(BIMP-EAGA): Implementation Blueprint 2012–2016

Implementation Blueprint 2012–2016

March 2012

Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-PhilippinesEast ASEAN Growth Area

(BIMP-EAGA)

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Contents

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Introduction: Background, Concept, and Guiding Principles 1

Background 1

From the Roadmap to the Implementation Blueprint 2

Principles Guiding the Implementation Blueprint 4

Strategic Pillars 5

Strategic Pillar 1: Enhanced Connectivity 5

Development of Priority Infrastructure Projects in the Economic Corridors 7West Borneo Economic Corridor 9Greater Sulu Sulawesi Corridor 10Other Priority Infrastructure Projects 11Factors to Consider in Further Developing the EAGA Corridors 11

Improvement of Air, Sea and Land Transport Linkages 11

Power Interconnection and Development of Renewable Energy 13

Information and Communication Technology 13

Trade Facilitation 14

Strategic Pillar 2: Food Basket Strategy 16

Food Security 16

Export Development 18

Sustainable Livelihood 18

Strategic Pillar 3: Tourism Development 19

Community-Based Ecotourism Development 19Marketing and Promotion 20

Strategic Pillar 4: Environment 20

Sustainable Management of Critical Ecosystems 22

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation 22

Promotion of Clean and Green Production Technologies 22

Addressing Priority Transboundary Issues 22

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Implementation Arrangements 24

Flexibility for Project Inclusion in the Implementation Blueprint and Rolling Pipeline 24

New Institutional Structure 24

Improvements in Institutional Mechanisms 26

Results-Based Monitoring 27

Concluding Remarks 29

Appendixes

1. BIMP-EAGA Implementation Blueprint Project List by Strategic Pillar, 2012–2016 32

2. BIMP-EAGA Implementation Blueprint 2012–2013: Two-Year Rolling Pipeline by Strategic Pillar, 2012–2013 47

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AbbreviationsADB – Asian Development BankAEC – ASEAN Economic CommunityAPM – Action Plan MatrixASEAN – Association of Southeast Asian NationsBIMP-EAGA – Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN

Growth AreaCBET – community-based ecotourismCIQS – customs, immigration, quarantine and securityCTI – Coral Triangle InitiativeFBS – food basket strategyFC – facilitation centerGSSC – Greater Sulu Sulawesi CorridorHOB – Heart of BorneoIB – implementation blueprintICT – information and communication technologyMOU – memorandum of understandingMM – ministerial meetngMPAC – Master Plan for ASEAN ConnectivityMTR – mid-term reviewNS – national secretariatPIP – priority infrastructure projectPPP – public–private partnershipR&D – research and developmentRoRo – Roll-on-Roll-offRRP – rules, regulations, and proceduresSMEs – small and medium-sized enterprisesSOM – senior officials’ meetingSOP – standard operating proceduresSSME – Sulu Sulawesi Marine EcoregionWBEC – West Borneo Economic CorridorWG – working group

Note: In this report, “$” refers to US dollars unless otherwise stated.

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Introduction: Background, Concept, and Guiding Principles

Background

The Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) subregional cooperation program was established in 1994 to address the socioeconomic development of less developed, marginalized and far-flung areas; and narrow the development gaps across and within the subregion. Geographically, the subregion covers the entire Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam; nine provinces in Kalimantan and Sulawesi, the island chain of Maluku, and Papua (Indonesia); the Federal States of Sabah and Sarawak and the Federal Territory of Labuan (Malaysia); and the entire island of Mindanao (26 provinces) and the island province of Palawan (Philippines). These areas are among the poorest in their respective countries; but they are linked by a long history of trade and economic relations which has been going on for centuries with barter as a major form of trade until just a few decades ago. The long-term goal of the program is to change the economy of BIMP-EAGA from one based on resource extraction to one based on higher-order processing and non-resource-based activities. The underlying strategy is to mobilize the private sector as the engine of growth, with the governments providing the facilitative environment that would allow the promotion of private sector investments.

Following the Asian financial crisis of 1997, renewed interest in BIMP-EAGA cooperation emerged in 2001, resulting from the recognition that changes in the regional and global economic environment now more greatly affect the subregion’s own development perspective. The 12th Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM)/9th Ministerial Meeting (MM) in Balikpapan, Indonesia, in November 2004, agreed to formulate the BIMP-EAGA Roadmap to Development 2006–2010 (Roadmap), which identified broad strategic thrusts for the subregion and cluster/sector-specific targets that will guide implementation of BIMP-EAGA projects and activities. The Roadmap indicated four specific objectives, namely: to promote intra- and extra-industry trade in selected priority sectors, to coordinate the management of natural resources, to coordinate the planning and implementation of infrastructure support, and to strengthen the BIMP-EAGA structures and mechanisms for effective implementation of the Roadmap.

The targets of the Roadmap to increase trade, investment, and tourism within EAGA during the 5-year period (2006–2010) were more or less achieved; however, the implementation of the Roadmap achieved modest progress. In October 2010, the 15th Ministerial Meeting decided that since the strategic thrusts of the Roadmap were still relevant and valid, the successor document should be the Implementation Blueprint (IB) covering the period 2012–2016 in order to focus on project implementation that would generate concrete results toward realizing the subregional

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program’s objectives. The Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the Roadmap, conducted in 2008, had in fact observed that project preparation and implementation needed to be strengthened and improved significantly. Thus, the IB was designed to enhance the implementation of the strategic thrusts of the BIMP-EAGA Roadmap.

The need to accelerate project implementation in BIMP-EAGA has also taken a wider context in view of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), which is targeted to be realized in 2015. The proximity of the AEC target date has compelled a more careful thinking on how BIMP-EAGA, as a subset of ASEAN, can contribute more directly toward the AEC goals by establishing closer linkage between the initiatives of BIMP-EAGA with those of ASEAN. The imperative to establish more meaningful linkages between subregional programs and ASEAN has intensified recently with the launching of the Master Plan for ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC). The wide-ranging regional economic integration initiatives of ASEAN are likely to have important ramifications on the medium- to long-term strategic goals of BIMP-EAGA. Moreover, rapid and dramatic changes in the global economy have underscored the need to reinforce regional cooperation in trade and investment as a means to cushion the vulnerability of the countries to external shocks.

From the Roadmap to the Implementation Blueprint

The Roadmap to Development 2006–2010 set the vision, mission, goals, and strategies of the BIMP-EAGA program. The ultimate goal of BIMP-EAGA is to narrow the development gap across and within the EAGA member countries. The Roadmap’s immediate goals were to increase trade, investments, and tourism within the subregion with the following targets by 2010: (i) increased intra- and extra-trade among EAGA focus areas by 10%, (ii) increased investments in the EAGA subregion by 10%, and (iii) increased tourism arrivals in the EAGA subregion by 20% .

To achieve the development goals and targets of the BIMP-EAGA subregional program, the Roadmap set the following strategic objectives:

(i) promote intra- and extra-EAGA trade, investments, and tourism in selected priority sectors, namely: agro-industry and natural resources, tourism, transport, infrastructure and information and communication technology (ICT), with particular emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) development in these sectors;

(ii) coordinate the management of natural resources for sustainable development of the subregion;

(iii) coordinate the planning and implementation of infrastructure support to economic integration, with active participation of the private sector; and

(iv) strengthen the BIMP-EAGA institutional structures and mechanisms for effective implementation of the its roadmap and action plan.

