People-to-People Connectivity
(iv) To develop initiatives that promote and invest in education and life-long
learning, support human resource development, encourage innovation and
entrepreneurship, promote ASEAN cultural exchanges, and promote tourism
and the development of related industries;
Operationalisation of ASEAN Connectivity
(v) To establish the principles of funding, recommend appropriate funding
mechanisms and provide an estimate of the required funding to develop and/or
enhance the linkages identified in the Master Plan;
(vi) To forge win-win partnerships among the public sector, the private sector,
ASEAN peoples and the international community;
(vii) To enhance the role of private sector and local communities in the
implementation of the ASEAN Connectivity initiatives;
(viii) To draw up specific timetables for realising the goals of ASEAN Connectivity
which will complement the work being undertaken to realise the ASEAN
Community by 2015 as well as take into account the different levels of
development of ASEAN Member States; and
(ix) To prepare capacity building cooperation arrangements in ASEAN such as the
Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) and other appropriate regional
institutes in narrowing the development gap within the region, and in