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Challenges, Cases and Policy Lessons
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Infrastructure, Finance, Planning and Programming
A number of international Institutions contribute to the financing of ASEAN: “multilateral development
banks (e.g. Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Bank, and Islamic Development Bank), bilateral
development partners, and national Governments.” With the budgets of the National Governments
continuing to be a major source of investments in infrastructure and connectivity. In 2011 the member
states of ASEAN were in the process of setting up an “ASEAN Infrastructure Fund (AIF) with the
objective to mobilise financial resources within ASEAN to support regional infrastructure
development.” The Asian Development Bank had been asked to support this plan (ASEAN, 2011). In
Indonesia specifically, relying solely on government funding for infrastructure projects has given way
to “cooperation between the government and the private sector under the public-private partnership”.
This “scheme is expected to bring in much needed investments.”107
Corridor Performance Monitoring/Dissemination
Most of the monitoring and dissemination of results is overseen by the ASEAN Connectivity
Coordinating Committee: “The implementation of the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity shall be
monitored and overseen by the ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee.”[…] “A scorecard
mechanism, detailing the strategies and key actions with relevant timelines and responsible bodies,
will be set up to effectively monitor and evaluate the implementation on a regular basis.” (ASEAN,
2011). We could not find relevant information on the monitoring of the corridors by the Indonesian
government.
Corridor Promotion and Stakeholder Consultation
No additional relevant information.
Capacity Building, Technical Assistance/Studies
No additional relevant information.
Legal Framework
The master plan on ASEAN connectivity names a couple of agreements and protocols that are relevant
to our case. As a member of ASEAN, Indonesia has signed these agreements, though not all of them
have been fully implemented or ratified (as of 2011), “thereby delaying the establishment of effective
cross-border facilitation.” (ASEAN, 2011):
 ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit;
 ASEAN Framework Agreement on Multimodal Transport;
 ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Inter-State Transport;
 Roadmap for Integration of Air Travel Sector.
Roadmap Towards an Integrated and Competitive Maritime Transport in ASEAN (“aims to further the
goals enunciated in the Vientiane Action Programme (VAP) 2004-2010 and ASEAN Transport Action
Plan (ATAP) 2005-2010”) (ASEAN, 2011).
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