At the 15th ASEAN Summit in 2009, Cha-am Hua-Hin, Thailand, the Leaders agreed with Thailand’s proposal for the enhancement of ASEAN Connectivity to strengthen the region in moving towards the ASEAN Community in 2015. They established the High Level Task Force on ASEAN Connectivity (HLTF-AC) to complete the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) and submit the MPAC for consideration and adoption at the 17th ASEAN Summit in 2010.
To realize the ASEAN Community and continued economic growth, The MPAC aims to enhance physical, institutional and people-to-people linkages at the national and regional levels.
To facilitate the implementation of projects under the MPAC, ASEAN established the ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee (ACCC) to discuss ways to accelerate the full implementation of the MPAC.
ASEAN also established the ASEAN Infrastru