Specific measures, programs, and projects under each of the above strategies were identified in an Action Plan Matrix (APM) that accompanied the Roadmap. However, the initiatives in the APM, while well-intended, consisted mostly of project ideas without sufficient details and operational plans. Although the APM was subsequently rationalized and reprioritized in the

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course of the MTR exercise and the meetings of the different working groups (WGs), important gaps remained that made it difficult to assess the responsiveness of the projects to the goals of the BIMP-EAGA subregional program.

Taking into account the recommendations of the MTR, as well as recent directives from the BIMP-EAGA summit and ministerial meetings, the member countries decided to streamline the strategic areas of the program into four pillars in order to focus and further consolidate various sectoral initiatives. The four pillars are:

Pillar 1: Enhancing connectivity within BIMP-EAGA as well as with other regions outside of BIMP-EAGA

Pillar 2: Establishing BIMP-EAGA as the food basket for ASEAN and the rest of Asia

Pillar 3: Promoting BIMP-EAGA as a premier regional tourism destination

Pillar 4: Ensuring the sustainable management of the environment

The IB is thus anchored on the four strategic pillars that will guide cooperation over the 5-year period 2012–2016 (Figure 1). In formulating the IB, the clusters and WGs identified priority projects from the rationalized APM that directly impact on the strategic pillars and that are relatively well-prepared in terms of having well-developed concept and financing plans.

ASEAN = Association of Southeast Asian Nations, BIMP-EAGA = Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area, ICT = information and communcation technology.Notes:1. The Implementation Blueprint is based on the objectives in the Roadmap to Development 2006–2010, revised action plans, and

subsequent decisions on new strategic thrusts.2. ASEAN-6 countries include Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

Figure 1 BIMP-EAGA Implementation Blueprint: Strategic, Operational, and Results Framework


Projects that are ready to be implemented (i.e., those which have secured financing and have developed specific implementation plans) were included in the 2-year rolling pipeline of projects, which will be updated yearly. This mechanism allows close monitoring of project preparedness to ensure that pipeline projects move into the implementation stage, and that ongoing projects are successfully completed.

Principles Guiding the Implementation Blueprint

Following the endorsement of the IB concept by the Strategic Planting Meeting in January 2011, the National Secretariat Meeting (NSM) in February 2011 subsequently endorsed the rationale, guiding principles, and contents of the IB. The guiding principles of the IB are as follows:

(i) Subregional projects in the IB must complement national development plans and objectives; the IB should therefore be fully consistent with, and where feasible, build upon, the national development plans of the member countries.

(ii) Social and environmental impacts on the livelihoods of people in remote areas should be considered in formulating projects, consistent with the objective of narrowing the development gap between the rich and poor areas within the EAGA member countries, and between the BIMP-EAGA focus areas.

(iii) Projects in the IB should serve as catalysts for accelerating investments from the private sector, including from SMEs, which are the basic production units in BIMP-EAGA, and through innovative public–private partnership modalities, including for connectivity infrastructure.

(iv) Private sector participation should be encouraged in the IB projects, since the private sector is a key driver of development in BIMP-EAGA; and governments should be able to harness the private sector’s enormous potential to contribute to the development of the subregion. Projects with commercial potential should be identified where feasible to broaden private sector participation.

An overriding principle across the strategic pillars of the IB is the need to ensure proper sequencing and synergy of projects so that progress made under one pillar contributes to the delivery of the other pillars in a more coherent way. As connectivity increases and strengthens in terms of both hardware and software elements, collaboration in promoting in-country and cross-country tourism activities could be facilitated. Promoting BIMP-EAGA as the regional food basket would also depend on having adequate infrastructure connectivity that would facilitate the movement of goods and people, but at the same time, this could also have serious implications on the use of land, forest, and marine resources as sources of food supply. The cumulative impacts on the environment of increased economic activity along the corridors in relation to transport infrastructure, urbanization and its attendant impacts on air and water quality, land conversion, and the welfare of indigenous peoples, among others, must be carefully monitored and addressed. These are important considerations as the IB is carried forward and in developing future pipeline of projects.

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Strategic Pillars

Strategic Pillar 1: Enhanced Connectivity

The BIMP-EAGA Roadmap to Development 2006–2010 identified infrastructure facilities improvement as one of the key measures needed to support the goals of increased trade, investment, and tourism. The improvement in infrastructure facilities will contribute to the enhancement of air, land, and sea transport systems within and among the EAGA member countries. Likewise, these are vital for the seamless movement of goods and people from EAGA and for its integration to ASEAN and the rest of the world. Essentially, this measure is a vital prerequisite in support of the other strategic pillars, while according due consideration to possible impact on the environment. The initiatives pursued under this pillar include (i) improvements in air, sea, and land connectivity; (ii) liberalized transport arrangements to specific EAGA destinations; (iii) improvements in information and communication technology (ICT) facilities and services; (iv) power interconnection; and (v) resource mobilization for infrastructure, including public–private partnership (PPP) schemes. During the 5-year implementation of the Roadmap, the focus has been on improvements in air, sea, and land connectivity through improved and liberalized services, and private-sector-led projects in ICT. No major regional physical infrastructure project has been implemented as part of the Roadmap.

At the Third BIMP-EAGA Summit held in Cebu, Philippines, in January 2007, the Leaders of the BIMP-EAGA countries called for the accelerated development of transport and energy infrastructure projects. Following the Leaders’ directive, the 14th BIMP-EAGA Ministerial Meeting in Brunei Darussalam in August 2009 called for further accelerating the implementation of infrastructure development to bolster the economic development agenda of the subregion. A fast-track process of identification and endorsement of priority infrastructure projects was subsequently put in place by the Senior Officials Meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia, in September 2009. The fast-track process would ensure a more systematic and “monitorable” process of identifying, programming, and implementing priority infrastructure projects. The Asian Development Bank (ADB), as BIMP-EAGA’s regional development adviser, was requested to facilitate and coordinate the process of identifying these priority infrastructure projects.

The impetus given by the BIMP-EAGA Leaders to accelerating infrastructure connectivity in the subregion gained greater urgency and importance with the launching of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2008 and the Master Plan for ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) at the 17th ASEAN Summit in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, in October 2010. The ASEAN Leaders recognized that enhanced ASEAN connectivity is essential to achieve the AEC in order to make ASEAN more competitive and resilient. The MPAC reflects a detailed plan of action for


implementation during the period 2011–2015 to connect ASEAN through enhanced physical infrastructure (physical connectivity); effective institutions, mechanisms, and processes (institutional connectivity); and empowered peoples (people-to-people connectivity).

The MPAC takes into account the synchronization of ongoing sectoral strategies and plans of subregional programs with the ASEAN framework. These subregional programs include BIMP-EAGA, the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), and the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT). Several BIMP-EAGA initiatives are covered, directly or indirectly, under MPAC’s broad three-dimensional scope of physical, institutional, and people-to-people connectivity. For physical connectivity in particular, the following projects that are planned or in the pipeline are noteworthy:

(i) The Sarawak to West Kalimantan Power Interconnection Project (between Malaysia and Indonesia) has been identified as a priority project in MPAC because of its high impact on ASEAN connectivity.

