Indonesia pushes for ASEAN Declaration on Southeast Asian cultural value
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian Coordinating
Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy has called for the
establishment of an ASEAN Declaration regarding family development to bolster
the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC).
During a reception on March 13 for Singaporean Minister
for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli Effendy, who currently serves as chair of the ASCC
Council during Indonesia’s 2023 ASEAN Chairmanship, the minister said Indonesia is drafting
an ASEAN Declaration on Southeast Asian cultural value and custom-based family
development.
He expected
that the draft of the ASEAN Declaration concerning family development can be
followed up at the ministerial meeting on ASCC by establishing various
initiatives to carry out concrete family development attempts, adding that the ASCC Council, under Indonesia's chairmanship,
will raise five important issues.
The issues include the establishment of the ASEAN Coordinating
Centre for Transboundary Haze Pollution Control (ACC THPC), the ASEAN Public
Health Emergency Fund and the ASEAN Village Network.
Furthermore, the council will ready the ASEAN Guideline on the
Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on Promoting Competitiveness,
Resilience and Agility of Workers for the Future of Work.
The fifth issue is the preparation of the ASEAN Guideline
on Protection of Migrant Workers in Crisis Situations.
The minister said Indonesia and Singapore have established
bilateral cooperation on women's empowerment, child protection and family
development by sharing good practices, exchanging information, as well as
implementing training programmes to strengthen family development in both
countries.
He hoped
that this cooperation can continue to be improved and implemented properly
through the right programmes, one of which is targeting to
bolster family economic empowerment./.