CHAPTER 1: VISION, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF ASEAN
CONNECTIVITY
1. Enhancing intra-regional connectivity promotes economic growth, narrows the
development gaps by sharing the benefits of growth with poorer groups and communities,
enhances the competitiveness of ASEAN, and connects its Member States within the region
and with the rest of the world.
2. The concept of ASEAN Connectivity would complement and support integration
within ASEAN and within the broader regional framework in East Asia and beyond. The
deepening and widening of connectivity in the region would reinforce ASEAN’s position as
the hub of the East Asia region and preserve the centrality of ASEAN, which could further be
strengthened through realising the potentials of a broader connectivity in the longer term with
its partners in the wider region. Figure 1.1 below illustrates the vision and goals of ASEAN
Connectivity.