Structure

BIMP-EAGA, as an organization, consists of the Signing Ministers, Senior Officials, National Secretariats, Working Groups and the East ASEAN Business Council (EABC).

1. The Country Ministers and Senior Officials (SOs)
   • Chart the growth area’s guidelines and directions
   • Approve the sub-region’s activities, programs and projects
   • Address specific issues and concerns that impede trade and business activities within the sub-region
   • Regularly convene in either a Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) or a Ministers’ Meeting (MM)
2. The Clusters
   • Coordinate and facilitate the implementation of flagship programs and projects of the working groups.
   • The lead country coordinates the implementation of programs and projects of the working groups.

   
   

   Cluster	Working Group Coverage	Lead Country
   Transport and Infrastructure Development	Air Linkages, Sea Linkages, Construction and Construction Materials, Telecommunications/Information Communications Technology, and Human Resource Development (HRD)	Brunei Darussalam
   Natural Resource Development	Agro-Industry, Fisheries Cooperation, Forestry and Environment, Energy and HRD	Indonesia
   Joint Tourism Development	Joint Tourism Development and HRD	Malaysia
   SME Development/Capital Formation and Financial Services	Capital Formation and HRD SME Development/ Capital Formation and Financial Services	Philippines

   
   
3. The Working Groups
   • Made up of public and private sector representatives who take up relevant issues and launch projects benefiting their sectors and BIMP-EAGA as a whole.
   • WG members identify constraints, look into opportunities, and define measures to accelerate economic cooperation.
   • Bold initiatives are continually advocated for in the fast track areas so as to spur development in other supportive sectors.
   • A lead country was chosen on the basis of its competence in the economic activity concerned.

   
   

   BIMP-EAGA Working Groups	Lead Country
   Fast Track Areas
   1. Expansion of Air Linkages	Brunei Darussalam
   2. Expansion of Sea Linkages, Transportation and Shipping Services Indonesia	Indonesia
   3. Joint Tourism Development (JTD)	Malaysia
   4. Expansion of Fisheries Cooperation (FC)	Philippines
   5. Construction and Construction Materials (C/CM)	Philippines
   6. Telecommunications and ICT (Telecom/ICT)	Brunei Darussalam
   Support Sectors
   7. Forestry and Environment (F/E)	Indonesia
   8. Energy	Malaysia
   9. Human Resources Development and People Mobility (HRD/PM)	Malaysia
   10. Capital Formation and Financial Services (KF/FS)	Malaysia
   11. Agro-Industry (AI)	Philippines

   
   
4. The National Secretariats(NS)
   • Coordinates in-country arrangements for BIMP-EAGA
   • As mandated through Executive Order 244 amending Executive Order 512, the Mindanao Economic Development Council (MEDCo) is the Philippine Coordinating Office for BIMP-EAGA (PCOBE).
5. The BIMP-Facilitation Center (BIMP-FC)
   • A public sector institution providing mechanism for a more systematic coordination among BIMP-EAGA institutions and organizations operating within the growth area.
   • Acts as a focal institution for participating governments and stakeholder agencies.
   • It serves the following roles, namely:
     • a) Coordinate the clusters and the National Secretariats;
     • b) Facilitate the implementation of agreements, MOUs and projects;
     • c) Monitor BIMP-EAGA activities and projects;
     • d) Report to the various institutional levels (National Secretariats, Cluster, BEBC, SOM/MM); and,
     • e) Coordinate and facilitate activities beyond the scope of the National Secretariats
6. The BIMP-EAGA Business Council (BEBC)
   • A private sector umbrella organization in BIMP-EAGA providing valuable insights to policy recommendations and confirming to the identified programs and projects of the Clusters and WGs.
   • Its own Secretariat is based in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
   • Works closely with EABC which represents the private sector.
   • The Philippine Country Directors for the BEBC are the Mindanao Business Council Chairman, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vice President for Mindanao, and ARMM Business Council President.

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