ASEAN Experience: Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) and Narrowing the Development Gap in Health

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1 THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS ASEAN Experience: Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) and Narrowing the Development Gap in Health 5 August 2013 Presented by: Ms Alicia dela Rosa Bala Deputy Secretary General of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community one vision one identity one community

2 A quick look at ASEAN Community building ASEAN: a people-oriented Community ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC) ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Narrowing the Development GAP (NDG)

3 ASCC Goals, Purpose and Significance Primary Goal to contribute to realising a people-centred and socially responsible ASEAN Community by forging a common identity and building a caring and sharing society ASCC Blueprint building an ASEAN Community of an enduring solidarity and unity forged by a common identity building a inclusive and harmonious caring and sharing society an enhanced well-being, livelihood, and welfare of the peoples

4 Narrowing the Development Gap Human Development Ensuring Environmental Sustainability ASCC Bluepri nt Social Welfare and Protection Building ASEAN Identity Social Justice and Rights

5 Narrowing the Development Gap Enhancing the well-being and the livelihood of the peoples Human Development of ASEAN through: alleviating poverty ensuring social welfare and protection Ensuring ASCC Bluepri nt building Environmental a safe, secure Sustainability and drug free environment enhancing disaster resilience Social Justice and Rights addressing health development concerns Social Welfare and Protection Building ASEAN Identity

6 The Key Bodies with Coordination Functions ASEAN Summits ACC Deliberates, provides policy guidance and takes decisions on key issues pertaining to realize objectives of ASEAN Instructs relevant Ministers in each of the Councils to address the important issues that cut across the Community Councils Coordinates with the ASEAN Community Councils for policy coherence, efficiencyand cooperation among them; ASCC Council Implement ASEAN Summit Decisions Coordinate sectors and cross-cutting issues CPR Supports the work of the ASEAN Community Councils and Sectoral Ministerial Bodies, and coordinates with the ASEAN National Secretariats ASEAN Nat Secs Serve as the national focal points for ASEAN matters in their respective Member States, and shall work closely with the CPR in identifying and addressing cross-sectoral issues

7 Governance Framework in ASEAN Health Development ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting (AHMM) Senior Officials on Health Development (SOMHD) 6 ASEAN Working Groups 4 Newer ASEAN Task Forces Networks, Special Collaborations & Initiatives Health and Communicable Diseases Division, ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta

8 Where is Health in the ASCC Blueprint? 55 Health Action Lines ASCC Primary Goal Characteristic 1: Human Development (Purpose 1) Characteristic 2: Social Welfare and Protection (Purpose 2) Characteristic 3: Social Justice and Rights (Purpose 3) Characteristic 4: Ensuring Environmental Sustainability (Purpose 4) Characteristic 5: Building the ASEAN Identity (Purpose 5) Characteristic 6: Narrowing the Development Gap (Purpose 6) Element 1 Objective1) Element 1 Objective1) Element 1 Objective1) Element 1 Objective1) Element 1 Objective1) Strategic Objective Element 2 Objective 2) Element 2 Objective 2) Element 2 Objective 2) Element 2 Objective 2) Element 2 Objective 2) Action 2 Action 3 Action 4 61 actions 94 actions 28 actions 98 actions 50 actions 8 actions

9 ASEAN Health Programmes and Priorities ( ) 1 ASEAN Strategic Framework on Health Development ( ) based on 55 health action lines focuses on: Migrants Health Plan of Actions Increase Access to Health Services Plan of Action including Universal Health Coverage HIV and AIDS Non-communicable Diseases Mental Health Maternal and Child Health Food Safety Communicable/Emerging Infectious Diseases Pandemics Food Safety Traditional Medicine Pharmaceutical Development

10 Cross-cutting Concerns of Health and Non- Health Sectors in ASEAN Social Welfare, Labour, Migrant Workers, Poverty Migrants Health, Universal Health Coverage, HIV & AIDS in the Workplace, Communicable/Emerging Infectious Disease in specific populations in specific geographic areas, Health System s Development Financing, Policy Planning - Health in All Policies; Social Determinants in Health, NCDs Access and Provision of Health Services & Medicines - Coordination of public health with food and drug regulation Human Resource Development Minimum standards or curriculum on health personnel (eg skilled birth attendants curriculum in ASEAN) coordinated with academic institutions Animal and Human Health Collaboration Concerns on zoonosis or sources of infection from animal to human (eg avian influenza, A H1N1, joint surveillance)

11 Cross-cutting Concerns of Health and Non- Health Sectors in ASEAN Non-health Sector Implications to Health? Disaster management Provision of mental health and other psycho-social interventions during post-disaster management Food security Integration of nutrition to food security framework or relationship with farm to food-on-the table process Health security including Pandemic Pandemic Influenza as a non-traditional security threat beyond or along borders Social Protection Include concerns on migrants health Climate change/environmental challenges Exposure to vector-borne diseases (dengue, malaria) prolonged

12 Initiative for ASEAN Integration: Background Integrating ASEAN Initiative (IAI): Launched by ASEAN Summit 2000 Strategic Framework and IAI Work Plan 2 ( ) Mechanism for ASEAN-6 to assist CLMV countries Under the ASEAN Economic Community based on organizational structure GOALS: Cooperation and mutual assistance to narrow the development gap (NDG) among AMS and between ASEAN and the rest of the world Assist the CLMV countries to meet ASEAN-wide targets and goal of ASEAN Community

13 Initiative for ASEAN Integration: Implementation Arrangement Work Plan aligned with AEC, APSC and ASCC IAI Task Force Work Plan complements the direct interventions of specific ASEAN Bodies: Economic Interventions (eg free flow of services, goods; intellectual property rights) Human Development Initiatives (eg advancing education, human resource development) Health Related Initiatives (eg food safety, healthy lifestyle, collaboration with partners like WHO, HIV and AIDS, EIDs, drugfree ASEAN) Social Justice and Rights (eg welfare of women, children, elderly, PWDs) Political Cooperation Security Cooperation CLMV Priority Action List

14 Concluding Messages ASEAN Leaders have recognized the need to address the development gap of the ASEAN-6 with the Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Viet Nam ASCC s goals and implementing mechanisms pursue constant cross-sector collaboration to address the non-health implications of socio-cultural sectors ASEAN has mechanisms for linking key political and sectoral bodies on regional concerns that are cross-cutting Specific ASEAN programs such as IAI has the mandate to align action lines across community pillars IAI also acts as a platform for aligning NDG initiatives in the CLMV countries with the programmes of the socio-cultural, political-security, and economic pillars; Priority health concerns are included in the current IAI Work Plan ASEAN Secretariat through the Health and Communicable Diseases Division (HCDD) can liaise with other sectoral bodies in coordinating non-health sector initiatives with cross-cutting concerns or implications to health

15 THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS ASEAN Experience: Integrating ASEAN Initiative (IAI) and Narrowing the Development Gap in Health 5 August 2013 Presented by: Ms Alicia dela Rosa Bala Deputy Secretary General of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community one vision one identity one community