In this relatively new area of EUASEAN
cooperation, the EU is providing support for enhanced
cooperation through its project READI (Regional EU ASEAN
Dialogue Instrument), which finances dialogue and exchanges
on disaster management and preparedness, climate change,
science and technology, energy and information society.
Support to the Socio-Cultural Community also covers higher
education through qualification frameworks, quality assurance
and credit transfers and student mobility.
As a rule EU projects to foster ASEAN integration foresee
special attention and extra resources for the Least Developed
Countries, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, as well as Vietnam
(CLMV) with a view to contribute to reduced disparities within
the ASEAN region