1. ASEAN / IFRC Cooperation Framework Update on the signing process
10th Annual South-East Asia Red Cross
Red Crescent Leaders Meeting 2013

2. Follow up / action points
Revised letter approved at the 9th SEA RCRC Leaders Meeting was sent in September to ASEAN Secretariat
Following advice from ASEAN Secretariat, letter was shared in October with Representatives of National Secretariat to ASEAN (and not CPR at this stage)
Discussions held with ASEAN Secretariat at the 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR. Confirmation that the review of the Draft CF was on the agenda of the next ACDM session

3. Follow up / Action points
Invitation to the 21st session of the ACDM Meeting (9-10 January 2013 – Chieng Mai). Participation of the RDMC Chair to the meeting (APG contribution)
Invitation in SEARD for a debriefing session with Adelina Kamal, Head of DM ASEAN Secretariat and Said Faisal, Director of AHA centre ( Feedback on ACDM session/ increase collaboration with AHA Centre and ACDM)

4. Feedback from ASEAN on comments expressed by ACDM Members on CF
Changes in ASEAN Secretariat
New Secretary General from Vietnam
4 new Deputy Secretary General
Mrs Alice Bara from Philippine in charge of the social cultural affairs
Review of the CF
DM Community (ACDM – AHA) to review the technical part
Committee of Permanent Representative (CPR) will also have to review the CF – Political track.

5. Feedback from ASEAN on comments expressed by ACDM Members on CF
Once technical part fully completed, recommendations made the CF will be submitted to the CPR.
Document will be shared with ASEAN Ambassadors for review and at a later stage to be shared for consultation with their Permanent Representatives
Only at this stage, it will be recommended for IFRC and NS to start some advocacy work at country Permanent Representative level.
Process is expected to take between 8-10 months, the political part being the longest part.

6. Feedback from ASEAN on comments expressed by ACDM Members on CF
With the ASEAN Charter in place, legal reviews are time consuming
Feedback provided on the process and challenges faced by other organizations (APG, UNESCO, ICRC, etc.)
the Legal Department was recently re-structured and reinforced
Review of current partnerships (APG could not review and renew its MOU. APG was proposed to move from a MOU to a Framework/Policy to be endorsed by AADMER. Cannot keep the “ASEAN” reference
Review of ASEAN legal entities. Development of Guidelines under process. Possibility to explore how SEA NS could be officially recognized in the ASEAN Charter (de facto NS are ASEAN entities, but not yet included in the official list)

7. Feedback from ASEAN on comments expressed by ACDM Members on CF
It is recommended that informal consultation continues to take place to support the improvement of the draft before it reaches the CPR and before we start doing some advocacy work at Government level.
When final draft is ready
Official circulation with comments to ACDM (next meeting in Hanoi in November 2013)
Official circulation with CPR

8. Comments on Draft 6
Inclusion of Timor Leste might be problematic for CPR as TL is not yet a member. Some Members may object to it. As an alternative an article could be proposed to cover a possible amendment (conclusion of the negotiation regarding the acceptance of TL as ASEAN Member)
Decision to be made by the IFRC and its Members to go for an Ad Hoc or offical recognition
Art 2.2 / 2.3 Clarification should be brought on the “observer status” proposed and look at a better reciprocity in term of expectations. Both articles should be reviewed in that perspective

9. Comments on Draft 6
The “binding” concept is very sensitive from the ASEAN political part
Article 9 - References to International and domestic laws
Article 10 – Reciprocity issue in term of IFRC recognition to the ASEAN Constitution, vision, principles and other mechanisms in place
Reminder of all member states being signatories of those RC Principles – Needs for more advocacy and dialogue at country but also regional level.
ASEAN Meeting to position RCRC as specific pillar
NDMO Representative / National platforms
CPR

10. Advocacy Strategy to increase dialogue and a better understanding of RCRC
Highlights on
Same vision
Membership organization
Similar approach in building strong communities
RCRC strengths needs to better disseminated particularly the concept of auxiliary, the cooperation Govt/RCRC at different levels (local, national but also international)

11. Better interaction with ASEAN DM and AHA centre (implementation of AADMER)
Cooperation on the ground is increased (DM/DL/Health
Review of AHA events
DIREX (Thailand, April 2013)
ARDEX (Vietnam Oct 2013)
Reminder: in 2007 in the ASEAN Exercise in Singapore all RCRC NS were represented
Presentation of Emergency and Preparedness tools . s learned)

12. Better interaction with ASEAN DM and AHA centre (implementation of AADMER)
Sharing of NS Resources and Capacity in SEA (Assets, Volunteers, Technical expertise, Knowledge and Information Sharing: lessons learned)
Nov AADMER Partnership Conference (Hanoi)
Official pledging
Presentation /Case study on the gold mind of the RC / backbone of the RCRC success (P&V, image, tools)

13. Suggestions/ Recommendations
Set up asap a small working group to look at the way to address these comments in order to go back to ASEAN Secretariat with a new draft
Possibility to nominate a NS Leader to work with SEARD and join in main ASEAN events, forum representing the SEA Leaders
Work on a Advocacy/Communication Plan to support Leaders to engage in a dialogue with their Government. We can learn from NS who have already done it.
We are welcoming other suggestions

14. THANK YOU