BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, CAMBODIA, INDONESIA, LAO PDR, MALAYSIA, MYANMAR, PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, THAILAND, VIET NAM: Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025 (MPAC 2025)

Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
Yes
Effective Start Year: 
2017
Effective End Year: 
2025
Scope: 
Multilateral
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power, Transport, Multi-Sector, Other
Energy Types: 
All, Power, Gas, Renewable, Bioenergy, Geothermal, Hydropower, Solar, Other
Issued by: 
The ASEAN Secretariat 
Overall Summary: 
The Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025 will focus on five strategic areas to achieve the ASEAN Connectivity 2025 vision: i. Sustainable infrastructure, ii. Digital innovation, iii. Seamless logistics, iv. Regulatory excellence, v. People mobility.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Cooperation in connectivity: 
Strategy: Prioritise the processes to resolve institutional issues in ASEAN energy infrastructure projects. Initiative: ▪ Harmonise regulatory frameworks and standards to facilitate regional energy connectivity. ▪ Harmonise the technical, legal, and regulatory framework and identification of financial modality (currently being monitored by HAPUA). ▪ Enhance gas and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) connectivity via pipeline and regasification terminals. ▪ Accelerate the development and completion of projects identified under APG by 2020. ▪ To accelerate the development and completion of projects identified under APG by 2020 (specifically the Melaka–Pekan Baru Interconnection (IMT-GT: Indonesia) project).