ASEAN Secretariat, Germany Move Joint Capacity Building Project Forward

aseanlogoJAKARTA, 11 March 2015 – The ASEAN Secretariat and Germany are moving forward toward the 4th Phase of their joint Capacity Building Project. A signing ceremony was held on Monday, 9 March, at the ASEAN Secretariat to mark the occasion.

Under this 4th Phase, Germany provides EUR 1.90 million to support selected ASEC divisions under the Community & Corporate Affairs Directorate, such as Legal Services and Agreements Division, the Human Resources Division, Public Outreach and Civil Society Division, Strategic Planning & Coordination Division, and selected technical divisions from the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Department.

 

This fourth phase will support the Secretariat to enhance its legal services, introduce an ASEAN Project Monitoring & Evaluation Framework and Project Database, develop the ASEAN Secretariat’s Strategic Human Resources Development Plan (SHRD) 2016-2020 and improve the availability of AEC related information for Small and Medium Enterprises within the region. It will also help the Secretariat to develop a Social Media Engagement Plan for 2015 and beyond.

 

Representing the ASEAN Secretariat at the ceremony, H.E. AKP Mochtan, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs, reiterated his appreciation for the continuous support from Germany. Mr. Ulrich Mohr, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Country Director for Indonesia, Timor Leste and ASEAN, underlined the importance of sharing knowledge and developing future solutions together for ASEAN as a fast growing region. Germany is a Member State of the European Union, which is a Dialogue Partner of ASEAN since 1980.

 

The “Capacity Building for the ASEAN Secretariat” Project, www.cb-asec-project.de supports the ASEAN Community through strengthening the ASEAN Secretariat’s institutional capacity and its outreach strategy. Since 2008, the Project is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office through its implementing agency, GIZ.