(ii) Some priority infrastructure projects in EAGA would form part of the ASEAN Highway Network (AHN) which is targeted for completion and upgrading under MPAC; the projects include the Pontianak–Entikong Transport Link (Indonesia), and the Rehabilitation of Davao–General Santos Road (Philippines).

(iii) The proposed BIMP-EAGA submarine fiber optic cable (also known as the BIMP-EAGA Rink) will potentially contribute to the planned ASEAN Broadband Corridor; it will also facilitate interconnection of telecommunication services in BIMP-EAGA, and expand connectivity networks with the rest of the Asian countries.

(iv) BIMP-EAGA’s plans to develop a regional nautical highway via the expansion of Roll-on Roll-off (RoRo) ferry network at priority ports (Glan–Tahuna; Zamboanga–Bongao, Tawi-Tawi; and Bongao–Sandakan), including the development of RoRo shipping and port services in selected EAGA ports, is consistent with MPAC’s priority to consider the establishment of a RoRo network in ASEAN.

Apart from improvements in physical infrastructure, the objective of enhanced connectivity in EAGA also covers the software dimensions, with particular focus on transport and trade facilitation. The facilitation of cross-border movement of goods and services will not only maximize the investment returns on physical infrastructure projects; but it will also directly support the objectives of increased trade, investment, and tourism in EAGA; and facilitate the subregion’s integration with the rest of ASEAN. Likewise, it will significantly contribute to achieving sustainable development and economic integration of the agro-industries and fisheries sectors to ensure food security and sustainable livelihoods of the people, and alleviating poverty in BIMP-EAGA; and to provide easier access to the subregion’s major tourism destinations. EAGA’s initiatives in transport and trade facilitation are also reflected in MPAC’s priorities to operationalize ASEAN agreements in these areas.

The key components comprising enhanced connectivity as a strategic pillar of the IB, as shown in Figure 1, are: (i) development of priority infrastructure projects focusing on priority EAGA economic corridors; (ii) improvement of air, sea, and land transport linkages; (iii) power interconnection and development of renewable energy; (iv) improvements in ICT facilities and services; and (v) trade facilitation.

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Development of Priority Infrastructure Projects in the Economic Corridors

To provide a more coherent spatial focus to BIMP-EAGA’s connectivity strategy, the 4th BIMP-EAGA Summit in Singapore in November 2007 endorsed the development of economic corridors to better direct infrastructure investments to well-defined geographic spaces in the subregion. Economic corridors are geographically defined areas where synchronized and systematic development aims to facilitate the efficient cross-border movement of the factors of production; and stimulate trade, tourism, investment, and other economic activities. Infrastructure development is a prerequisite for an economic corridor to evolve, as it can help activate and accelerate cross-border activities; promote access to markets; reduce trade and transport costs; and facilitate growth between two or more production, export, or consumption points. The development of economic corridors in BIMP-EAGA is in line with the objectives of BIMP-EAGA’s Roadmap to Development to promote physical and cross-border mobility. Economic corridor development would also enhance the subregion’s competitiveness by linking production with supply chains, as well as the opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Two priority economic corridors were designated: the West Borneo Economic Corridor (WBEC) and the Greater Sulu Sulawesi Corridor (GSSC) (Figure 2).1 It is significant to note that at its 4th Summit, BIMP-EAGA itself was declared as an economic corridor within ASEAN.

Figure 2 Priority Economic Corridors in BIMP-EAGA

1 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was requested to provide assistance in developing priority economic corridors in BIMP-EAGA. In December 2007, ADB approved regional technical assistance (RETA) 6441: Efficiency Improvement and Connectivity Strengthening in aSEA for this purpose. The project included an assessment of the viability of potential economic corridors based on existing and potential trade and tourism flows; it also identified potential public, private, and public–private sector investments in transport infrastructure and trade logistics development. The pre-investment study of infrastructure projects that concentrated on the priority economic corridors—WBEC and GSSC—was conducted under the transport component.


Under the fast-track process initiated in 2009, 12 priority infrastructure projects (PIPs) with total estimated cost of over $1 billion have been identified to start implementation under the IB (Table 1). Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia have two projects each, and Indonesia and the Philippines have four projects each. Ten of the 12 projects are located in the two priority corridors, one project is located in the East Borneo Economic Corridor (EBEC), and one is an industrial estate. The 10 PIPs in the two corridors comprise critical interventions that address major development constraints along the corridor routes.

Table 1 BIMP-EAGA Priority Infrastructure Projects

Project Name

Estimated Project Cost

($ Million)

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

Kuala Lurah Border Crossing Facility 8.00

Pandaruan Bridge 7.20

Subtotal for Brunei Darussalam 15.20

INDONESIA

Tanjung Selor Border Road 130.60

Trans Borneo Power Grid: Sarawak to West Kalimantan Link –Indonesia Section

128.00

Pontianak-Entikong Transport Link 41.10

Tayan–Serawak Road Rehabilitation 35.50

Entikong Border Crossing Facility 5.60

Enhancing the Manado–Bitung Link 406.90

Manado Port expansion: 6.90

Manado-Bitung Toll Road 400.00

Subtotal for Indonesia 706.60

MALAYSIA

Trans Borneo Power Grid: Sarawak to West Kalimantan Link –Malaysia Section

41.00

Lahad Datu Palm Oil Integrated Cluster 166.00

Subtotal for Malaysia 207.00

PHILIPPINES

Expansion of Mindanao Ports Program I 147.80

Zamboanga Port Expansion

Davao Port Expansion (Phase 1)

Bongao and Sitangkai Port Expansion (Tawi-Tawi) Expansion

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Project Name

Estimated Project Cost

($ Million)

Palawan Ports Development Program 11.50

Brooke’s Point Port

Expansion of Puerto Prinsesa Port

Expansion of Mindanao Ports Program II 46.45

General Santos Port (Makar Wharf) Expansion

Davao Port Expansion (Phase 2)

Glan Port Expansion

Rehabilitation of the Davao–General Santos Road 21.30

Subtotal for Philippines 227.05

GRAND TOTAL 1,155.85

West Borneo Economic Corridor The WBEC is comprised of Brunei Darussalam, West Kalimantan in Indonesia, and Sarawak and Sabah in Malaysia. It has a fairly established transport infrastructure and linkages from Pontianak in West Kalimantan to Kuching in Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam. The recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under BIMP-EAGA on land transport extends direct transport links from Pontianak to Kota Kinabalu. Trade and investment within the corridor through traditional border crossing points are fairly well established. These strategic nodes include the Entikong–Tebedu, Sungai Tujuh–Miri, Kuala Lurah–Limbang, Limbang–Puni, and Lawas–Labu border crossings. The end points of the corridor—Pontianak in Indonesia and Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia—are gateways to regional and international markets.

