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ASEAN Purposes,
Pillars and Symbolism
ASEAN Integration and Foreign Language
Kimberly E. Nario
At the end of the lesson, the pre-service
teachers (PST) should be able to:
a. identify the purpose of ASEAN Integration;
b. trace the historical events towards the ASEAN Integration;
c. describe the pillars of the ASEAN;
d. recognize the ASEAN Member States (AMS); and
e. identify and explain the ASEAN identity and symbolism.
 What is
ASEAN ?
(Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
Mind Booster!

What comes into your

mind when you hear
ASEAN?
 Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN)
● The ASEAN was found on August 8,
1967.

● The Foreign Ministers of Indonesia,

Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and
Thailand sat down together in the main hall
of the Department of Foreign Affairs building
in Bangkok Thailand and signed a
document. By virtue of that document, the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
● The five Foreign Ministers who signed it - Adam Malik
of Indonesia, Narciso R. Ramos of the Philippines, Tun
Abdul Razak of Malaysia, S. Rajaratnam of Singapore,
and Thanat Khoman of Thailand would - subsequently
be hailed as the Founding Fathers of probably the
most successful inter-governmental organization in the
developing world today. And the document that they
signed would be known as the ASEAN Declaration.
● ASEAN is a regional grouping that promotes
economic, political, and security cooperation among its
ten members: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,
Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand, and Vietnam.

● In 1976, the members signed the Treaty of Amity

and Cooperation, emphasizing ASEAN's promotion of
peace, friendship, and cooperation to build solidarity.
 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

The ASEAN Emblem represents a stable, peaceful, united and •The stalks of padi in
dynamic ASEAN. The colors of the Emblem blue, red, white the centre of the
Emblem represent the
and yellow - represent the main colors of the state crests of all
the ASEAN Member States. dream of ASEAN'S
Founding Fathers for
The blue represents peace and stability. Red depicts courage an ASEAN comprising
and dynamism, white shows purity and yellow symbolizes all the countries in
prosperity. Southeast Asia, bound
together in friendship
and solidarity.

•The circle represents

the unity of ASEAN.
●Some of the joint development programs first
undertaken by ASEAN include projects to:

√ increase food production

√ promote tourism
√ ease travel restrictions, and
√ enhance cooperation in the field of mass
media through exchanges of radio and
television programs.
√ plans were also put in place to liberalize trade
among members in a bid to improve
intraregional trade.
●Today, ASEAN is considered one of the most
successful intergovernmental organizations in
the developing world. Since its founding, the
grouping has expanded to include other
Southeast Asian states Brunei (1984),
Vietnam (1995), Laos (1997), Myanmar
(1997) and Cambodia (1999).
 AIMS AND PURPOSES

As set out in the ASEAN Declaration, the aims and

purposes of ASEAN are:

• To accelerate the economic growth, social

progress and cultural development in the region
through joint endeavors in the spirit of equality and
partnership in order to strengthen the foundation for
a prosperous and peaceful community of Southeast
Asian Nations.
• To promote regional peace and stability through abiding
respect for justice and the rule of law in the relationship
among countries of the region and adherence to the
principles of the United Nations Charter;

• To promote active collaboration

•
and mutual assistance
on matters of common interest in the economic, social,
cultural, technical, scientific and administrative fields;

• To provide assistance to each other in the form of

training and research facilities in the educational,
professional, technical and administrative spheres:
•To collaborate more effectively for the greater utilization
of their agriculture and industries, the expansion of their
trade, including the study of the problems of international
commodity trade, the improvement of their transportation
and communications facilities and the raising of the living
standards of their peoples;

• To promote Southeast Asian studies; and

• To maintain close and beneficial cooperation with

existing international and regional organizations with
similar aims and purposes, and explore all avenues for
even closer cooperation among themselves.
 ASEAN Community Councils
The ASEAN Community Councils came
into force on 15 December 2008. The
councils had provided the institutional
framework required to achieve the ASEAN
Community by 2015. Under the
requirements of the Charter, this forms the
newly approved organizational structure of
the ASEAN Secretariat .The ASEAN
Community Councils includes the three
pillars of ASEAN.
 ASEAN Community Goals

The ASEAN Community shall be established

comprising three pillars, namely political
and security community, economic
community, and socio-cultural
community that are closely intertwined and
mutually reinforcing for the purpose of
ensuring durable peace, stability, and
shared prosperity in the region.
1) ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC) Blueprint

The APSC Blueprint promotes political

stability, democracy and good governance
among the member countries. It also
contains the promotion and protection of
human rights and fundamental freedoms
to enhance political development. As the
rule of law, human rights is addressed as a
rules-based community of shared values
and norms.
1) ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC) Blueprint

Under APSC, lists of specific action are to be

undertaken by ASEAN member states to
promote and protect human rights including
the rights of migrant workers, the rights of
women and children and other civil
society organizations as well as to
education and public awareness on
human rights.
 2.) ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
Blueprint

The AEC Blueprint fosters

equitable and stable economic
development on a global level. It
includes establishment of a
single market, production base
regional competitiveness.
 2.) ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
Blueprint
• Facilitate the movement of goods,
services, investments, capital and
skills
• Increase trade (goods and services)
and investments among Member
States
• Promote and expand regional
production sharing and network
3.) ASEAN Socio-cultural Community (ASCC)
Blueprint

The ASCC Blueprint establishes a

socially responsible ASEAN
community with the view of achieving
as well as building a sharing and
caring society to fill the gap at the
country level.
3.) ASEAN Socio-cultural Community (ASCC)
Blueprint

The goal of the ASCC Blueprint is to

enhance the well-being and provide
equitable access to human resource.
It calls for access to primary
healthcare of the vulnerable groups
or people at risk.
 2.) ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
Blueprint
This is in line with the Declaration of the
Right to Development by the UN General
Assembly on 4 December 1986. Three
objectives are set to achieve the ASCC
Blueprinadvancing and prioritizing
education, investing in human
resource development and promotion
of decent work.t:
 ASEAN MOTTO

“One Vision, One Identity,

One Community”.
Activity Sheet 1

Answer the following questions/learning tasks briefly yet substantially

(with at least 250 words).

General Format: Times New Roman (12), (1.5) spacing, paginated

(footer, right corner), short-size bond paper, one inch margin (all sides)

Learning Activity
“One Vision, One Identity, One Community”.

Make a reflective essay about the ASEAN motto above.

Activity Sheet 2

Answer the following questions/learning tasks briefly yet substantially

(with at least 250 words).

General Format: Times New Roman (12), (1.5) spacing, paginated

(footer, right corner), short-size bond paper, one inch margin (all sides)

Learning Activity
Do you agree on communism? Are you in favor with this
kind of government here in the Philippines? Why?