To reach these objectives,
stakeholders based on the study findings have recommended thatASEAN member countries take action in six major policy areas:
• Encourage the integration of ASEAN national logistics systems, by improving communication
at the regional level to identify actions in the logistics sector to support and facilitate trade flows
between ASEAN countries.
• Encourage the progressive liberalisation of logistics service providers, to enable them
to respond better to the opportunities available for ASEAN integration and increasing
competitiveness.
• Increase trade, logistics and investment facilitation, to identify the means needed to improve
transport logistics facilities and the priorities for investment.
• Build ASEAN logistics capacity, by encouraging human resource development in the sector and
an environment conducive to use of best practice in the sector, especially for small and medium
enterprises.
• Promote ASEAN logistics service providers, by identifying them and providing channels for
their greater participation in the sector.
• Promote multimodal transport capacity, especially for containerised transport.
These six major policy areas cover the four components of theASEAN regional logistics system
and the performance issues identified above, while building on the capacity of existing ASEAN
logistics service providers