Areas of Cooperation

• During the 11th Senior Officials Meeting on 10-11 September 2003 at Davao City, Philippines, the member countries agreed to the clustering of the existing WGs, as well as the identification of the Lead Country per cluster.
• The four (4) clusters are as follows:
  • Cluster on Transport and Infrastructure Development consisting of the WG on Air Linkages, Sea Linkages, Telecommunications/ICT, and Construction and Construction Materials with Brunei Darussalam as Lead Country.
  • Cluster on Natural Resources composed of the WGs on Agro-Industry, Fisheries Cooperation, Forestry and Environment, and Energy with Indonesia as Lead Country.
  • Cluster on Joint Tourism Development with Malaysia as Lead Country.
  • Cluster on SME Development/Capital Formation and Financial Services, and, CIQS initiatives with the Philippines as Lead Country.
  • WG on Human Resources Development and People Mobility shall be a cross-cutting Working Group

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