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21^st SOCCOM mapped the ASEAN’s roadmap to the care economy and safe environment

The ASEAN Centre for Sustainable Development Studies and Dialogue (ACSDSD) participated in the 21st Coordinating Conference on the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (SOC-COM), held on 24 September 2025 in #Terengganu, Malaysia, and reported to the Meeting the progress on the flagship projects of the Center that contributed to the cooperation on sustainable development in the ASEAN region.

Image: the flagship projects of the Center in 2025

This important coordination meeting is vital in ensuring coherent coordination of ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) in the monitoring of the ASCC Blueprint 2025 in a whole-of-ASEAN and multi-stakeholder approach, including with other ASEAN Community and ASEAN entities for the effective endeavours to achieve the tangible outcomes for the benefits of the region and its peoples.

To achieve and beat the 2030 Global Sustainable Development Goals, ASEAN will work across all three ASEAN Community pillars—Political-Security, Economic, and Socio-Cultural to address the issues that will be the focus areas particularly in:

#Human-Centered Development – advancing the care economy, gender equality, disability inclusion, and safe spaces for the #BlueEconomy, #Health, and #CareEconomy.

#Sustainability & #Resilience – linking the creative economy, health security through the ASEAN One Health Joint Plan of Action (2023–2030), and boosting climate resilience.

📘 ASEAN Complementarities Focus Areas

          ASEAN Complementarities Initiatives     

              Infrastructure and Connectivity            

                         Poverty Eradication                       

         Sustainable Consumption & Production   

          Resilience against climate change             

Sustainable Management of Natural Resource