The WBEC is considered as the oil and gas corridor of EAGA where three of four focal areas are major exporters of crude petroleum and natural gas. The corridor is also a major exporter of forestry products. There is also similarity in the imports of the focal areas, which include food, machinery and equipment, and manufactured goods. The focal areas share common trading partners, which are: Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United States (US). Light manufacturing, palm oil processing, wood-based processing, and tourism are common areas of opportunities. Brunei Darussalam and Labuan (Malaysia) both have the potential of becoming financial hubs for the subregion.

The corridor extends approximately 1,500 kilometers (km) from Pontianak: first traveling east, and then north to the West Kalimantan/Sarawak Border; then north-east along the Sarawak federal trunk road (Trans Borneo Highway) to Miri; continuing northeast through Brunei Darussalam; then a very short stretch through Sarawak (Limbang), back to Brunei Darussalam (Tendurong), back through Sarawak (Lawas), and into Sabah, continuing northeast to Kota Kinabalu.

The three segments of WBEC are: (i) Pontianak Port (West Kalimantan, Indonesia) to Kuching Port (Sarawak, Malaysia); (ii) Kuching (Sarawak, Malaysia) to Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei Darussalam); and (iii) Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei Darussalam)–Kota Kinabalu (Sabah, Malaysia). The border crossing points are: Entikong–Tebedu, Sungai Tujuh–Miri, Kuala Lurah–Limbang,

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Limbang–Puni, and Lawas–Labu. The gateways are Pontianak (Indonesia) and Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)—gateways to regional and international markets- and Kuching (Sarawak, Malaysia). A number of these segments and border crossing points along the corridor are in need of improvements or upgrading. Those that have been identified for implementation in 2012–2013 include:

(i) improvements in the Pontianak to Entikong Transport Link, which aims to improve connectivity between Indonesia and Malaysia via the WBEC through Tayan–Serawak; and the construction of the Entikong Border Crossing Facility;

(ii) construction of the Kuala Lurah Border Crossing Facility, which will facilitate the trip from Brunei Darussalam, which stops at Kuala Lurah, by improving the facilities there to make it compatible with the new border post facility at Tedungan, Malaysia; and

(iii) construction of the Pandaruan River Bridge, which will improve connectivity between Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia via the Trans Borneo Highway, and involve the construction of a 60-meter bridge to replace the ferry over Pandaruan River, which cannot operate efficiently because of the narrow stretch of the river.

Apart from improvements in physical infrastructure, connectivity along WBEC has been significantly improved as a result of the MOUs for the improvement of transport services links signed by the BIMP-EAGA Leaders in November 2007. These MOUs represent key milestones in the expansion of air linkages, sea linkages, and bus services. Pontianak and Kuching are now linked through regular air and bus services. RoRo ferry services are also being expanded between Brunei Darussalam and Sabah. With this new ‘sea’ bridge, container trucks and buses would be able to travel smoothly from Pontianak to Kota Kinabalu or anywhere in Sabah, passing through a limited number of border-crossing controls.

Greater Sulu Sulawesi CorridorThe GSSC is a maritime corridor covering North Sulawesi in Indonesia, Sabah in Malaysia, and Mindanao and Palawan in the Philippines. The GSSC is mainly determined by the geography of the Sulu Sulawesi seas. Very strong historical trade links characterize this corridor with trade concentrated between North Sulawesi and Mindanao and between Sabah and Mindanao. GSSC is also the nerve center of barter trade in EAGA where agriculture and aquaculture trade is fairly advanced. Major trading partners are similar to WBEC: Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United States (US). Agribusiness products, food and fish processing, and tourism are the sectors that offer the highest potentials for the GSSC.

Transport connectivity in GSSC consists of port-to-port trade flows and shipping services within the Sulu Sulawesi Sea. Trade remains very limited among BIMP-EAGA partners in the GSSC, and there are few shipping services in the subcorridors. The imbalance between exports and imports also suggests relatively high freight rates, although there is evidence of a flourishing barter trade.

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The GSSC has five segments or subcorridors, that include

(i) Palawan Province (Philippines) to Sabah (tip of Borneo or Kudat);

(ii) Zamboanga Peninsula (Philippines) to Sabah (east coast);

(iii) Zamboanga Peninsula (Philippines) to Sabah (east coast) through the island provinces of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi in the Philippines;

(iv) Davao area (Davao del Sur Province, Philippines); and

(v) General Santos area (South Cotabato Province, Philippines) with North Sulawesi (Indonesia).

The gateway ports are at

(i) Brookes’ Point (Palawan, Philippines) and Kudat (Sabah);

(ii) Zamboanga (Mindanao, Philippines) and Sandakan (Sabah);

(iii) Zamboanga, Jolo, and Bongao (Mindanao) and Sandakan (Sabah); and

(iv) Davao and General Santos (Mindanao, Philippines) and Manado and Bitung (North Sulawesi, Indonesia).

As regards transport services, regular air and shipping services are presently limited in the GSSC. Establishing air linkages between key transport nodes in the region, with the use of proper aircraft, is crucial to trigger business exchanges and trade in this maritime corridor. It is projected that the short- to medium-term demand for transportation will continue to be mainly passenger-related resulting from travel associated with family ties and employment.

Other Priority Infrastructure Projects Two priority infrastructure projects in the IB that are not along the WBEC and GSSC are the Tanjung Selor Border Road in East Kalimantan (Indonesia) and the Lahad Datu Palm Oil Integrated Cluster in Sabah (Malaysia). The Tanjung Selor Border Road is along the East Borneo Corridor Economic Corridor. The project involves the construction of about 191 km of road from Tanjung Selor to the Malaysian border. The Lahad Datu Palm Oil Integrated Cluster is an industrial cluster envisaged to handle the processing of biomass from the oil palm industry and other oleo-chemicals from Sabah and the rest of the BIMP-EAGA subregion (Southern Philippines and Kalimantan) estimated at 1.5 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).

Factors to Consider in Further Developing the EAGA Corridors The development of economic corridors is a complex process and requires planning beyond infrastructure connectivity. While the GSSC is mainly a maritime transport corridor, the development of the WBEC is still primarily focused on developing transport connectivity—or the basic stage of corridor development. Over the medium term, the BIMP-EAGA member countries should consider addressing other fundamental issues in economic corridor development such as cross-border facilitation measures; and development of logistics, towns and urban centers, nodes and gateways, enterprises, and business services. National initiatives will play an important role in addressing these dimensions to complement regional initiatives. These could be considered in developing and prioritizing future project pipeline.


Improvement of Air, Sea, and Land Transport Linkages

On account of EAGA’s unique archipelagic state, linking air, sea, and land linkages is essential to complement improvements in physical infrastructure. Numerous priority air and sea routes have been identified in BIMP-EAGA during the past five years of implementation of the Roadmap. A significant accomplishment was the signing in 2007 of three landmark of the Roadmap MOUs on the expansion of air links, sea links, and cross-border travel of inland buses and coaches. Private sector response, especially among airlines and travel agencies, to these reforms was encouraging. Air links, in particular, have significantly expanded. A fourth MOU on transit and inter-state transport of goods was signed in 2009.

