ASEAN holds first partnership conference on region's post COVID-19 recovery

JAKARTA, March 16 -- Recognising the need for stronger cross-pillar and cross-sectoral coordination among ASEAN, its stakeholders and partners in realising the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework, the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) held its first Partnership Conference with the theme "Towards Post-COVID Recovery and Resilience in ASEAN."

In his opening remarks, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASCC Kung Phoak welcomed the delegates and emphasised that the region's recovery efforts must be done in a systematic and coordinated way, in concert with stakeholders and partners. He reiterated that these major tasks cannot be accomplished by the ASEAN governments alone.

On her part, Chair of Senior Officials' Committee for the ASCC...