Socio-cultural Cooperations: Rural Development and Poverty Eradication

Cooperation in poverty alleviation is pursued under the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication Plus Three (SOMRDPE+3), which serves as a platform for policy exchange and sharing of good practices and programme innovations to reduce poverty. The 16^th SOMRDPE+3 held on 21 November 2023, noted the progress of cooperation between ASEAN and the Plus Three countries, particularly on the delivery of social protection in the rural areas and in alleviating poverty.

One of the APT key projects on poverty alleviation is the exchange programmes to empower village leaders, which have been organised since 2013 as an effort to facilitate direct exchange of knowledge, expertise and learnings at the community/village level. The 10^th ASEAN+3 Village Leaders Exchange Program was held on 25 August 2022 via videoconference.

Mechanisms

Other Places

• Cooperation levels:
  • Summit Level Statements
  • Ministerial-level Statements
  • SOM Level
  • Director General level
  • CPR Level
  • Working/Expert Group
  • Track 1.5 & Track 2
• Cooperation pillars:
  • Political Security Cooperations
  • Economic Cooperations
  • Socio-cultural Cooperations
• Other themes:
  • Track 1.5 & Track 2
  • Science, Technology and Innovation
  • Minerals
  • Labour
  • Gender
  • Health
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Information and Media
  • Culture and Arts
  • Civil Service
  • Youth
  • Social Welfare and Development
  • Economic
  • Finance
  • Tourism
  • Food, Agriculture, and Forestry
  • Energy
  • Transnational Crime and Illicit Drugs
  • Political