The routes that are covered under the MOUs are: for air, the designated routes and the 5th freedom ports; for sea, the gateway ports and the designated priority and pioneer routes; and for land, the designated disembarkation points for buses and coaches (both transit and inter-state). The designated points of entry and exit are shown in Appendix 1. Most of the designated routes for all three modes are located in the priority corridors.

Notwithstanding progress made through these MOUs, transport links for a number of important routes remain weak, and may require the strengthening of implementation and expanding connectivity measures. Implementing rules and regulations to implement the MOU on Cross-Border Movement of Commercial Buses and Coaches, as well as the MOU on Sea Linkages, will have to be formulated.

Under the IB for 2012–2016, initiatives will be undertaken to further strengthen the EAGA transport links. These initiatives include the following:

(i) Study on Enhancing BIMP-EAGA Transport MOUs. A comprehensive study will be conducted to review the implementation issues of the MoUs on Air Linkages, Commercial Buses and Coaches, Sea Linkages, Transit and Inter-State Transport of Goods; identify the impediments in the implementation of the MOUs; and recommend appropriate measures for effective and sustained implementation of the MOUs.

(ii) MOU on the Utilization of Non-Conventional Sized Ships. The MOU is being prepared to stipulate the guidelines on non-conventional sized ships to take into account the safety, security, environmental protection, and ship manning requirements of such vessels, as well as the related capacity building requirements.

(iii) Protocol to Amend the MOU on Air Linkages for BIMP-EAGA. The amendment particularly involves the inclusion of additional points outside BIMP-EAGA under the original co-terminalization scheme, and allowing airlines to embark on more flexible routing and scheduling.

(iv) Study on the Rationalization and Design of Airport Incentives. This project involves the study of current airport incentives in respect of all designated airports in BIMP-EAGA with the view of enhancing the sustainability of EAGA air services.

(v) Establishment of Rest and Recreation Centers along BIMP-EAGA Bus Routes at the Pan-Borneo Highway. This project will facilitate and promote ease of travel along the Pan-Borneo Highway.


(vi) First Equator Asia Air Access Forum and Airline CEOs Summit. The event will provide a forum for stakeholders in the public and private sectors to discuss future enhancements in air linkages in the subregion, in support of trade and tourism, among others.

Power Interconnection and Development of Renewable Energy

The development of the energy sector in BIMP-EAGA territories is generally uneven—some areas still rely on costly imported fossil fuel and require additional generation capacity while other EAGA territories have power surpluses of renewable energy that could be traded across borders if the transmission infrastructure were available. Interconnected power transmission systems within EAGA are therefore necessary not only to improve power reliability but to enhance overall economic efficiency throughout the subregion in an environmentally sustainable way. Within this context, the Energy Working Group has identified cross-border interconnection projects for cooperation between Sarawak and West Kalimantan and between Sarawak and Brunei Darussalam. They have also identified projects for cooperation in new and renewable energy resources, and energy efficiency and conservation initiatives.

The Trans Borneo Power Grid: Sarawak to West Kalimantan Link is a high priority energy project in the IB. It is one of the 12 PIPs under BIMP-EAGA’s fast track process and is among the high priority projects in the MPAC. The project would contribute to the optimum use of regional energy resources: on the Sarawak side, surplus energy will be exported to West Kalimantan to generate additional income; and on the West Kalimantan side, the power system will improve the quality and reliability and lower the cost of power supply, and help diversify energy generation portfolio by retiring old inefficient oil-based power plants.

Information and Communication Technology

BIMP-EAGA’s goal in the ICT sector is to improve ICT facilities and services in the subregion and fast track the implementation of telecommunication development programs that will increase access to voice, data, and internet services in the subregion, including its remote areas. ICT can also play an important role in trade facilitation in terms of modernizing customs facilities through ICT applications; building databases for ease of retrieval, maintenance, and monitoring; promoting electronic commerce; serving as a faster medium for information and communication exchange; developing a marketing tool; facilitating a tracking system; and building online systems, among others. However, a proper legal and regulatory environment is imperative to ensure that associated safety and security concerns are addressed. In line with this objective, projects and activities have been lined up by the ICT Working Group to establish an ICT network within BIMP-EAGA, promote the use of wireless technology networks, and develop next generation networking (NGN) in rural areas.

The ICT sector projects included in the IB are located in the WBEC and consist of the following private-sector-led initiatives:

(i) ICT Rural Outreach Program. This program is an outreach for the rural community aimed at improving the ICT literacy of the people, especially those in the rural areas. It includes the setting up of an ICT community center, developing human capacity ICT literacy and entrepreneurs, and establishing a portal for local products to be marketed regionally.


(ii) BIMP-EAGA Rink (BIMP-EAGA Submarine Cable). The project will link all BIMP-EAGA member countries using a Hybrid Communications Platform either through sub-sea cable system, satellite, or terrestrial. The project will aim to develop the BIMP-EAGA subregion as a new hub and center of investment that shall attract and introduce new economic growth within the subregion, as well as improve the socioeconomic conditions of the population inhabiting the BIMP-EAGA ecotourism area.

(iii) Intelligent Clearance Identification. This identification system (or ICLID) will provide cross-border solutions using Radio-Frequency Indentification (RFID) technology as a tool to ease the movement of goods and vehicles within BIMP-EAGA subregion. The system has already been installed at Sungai Tujoh and Kuala Lurah in Brunei Darussalam, and in Miri and Limbang in Sarawak.

Trade Facilitation

One of the most important initiatives in BIMP-EAGA is the strengthening and improvement of customs, immigration, quarantine and security (CIQS) procedures as a means to facilitate the cross-border flow of goods and peoples to, from, and within EAGA. The BIMP-EAGA Leaders, during their 6th Summit in October 2009, recognized the importance of trade facilitation, along with transport connectivity, energy interconnection, and tourism promotion, as a key instrument to realize BIMP-EAGA’s vision to become the food basket for ASEAN and Asia and a premier ecotourism destination. The Leaders directed BIMP-EAGA ministers and senior officials to accelerate implementation of projects in support of these visions. A CIQS Task Force was subsequently established to focus the implementation of the Leaders’ directives.

The BIMP-EAGA CIQS Task Force has finalized the MOU on CIQS Harmonization, which was endorsed at the 18th Senior Official’s Meeting and 14th Ministerial Meeting in August 2009, for signature by member countries upon completion of the necessary domestic consultations. The MOU identifies the scope of CIQS cooperation and applicable international CIQS standards and best practices that BIMP-EAGA member countries subscribe to, aiming at (i) facilitating more efficient intra- and extra-industry trade and cross-border movement of peoples, and (ii) strengthening the security of trade and transport activities. The common standards by itself set the framework for harmonization of national CIQS rules, regulations, and procedures (RRPs) in the long run.

Given the subnational nature of BIMP-EAGA membership (except for Brunei Darussalam), the CIQS Task Force decided to focus on enhancing efficiency at the local level to bridge the gap within and between countries, which will also improve trading transactions. Based on port traffic and perceived readiness for trade facilitation enhancement, the following ports have been designated as the first set of pilot ports for CIQS (Figure 3):

(i) Muara Port (Brunei Darussalam),

(ii) Sandakan Port (Malaysia),

(iii) Bitung Port (Indonesia), and

(iv) General Santos Port (Philippines).


