Strengthening Strategic Security Cooperation in ASEAN

Track II Network of ASEAN Defence and Security Institutions (NADI)
Workshop on
“Strengthening Strategic Security Cooperation in ASEAN”
27 - 30 March, 2013
Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok

1. Rationale
The political environment and international security change dramatically. As a result they create simultaneous opportunity together with various challenges in the implementation of the plan. ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint (APSC Blueprint) with the aims to establish an ASEAN common values as well as reinforcing ASEAN capability to cope with non-tradition security threats, and to strengthen ASEAN member countries’ cooperative efforts to be able to interact constructively with the international community with ASEAN as a regional leader.

The important mechanism of the Political and Security of ASEAN Pillar is the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) of which the first meeting was held in 2006 with the main objectives to strengthen peace and security in the region through cooperative mechanism with transparency and disclosure, providing advice to senior officials of ASEAN member countries as well as providing support on trust and confidence building between member states. Past ADMM meetings have made progress and have reached agreement on several aspects of the operations under the ADMM frame work. In addition, the Political and Security Cooperation of ASEAN's success depends on the technical knowhow as well as the fact that ASEAN must have common strategy on security that is established with the Ends, the Ways, and the Means. In this regard, the Track II Network of ASEAN Defence and Security Institutions (NADI) as network security cooperation in ASEAN should take the role of the Think Tank’s function that offers the knowledge and concepts or strategies in particular towards the ASEAN security cooperation strategy to be used as guide lines for conducting the ADMM more efficiently and achieving the goals of ASEAN.
In recognition of the significant of strategic security cooperation in ASEAN, the National Defence Studies Institute, Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters is hosting a Track II Network of ASEAN Defence and Security Institutions (NADI) Workshop on "Strengthening Strategic Security Cooperation in ASEAN” to raise awareness and share knowledge with regard to the preparation of ASEAN Security Cooperation Strategy for 2015 - 2019 to be presented at the ADMM and for setting the role of NADI towards the ADMM, which will lead to substantial achievement of political cooperation and the stability of ASEAN

2. Objectives
2.1. To give the opportunities to the participants to present the knowledge and exchange ideas on strengthening ASEAN Strategic Security Cooperation and setting the role of NADI towards the ADMM.
2.2. To determine the ways and means to strengthen ASEAN Strategic Security Cooperation.
2.3. To enhance the cooperation between NADI Think Tanks among ASEAN member countries.

3. Procedures.
Track II Network of ASEAN Defence and Security Institutions Workshop (per schedule
attached).
3.1 Wednesday 27-March-2013:
- Afternoon – Overseas participants arrive at the Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel
– Welcome Reception (Invite the NDSI’s Commanding General, or representative to be the Host)
3.2 Thursday 28-March-2013:
- Morning - Opening Ceremony (Invite the NDSI’s Commanding General /Representative to give the Opening Remarks)
- Round Table Meeting on “ASEAN Strategic Security
Cooperation 2015 (Chairperson : SSC’s Director)
- Presentation of the draft ASEAN Strategic Security
Cooperation 2015 by SSC’s Representative.
- Determining ASEAN Security Vision 2
- Afternoon - Determining ASEAN Strategic Importance
- Determining the Ways and Means for ASEAN Strategic
Security Cooperation
- Evening - Cruise Dinner (hosted by SSC’s Director)
3.3 Friday, 29-March-2013:
- Morning - Chairman report
- Closing Ceremony : (Invite NDSI’s Commanding General /
Representative to give Closing Remarks)
- Afternoon - Cultural Tour
3.4 Saturday, 30-March-2013:
- Morning & Afternoon : Participants departure

4. Participants : The participants include representatives from Track II Network of ASEAN Defence and Security Institutions from ASEAN member countries.

5. Budget: NDSI, RTArF’s Budget

6. Dates: 27 – 30 March, 2013

7. Venue: The Imperial Queen's Park Hotel Bangkok

8. Responsible Unit: NDSI, RTArF

9. Expected Outcome:
9.1. Ability to compile the summary of the outcome of the Track II Network of ASEAN Defence and Security Institutions (NADI) Workshop on "Strengthening Strategic Security Cooperation in ASEAN” to the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM).
9.2. NADI Network Members can align their understanding for better relationships and build on networking and sharing of their knowledge and experience for effective and efficient future cooperation.
9.3. ASEAN Political and Security becomes more efficient from the ASEAN Strategic Security Cooperation.

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4 March 2013

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