Editing ASEAN (section)

===AEC Blueprint===
[[File:KL Declaration Signing 11.22.15.jpg|thumb|ASEAN leaders sign the declaration of the ASEAN Economic Community during the 27th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, 2015.]]

The AEC aims to "implement economic integration initiatives" to create a single market for member states.<ref name="Primer">{{cite book |url=http://www.dfa.gov.ph/images/PDF/AEC%20Primer_Ebook2.pdf |title=Understanding the ASEAN Economic Community; A Primer |publisher=Department of Trade and Industry (Philippines) |edition=1st |date=28 February 2014 |access-date=10 February 2015 |archive-date=30 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930053213/https://www.dfa.gov.ph/images/PDF/AEC%20Primer_Ebook2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asean.org/communities/asean-economic-community|title=ASEAN Economic Community – ASEAN – ONE VISION ONE IDENTITY ONE COMMUNITY|access-date=6 September 2014|archive-date=3 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903023000/http://www.asean.org/communities/asean-economic-community|url-status=live}}</ref> The blueprint that serves as a comprehensive guide for the establishment of the community was adopted on 20 November 2007 at the 13th ASEAN Summit in Singapore.<ref name="Primer" /><ref name="Blueprint">{{cite book|title=ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint|date=Jan 2008|publisher=Association of Southeast Asian Nations|location=Jakarta|isbn=978-979-3496-77-1|pages=56|url=http://www.asean.org/archive/5187-10.pdf|access-date=7 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205203402/http://www.asean.org/archive/5187-10.pdf|archive-date=5 February 2015}}</ref> Its characteristics include a single market and production base, a highly competitive economic region, a region of fair economic development, and a region fully integrated into the global economy. The areas of cooperation include human resources development, recognition of professional qualifications, closer consultation economic policies, enhanced infrastructure and communications connectivity, integrating industries for regional sourcing, and strengthening private sector involvement. Through the free movement of skilled labor, goods, services and investment, ASEAN would rise globally as one market, thus increasing its competitiveness and opportunities for development.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.lga.gov.ph/sites/default/files/knowledgeProducts-pdf/Rising%20As%20One%20The%20ASEAN%20Economic%20Integration.pdf |title=Rising as One: The Filipino Nation Towards the ASEAN Economic Integration |publisher=Local Government Academy of the Philippines |isbn=978-971-0576-41-8 |pages=23 |date=2013 |access-date=11 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731172032/http://www.lga.gov.ph/sites/default/files/knowledgeProducts-pdf/Rising%20As%20One%20The%20ASEAN%20Economic%20Integration.pdf |archive-date=31 July 2014 }}</ref>