Other priority entry points include

(i) Entikong Border Crossing (Indonesia),

(ii) Labuan Free Port (Malaysia),

(iii) Tebedu Border Crossing (Malaysia), and

(iv) Zamboanga Port (Philippines).

Figure 3 Priority Ports Covered Under BIMP-EAGA CIQS Harmonization

Under previous and ongoing assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), various diagnostic assessments have been conducted at the eight priority entry points, including (i) a mapping of existing local CIQS RRPs and practices; (ii) time release studies (TRS) to set baseline performance data as well as validate performance gaps; and (iii) private sector consultation to gather their perception of ongoing trade facilitation effectiveness. These inputs have been used in the formulation of the sector-, entry-point specific standard operating procedures (SOPs) to implement the CIQS MOU to make sure trade facilitation reforms and measures identified are consistent, practical, and relevant to each locality. The SOPs are products of a gap analysis-action planning-implementation and monitoring cycle, and will serve as the implementing guidelines for specific reforms to improve CIQS operations in these entry points.


Initial action plans from the SOP process have been further discussed with each country, and endorsed by the CIQS Task Force to fast-track the implementation of CIQS measures in BIMP-EAGA with concrete reform measures prioritized by priority entry points in their SOPs. The action plans include not only desirable trade facilitation outcomes but also relevant indicators and measures to monitor the implementation progress and effectiveness, including the TRS every two years starting 2009 and relevant surveys, among others. The latest BIMP-EAGA CIQS Action Plan was endorsed at the 6th CIQS Task Force Meeting in May 2011.

Strategic Pillar 2: Food Basket Strategy

The Food Basket Strategy (FBS) was conceived to optimize the richness and biodiversity of the subregion’s marine and terrestrial resources in contributing to its goal of narrowing the development gap within the subregion and alleviating poverty. At their 5th Summit in February 2009 in Cha-am, Hua Hin, Thailand, the EAGA Leaders decided to intensify cooperation among EAGA countries. The objective is to harness the subregion’s natural endowments in a sustainable manner toward enhancing the EAGA’s potential to become the region’s food basket. In November 2010, the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers’ Meeting adopted the strategic framework for the Food Basket Initiative that takes into account the ASEAN frameworks on the Economic Community and on food security.

The food basket framework is envisioned to serve as the overarching framework for BIMP-EAGA in promoting long-term food security and positioning the subregion to become the food basket of the ASEAN and the rest of Asia. The goal is to achieve a sustainable development and economic integration of the agro-industries and fisheries sectors to ensure food security and sustainable livelihoods of the people, and contribute to poverty alleviation in BIMP-EAGA.

The FBS has three distinctive but mutually reinforcing objectives, namely: (i) ensure long-term food security in BIMP-EAGA subregion; (ii) optimize the potential of agriculture, livestock, and fisheries products for exports; and (iii) promote sustainable livelihoods of, and increase economic opportunities for farmers and fisherfolks.

Food Security

The BIMP-EAGA member countries are in harmony in adopting the main aspects of food security, which include: food availability and sufficiency, accessibility, and sustainability of food supply. These main aspects are significant in achieving a reasonable degree of stability to ensure a safe and nutritionally adequate food supply at the regional, national, and household levels.

Among the three strategic objectives of the FBS, long-term food security2 in the BIMP-EAGA subregion has been accorded the highest priority. The achievement of this goal recognizes that as a building block to attaining food security for the subregion, improvements in the implementation of national food security policies are necessary. Among the desired improvements are:

2 The Food Basket Initiative framework defines food security as a condition that exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. This definition was adopted from the World Food Summit in 1996.


(i) ensuring sustainable food production and increasing productivity and profitability through high-value processing, and improvements in post-harvest technology and facilities;

(ii) enhancing access to finance for micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (M/SMEs);

(iii) capacity building for farmers and fisherfolks for increased production and productivity;

(iv) optimizing land and water resource use for food production;

(v) improving agriculture, livestock, and fisheries infrastructure;

(vi) addressing the impacts of climate change;

(vii) ensuring ecosystem and environmental integrity; and

(viii) providing incentives to the private sector to invest in the food supply/value chain.

In realizing these strategies, the food-security-related proposed projects should be anchored on the following activities:

(i) conduct of comprehensive review and assessment of the agri-fisheries resources, production capacity, and business potentials in the subregion;

(ii) formulation of a BIMP-EAGA food security policy framework;

(iii) cooperation in research and development (R&D) and technology development;

(iv) establishment of food security information system for the subregion;

(v) establishment of BIMP-EAGA buffer stocks as food emergency assistance mechanism;

(vi) production of food products attuned with international food safety standards;

(vii) provision of incentive to encourage private sector investment in food supply/ value chain;

(viii) facilitation services to improve access to financing for M/SMEs particularly for production and trading; and

(ix) capacitate farmers and fisherfolks in the BIMP-EAGA.

National measures are further enhanced by subregional initiatives in food security information systems, cooperation in R&D and technology development, and improvements in complying with food safety standards. For the period 2012–2016, a web-enabled food security information management system will be set up that will compile and update food security baseline data, as well as information on supply and demand/utilization of main food commodities. Benchmarking among member countries on an integrated R&D initiative in BIMP-EAGA for selected commodities will be an important building block for long-term cooperation. In the meantime, there are plans to undertake joint research on the genetic improvement of aquaculture commodities, such as tilapia and cat fish, and on the genetic study of small pelagics in Sulawesi Sea. A number of private sector initiatives will take off in the medium term, involving the production and supply of hybrid rice seeds, and non-genetically modified organisms (GMO) corn seeds.


Export Development

To support the food security objective, exports of priority commodities that are agro-based and fisheries products will be promoted as an integral part of the BIMP-EAGA economic development agenda and the goal of ASEAN economic integration. The objective is to integrate agro-based and fisheries products in the overall BIMP-EAGA trade and promotion initiatives; and to consider the specific requirements of agro-industry and fisheries exports in the development of subregional infrastructure and transportation systems, as well as transport and trade facilitation measures. The impact and implications of promoting high value agriculture on regional food security and crop diversification in the BIMP-EAGA subregion will be marked with a signature event in 2012 involving the participating countries of both BIMP-EAGA and Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT). In the case of seaweeds, which is an important export product of the subregion, an inventory of good aquaculture practices and product standards, and identifying which among these will result in increased production, will be an important activity in the medium term. Joint and cooperative activities for technological advancement in productivity and profitability and transaction cost reduction will also be pursued.

Sustainable Livelihood

Embedded in the food security and export promotion objectives of agro-based and fisheries products will be the promotion of sustainable livelihoods of farmers and fisherfolks. This takes into account national and regional level measures directed at (i) improving productivity and profitability through the empowerment of farmer/fisherfolk organizations, (ii) sharing of experiences and appropriate business models for accessing credit facilities, (iii) promoting business incubation services and facilities, and (iv) ensuring ecosystem and environmental integrity. In addition, regional cooperation will be directed at (i) developing a common code of practice and capacity building for farmers and fisherfolks on sustainable agriculture and fisheries, (ii) integrating farmers and fisherfolks into the food supply/value chain in intra- and extra- BIMP-EAGA, and (iii) looking into the viability of establishing a BIMP-EAGA Fund for Food over the medium term.

