ASEAN-BAC Ready To Realize ASEAN Is The Center For World Economic Growth

JAKARTA - Chairman of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) as well as Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Arsjad Rasjid together with the ASEAN business and private sector are ready to support the region to become the center of ASEAN's growth through the 42nd ASEAN Summit in 2023.

Arsjad and all members of the council are also ready to hold the ASEAN Leaders Interface with ASEAN-BAC as part of the 42nd ASEAN Summit series.

"We from ASEAN-BAC who accommodate the ASEAN business and private sectors are ready to hold a meeting with ASEAN leaders which will be held on May 10, 2023. We have prepared various ways to realize ASEAN as the center of world economic growth," said Arsjad as quoted by Antara, Monday, May 8.

The ASEAN-BAC meeting with the leaders of ASEAN countries is a bold move and vision.

ASEAN-BAC is able to become a partner for the government to provide strategic advice and feedback from the business and private sectors to achieve ASEAN's economic growth, encourage stronger regional economic integration through the business and private sectors, as well as encourage the implementation of ASEAN priority issues and existing legacy projects.

At a meeting with ASEAN country leaders, ASEAN-BAC will again encourage the presence of eight legacy projects or legacy projects including the ASEAN QR Code, Marketplace Lending Platform, Wiki Entrepreneur, ASEAN Net Zero Hub, Carbon Center of Excellence, ASEAN One Shot Campaign, Inclusive Closed-Loop for Agricultural Product, and ASEAN Business Entity.

"We will convey this variety of legacy projects in meetings with ASEAN leaders, because these eight legacy are able to become ASEAN drivers to achieve the vision of becoming the center of economic growth," said Arsjad.

Dalam pertemuan dengan para pemimpin negara ASEAN, ASEAN-BAC juga akan membahaskan beberapa hal seperti Blueprint ASEAN Society 2025 dan juga ASEAN Vision 2045. Selain itu, akan dibahas juga mengenai 16 Priority Economic Deliverables (PED) yang akan ditandatangani dalam KTT ASEAN 2023.

ASEAN-BAC hopes that there will be concrete steps for ASEAN to become the center of world growth. Collaboration between business and private parties and the government will be able to make ASEAN the epicenter of growth entirely.

"No one left behind, whoever it is. Centrality, innovation, and inclusivity are the spirit of ASEAN-BAC to show that ASEAN is unity and will continue to grow together, becoming the center of world economic growth," said Arsjad.

ASEAN-BAC representation meetings with ASEAN country leaders will be held by 20 business delegates as leaders in the business or private sector or trading room leaders in each country.

Members from ASEAN-BAC are appointed by the respective governments consisting of CEOs of high-level companies from each member state and represented by three members per member state, with one member representing the interests of small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

"All ASEAN-BAC representatives including the business and private sectors from Myanmar are confirmed to attend and we also invite representatives from Timor Leste to attend the ASEAN-BAC meeting with ASEAN country leaders," said ASEAN-BAC Deputy Chair Bernardino Vega.