ASCC Creation and Structure Presented by Alex Rogers, Director (Program), 13 May 2015 Copyright © 2015 APEC Secretariat

1993 ‘Education Initiative’ by APEC Economic Leaders 1994 APEC Leaders Education Initiative Conference 1995 First APEC Study Centres Consortium Conference Today Around 60 ASCs in 20 APEC economies Background

ASCC Membership Status of ASCC in the APEC process? - Independent How to establish an APEC Study Centre? - SOM Office

Accreditation of ASC delegates APEC’s Guidelines on Non-Member Participation do not apply to ASC However, ASCC has recently held its annual meeting during an APEC SOM cluster – where overall registration and security procedures get applied to all events Practical impact: 2 of 21 economies required their ASCs to register via the Secretariat; others part of economy delegation

Updating of ASCC Directory Secretariat holds the ASCC Directory Individual updates as welcome at any time and usually processed within 24hours; the responsible Program Executive is Ms Joyce YONG Secretariat also proactively seeks updates periodically from all ASCs