A number of activities under the framework of the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI), which involves some BIMP-EAGA countries, will complement the FBS. The projects to be implemented during the period 2012–2016 include (i) Coastal and Marine Resources Management in the Coral Triangle: Southeast Asia, which has the objective of optimizing land and water resources use for food production; (ii) Developing Sustainable Alternative Livelihoods in Coastal Fishing Communities in the Coral Triangle (involving Indonesia and the Philippines), which seeks to promote sustainable livelihood for fisherfolks; and (iii) Regional Cooperation on Knowledge Management, Policy, and Institutional Support to the CTI, which is directed at improving capacity for the management of coastal and marine ecosystems.


Strategic Pillar 3: Tourism Development

Tourism is a priority sector in the BIMP-EAGA Roadmap to Development considering that the subregion hosts some of the greatest marine and terrestrial biodiversity in the world and abundant natural and cultural assets. It has always been a central theme in the subregion’s development strategy on account of its potential to contribute to alleviating poverty and narrowing the development divide in the subregion. Despite significant increases in tourist arrivals in the subregion, the sector continues to face major constraints, which include, among others, underdeveloped and inadequate basic infrastructure, facilities, and services necessary to attract greater numbers of visitors. For ecotourism in particular, other constraints include limited private sector investment in ecotourism-related tour products and services, and a lack of knowledge and skills at the local level to exploit livelihood opportunities linked to the ecotourism sector.

Another aspect of tourism development in BIMP-EAGA is that it should align with the ASEAN Tourism Strategic Plan (2011–2015), which seeks to promote ASEAN as a single destination. “Equator Asia”—the banner tourism theme of BIMP-EAGA—was adopted by the four BIMP-EAGA member countries precisely to promote the subregion as a single ecotourism destination within the Asia–Pacific region. The said theme, likewise, shows relevance to the ASEAN Tourism Marketing Plan (2012–2015), which focuses on travel based on nature, cultural and heritage, community, and cruises and rivers.

Community-Based Ecotourism Development

In 2008, the BIMP-EAGA governments decided to prioritize community-based ecotourism (CBET) for poverty alleviation as the main focus of tourism development in the subregion. CBET is a form of ecotourism that emphasizes the central involvement and role of the community in utilizing natural and cultural resources for tourism in a sustainable manner. Ecological and social sustainability is a key consideration in the implementation of CBET projects. The central role of the community differentiates CBET from other forms of ecotourism that emphasize nature conservation as the main objective. The vision of the CBET strategy3 is to make BIMP-EAGA a globally competitive, well-developed, and connected multi-country ecotourism destination, with circuits and sites where communities are able to socioeconomically benefit through participation in CBET activities.

The three strategic objectives for tourism are to (i) develop tourism products and tourism-related infrastructure focusing on CBET as a flagship program, (ii) facilitate community and private sector participation in tourism, and (iii) market BIMP-EAGA tourism destinations. For CBET in particular, activities will involve (i) designing and implementing a marketing strategy; (ii) assessing destination and site needs, including for infrastructure and facilities; (iii) preparing communities and identifying and assisting SMEs interested to participate in the program.

For CBET, a total of 23 priority sites have been identified to be the subject of various interventions by the countries, including, among others, the conduct of pre-feasibility studies to identify and

3 The CBET Strategy was prepared with technical assistance from ADB through regional technical assistance project 6462: Institutional Development for Enhanced Subregional Cooperation in the aSEA Region.


determine the viability of tourism products, consultation with stakeholders, establishment of coordination mechanisms, and mobilization of resources (Appendix 2). From among the 23 sites, 10 were selected for piloting the CBET strategy on the basis of their typicality, ease of accessibility for pre-feasibility evaluation, and utility as CBET demonstration models. Out of the 10 pilot sites identified in the CBET, four will be implemented for the period 2012–2016. These are: (i) Brunei Darussalam: Kampung Melilas Community; (ii) Malaysia: Kampung Annah Rais and Kampung Benuk; (iii) Indonesia: Tanjung Putting, Sentarum, Manado Tua, and Kayang Mentarang; and (iv) Philippines: Lake Sebu (South Cotabato), Puerto Princesa (Palawan), and Tibolo (Davao del Sur). The activities to be undertaken by the countries in these four pilot sites include the development of tourism infrastructure and marine and terrestrial CBET products; private sector participation, in particular SMEs; and community preparation.

Marketing and Promotion

An immediate priority envisaged under marketing and promotion includes the updating of the Equator Asia website and the printing of collaterals, as well as promoting the Borneo Bus Package. The Equator Asia brand and logo were adopted in 2010 by the tourism ministers to better promote the subregion as a prime eco-cultural tourist destination, especially to the Japanese market. A 2-week ecotourism exposure for Japanese and Korean media to ecotourism sites in the four EAGA countries is among the priority activities lined up for implementation. Market research on the potentials of the People’s Republic of China and Singapore markets for ecotourism will be conducted. Several EAGA signature events and new EAGA tourism product initiatives have also been lined up; these include friendship games, traditional games, street dancing competition, Islamic tourism, halal expo, and regatta.

Initiatives in the transport and transport facilitation are helping to support BIMP-EAGA’s tourism objectives. A significant private sector initiative by MASwings to carry the Equator Asia brand and logo has been endorsed, and will be supported further by the BIMP-EAGA governments. Air routes are also being expanded to cover important tourist destinations within the subregion, and plans are underway to allow airlines operating in the subregion to embark on a more flexible routing and scheduling for additional points outside of the BIMP-EAGA subregion. An Equator Asia Air Access Forum and Airline CEOs Summit will bring the key stakeholders from the public and private sectors to further advance air linkages in the subregion. Improvements in CIQS procedures are also helping to facilitate the movement of peoples across the borders and in the different ports, thus contributing to the ease of tourist movements.

Strategic Pillar 4: Environment

Under the BIMP-EAGA Roadmap to Development 2006–2010, cooperation in sustainable development and environmental management in the resource-rich subregion is guided by three strategies: (i) developing a framework for intra-EAGA cooperation in the integrated protection and management of natural resources and biodiversity; (ii) identifying and developing viable and sustainable joint investment projects in forestry, fishery, minerals, and energy; and (iii) encouraging and supporting greater private sector participation in sustainable natural resource development projects and environmental protection programs. These strategies will continue to guide cooperation in the environment sector under the IB as the challenge of arresting the


continuing decline in the subregion’s natural resource base becomes even more compelling. This deterioration has been observed in the status of greenhouse emissions, the depletion of fish stocks through overfishing, threats to marine biodiversity through water pollution, threats to wildlife through the fragmentation of forests by road infrastructure, the degradation of forest resources both in quality and quantity, and the general deterioration in water and air quality in the BIMP-EAGA subregion.

BIMP-EAGA countries’ commitment to sustainable development has been manifested in various global and regional environmental agreements which they have signed and in the attendant programs where they participate. In the EAGA subregion in particular, there are three major initiatives on the environment—the Heart of Borneo (HOB) Project, participated in by Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) participated in by Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor Leste (also known as the CT6); and the Sulu Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion (SSME), which is one of the priority seascapes under the CTI. While these programs are being implemented outside of the BIMP-EAGA framework and have separate institutional and delivery mechanisms, these programs have been officially supported by the BIMP-EAGA Leaders as reflected in their summit joint statements.

