. Pillar 03

    Smart and Sustainable ACMECS

    Promote the development of human capital in strategic areas, while retaining existing areas of cooperation established under ACMECS.

Goals of “3S”

Action Plan

Hardware Infrastructure

Seamless Connectivity

  • Multi-modal transport (missing links)Roads · Bridges · Rails · Ports · Air · Maritime · Inland Waterway
  • Digital InfrastructureInternet Broadband / Submarine Cable Link · Network Integrity and Security
  • Energy Infrastructure and Connectivity
Software Connectivity

Synchronized ACMECS

  • Trade, Investment and IndustryInstitutional Synchronization and Integrated Interoperability of Rules and Regulations including Digital Laws · Integrated Value and Supply Chain · Promotion of ACMECS Trade Investment and Industry
  • Financial CooperationFinancing through ACMECS Fund and ACMECS Infrastructure Fund and Trust · Financial Literacy and Capital Market Cooperation · Financial Connectivity (Payment and Settlement, Use of Local Currency, FinTech, Cooperation between Banks and other financial service providers)

Smart and Sustainable ACMECS

  • Human Resource Development and Application of Modern TechnologySmart Entrepreneur i.e. SMEs / Startups, Smart Agriculture, Smart Tourism, Smart Medical Services, Smart Education, Smart Cities, Cyber Security
  • Environmental CooperationNatural Resources Conservation · Water Resource Management · Climate Change · Disaster Risk Management · Energy Efficiency and Promotion of Renewable Energy
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • Tourism
  • Health