ASCC理事会对文莱提出的2021优先事项表示大力支持

2021年3月31日，雅加达–东盟社会文化共同体（ASCC）理事会开会讨论了社会文化支柱的战略问题和方向。理事会对文莱作为2021年东盟轮值主席国提出的主题“共同关注、共同应对、共同繁荣”下的优先事项给予了支持，旨在加强东盟为复兴和共同繁荣所作的努力。

理事会赞扬了ASCC各部门机构及时有效地提出的议题和成果文件，以供第38届东盟峰会、第16届东亚峰会和第24届东盟+3峰会的通过和认可。

理事会还就社会文化支柱下的战略问题交换了意见，强调了改革性社会保护的重要性。为了青少年拥有更好的未来、人力资源发展、妇女发展和性别主流化，理事会做出了相应的准备，并建立了未来对绿色复苏、平等获得数字化、扶贫、体育和教育等方面的复原力。

此外，会议介绍了几个优先事项，包括：

· 计划制定战略和整体举措以使东盟更好地应对突发事件和灾难（东盟盾）；

· 外籍人口境外医疗险的综合框架的发展；

· 创新平台对话的制度化；

· 建立东盟气候变化中心的计划；

· 东盟青年学院计划；

· 东盟漫步2022：

· 增进东盟人民的理解、宽容和区域议程意识的区域政策框架。

这些优先事项旨在建立一个和谐、有韧性的共同体，确保东盟准备好了应对未来的挑战，并通过促进该地区可持续发展的举措为人们创造机会，共同繁荣。

ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council expresses strong support for Brunei Darussalam’s 2021 priorities

JAKARTA, 31 March 2021 – The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council gathered today to discuss strategic issues and directions for the Socio-Cultural pillar. The Council extended support to priorities under Brunei Darussalam’s ASEAN Chairmanship 2021 theme, “We Care, We Prepare, We Prosper”,  which aims to strengthen ASEAN’s efforts toward recovery, resilience and shared prosperity.

The Council commended the ASCC sectoral bodies for the timeliness and significance of their initiatives and outcome documents for adoption and notation by the Leaders in the 38th ASEAN Summit, the 16th East Asia Summit and the 24th ASEAN Plus Three Summit.

They also shared views on strategic issues under the pillar, highlighting the importance of transformative social protection, preparing the youth for the future, human resource development, women development and gender mainstreaming, building future resilience towards green recovery, equal access to digitalisation, poverty reduction, sports and education among others.

In addition, several priorities were introduced, including:

· the plan to establish the Strategic and Holistic Initiative to Link ASEAN Responses to Emergencies and Disasters (ASEAN SHIELD);

· the development of the Comprehensive Framework on Care Economy;

· the Institutionalisation of Innovation Platform Dialogue;

· the plan the establish the ASEAN Climate Change Centre;

· ASEAN Youth Academy Programme;

· ASEAN Walk 2022:

· and the Regional Policy Framework on Fostering Greater Understanding, Tolerance and a Sense of Regional Agendas among Peoples of ASEAN.

The priorities aim to build a harmonious and resilient community, ensure ASEAN’s prepared to respond to future challenges, and create opportunities for people to benefit through initiatives that enhance the sustainable prosperity of the region.

The ASEAN Secretariat