To sustain and enhance its achievements, the Government has formulated a long-term development framework
for a 30-year period. The framework provides for a National Vision, OSPD and RKN.
The National Vision called Wawasan Brunei 2035 has well-defined goals: By 2035, Brunei Darussalam as a
nation is to be recognised ‘for the accomplishment of its educated and highly skilled people as measured by the
highest international standards; quality of life that is among the top 10 nations in the world; and a dynamic and
sustainable economy with income per capita within the top 10 countries in the world’.
To realise the National Vision for 2035, Brunei Darussalam has identified eight strategies with reference to
different dimensions of development. These strategies are:
(i) education strategy; (ii) economic strategy; (iii) security strategy; (iv) institutional development strategy;
(v) local business development strategy; (vi) infrastructure development strategy; (vii) social security strategy;
and (viii) environment strategy.
These strategies have been conceptualised as follows:
1. Education strategy is to prepare the youth for employment and achievement in a world that
is increasingly competitive and knowledge-based.
2. Economic strategy is to create new employment for the people and expand business
opportunities within Brunei Darussalam through the promotion of investment (foreign and
domestic) both in downstream industries as well as in economic clusters beyond the oil and
gas industry.
3. Security strategy is to safeguard political stability and sovereignty as a nation and link our
defence and diplomatic capabilities and our capacity to respond to threats from disease and
natural catastrophe.
4. Institutional development strategy is to enhance good governance in both the public and
private sectors, high quality public services, modern and pragmatic legal and regulatory
frameworks and efficient government procedures that entail a minimum of bureaucratic ‘red
tapes’.
5. Local business development strategy is to enhance opportunities for local Small and
Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) as well as enable Brunei Malays to achieve leadership in
business and industry by developing greater competitive strength.
6. Infrastructure development strategy is to ensure continued investments by the Government
and through public-private sector partnerships in developing and maintaining world-class
infrastructure with special emphasis placed on education, health and industry.