ASEAN Plan of Action on Science, Technology and Innovation (APASTI) 2016-2025

Following the adoption of the ASEAN Plan of Action on Science, Technology and Innovation (APASTI) 2016-2025 at the 16th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science, and Technology (AMMST-16) in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 6 November 2015, the S&T Ministers agreed that the APASTI shall be accompanied by an implementation plan that will include the priorities; targets/deliverables; specific actions; timelines; indicators, to be derived from the work plans of various Sub-Committees under the purview of the ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST). As Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) are necessary contributors to socioeconomic development and in accordance with the S&T Ministers’ directive, this APASTI implementation plan includes activities that are supportive of both social and economic developments and consistent with the relevant characteristics of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2025 as well as the ASEAN-Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Blueprints 2025.