In March 2011, the ministers responsible for the tropical rainforest and coral reefs of the BIMP-EAGA countries convened the BIMP-EAGA Ministerial Conference on the Heart of Borneo and Coral Reefs where the importance of the two diverse ecological areas (HOB and CTI) and their respective significant roles in mitigating climate change were underscored. It was acknowledged that in the two initiatives, good strategies and plans were in place, including those to maintain ecological corridors as part of terrestrial and marine biodiversity. It was also acknowledged that this would require the acquisition of much needed knowledge, and technology, and capacity building for the subregion in promoting environmental sustainability to ensure local communities benefit from the vast economic potential of the area.

The ongoing urgency to sustain and protect critical biodiversity areas that are most critically challenged and affected by greater global concerns, such as safe water supply, nature conservation, climate change adaptation and mitigation, sustainable energy, food security, and poverty alleviation, has triggered the emergence of international alliances and programs that aim to provide pragmatic solutions and awareness on these issues. Notwithstanding the EAGA countries’ active involvement in the sustainable management of the subregion’s ecosystems under various global and regional frameworks, there is a scope for developing cooperation arrangements in other areas where there are perceived gaps, or where BIMP-EAGA could leverage its unique features. Climate change mitigation is one area. Despite the global urgency of the problem, climate change initiatives in the EAGA countries have been mainly confined at the national level utilizing the clean development mechanism (CDM) funding available through the Kyoto Protocol. There is no climate change strategy for BIMP-EAGA despite the apparent threats to water resources, forests, coastal communities, coral reefs, and fisheries. Another area is green technology—an area where BIMP EAGA could make an impact considering its private sector orientation. There is also scope for focusing on transboundary issues unique to the subregion, such as the mitigation of transboundary haze and illegal trade in natural resources and wildlife.


Under the IB, the focus of cooperation in the environment will consist of four components:4 (i) sustainable management of critical ecosystems, (ii) climate change adaptation and mitigation, (iii) clean and green production technologies, (iv) addressing transboundary issues, and (v) environment mainstreaming.

Sustainable Management of Critical Ecosystems

This component will involve active support to the HOB, CTI, and SSME programs; and other critical ecosystems, with BIMP-EAGA adding value to these initiatives through the mobilization of private sector and local community support and engagement, and through effective coordination of these programs as they impact on the three other pillars of the IB (connectivity, food basket, and tourism). This component will also focus on the sustainable management of land and water resource use in particular, which will have a significant impact on food production, and ultimately on food security.

This component may support the development of an integrated river basin and watershed management program with the consideration of a “ridge-to-reef” approach. This component may further consider the creation of a biodiversity conservation mechanism that will be able to determine the complementation of efforts of various programs/projects focused on sustainability of ecosystems in the subregion (e.g., HOB, CTI, and SSME).

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

This component will involve activities to assess the potential impacts of climate change on the subregion’s natural resources and ecosystems, and raise awareness on these potential impacts, and policies at the national and subregional levels to adapt and mitigate the impact of climate change. It will also include possible climate proofing of critical infrastructure along the BIMP-EAGA priority corridors;

This component may consider advancing mechanisms in the mitigation of climate change, such as the setting up of Carbon Credit System for BIMP-EAGA and developing a scheme for the countries in the subregion for environment services.

Promotion of Clean and Green Production Technologies

This component will require governments to provide an enabling environment for the private sector to adopt clean and green production technologies. It includes awareness-raising and information sharing among production and marketing units on clean and green production technologies and good practices along the supply chain. It will also involve the identification of green market opportunities for major EAGA products, especially those that are actively traded.

4 The components were based in part on the consultants’ report for RETA 6446: Strengthening Sound Environmental Management in BIMP-EAGA.


Addressing Priority Transboundary Issues

An initial activity under this component will involve an assessment of transboundary natural resource management issues along the priority economic corridors (e.g., the possible negative externality of enhanced infrastructure connectivity on illegal trade in natural resources and wildlife). Other activities include the identification of the potential and cumulative impacts on the environment of increased economic activity along the corridors in relation to transport infrastructure, urbanization and its attendant impacts on air and water quality, land conversion, and the welfare of indigenous peoples, among others.

Mainstreaming Environment

This component will entail mainstreaming environmental concerns in the other strategic pillars on the environment of the BIMP-EAGA subregional program. This will involve taking into account the environmental dimensions in the various projects and activities of BIMP-EAGA, including awareness-rising and information sharing among various stakeholders.

Critical prerequisites for the effective formulation and implementation of the fourth strategic pillar on the environment are (i) the strengthening of institutional capacities for effective planning, policy formulation, and implementation of the various components at the national and subregional levels, including strengthening the mandates and roles of relevant subregional institutions; (ii) more active engagement of the private sector and local government units in subregional environmental initiatives; and (iii) enhanced capacity for environmental monitoring and assessment.

The initial years of the IB will focus on supporting the ongoing HOB, CTI, and SSME initiatives under the component on the sustainable management of critical subregional ecosystems, as projects under the components of the fourth pillar are still being developed.

Details of the projects in the IB are in Appendix 1 and the list of the projects and activities in the initial 2-year rolling pipeline are in Appendix 2.

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Implementation Arrangements

Flexibility for Project Inclusion in the Implementation Blueprint and Rolling Pipeline

Because the Implementation Blueprint (IB) is both a strategic document and an action plan, it will have to evolve over its 5-year implementation period (2012–2016) to accommodate the changing needs of the subregion, and respond to new priorities as they emerge. Programs and projects may be added to the IB in accordance with the regular project cycle of the BIMP-EAGA program, and subject to the guiding principles and eligibility requirements that have been approved for the IB. Working groups (WGs) and clusters may propose projects for inclusion in the IB provided they meet the guidelines and eligibility criteria. The projects for inclusion in the IB and the 2-year rolling pipeline will require endorsement of the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) and approval of the Ministerial Meeting (MM).

New Institutional Structure

A new organizational structure was approved5 by the Special SOM in Jakarta on 28–29 February 2012 in order to strengthen the mechanisms that would ensure the successful delivery of the IB goals. The new structure revolves around the strategic pillars of the IB, and their key components in order to ensure closer coordination of, and greater synergy among, related projects.

The new organizational structure, shown in Figure 4, delineates the policy-making and direction-setting bodies, and the program/sectoral bodies that would be responsible for project formulation and implementation under the IB. The Summit, MM, and SOM will continue to be the policy-making and direction-setting bodies of the BIMP-EAGA program supported by the National Secretariats (NSs) and the Facilitation Center (FC) as the program’s regional secretariat. Coordination with the participating provinces and states is done by the MM, through the Local Government Forum; while coordination with the private sector is done by the SOM, through the BIMP-EAGA Business Council (BEBC).

5 The effectivity date of the revised institutional structure is on 1 January 2013.

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The clusters and working groups are the operating units responsible for program and project delivery under the IB. Some sector working groups have had ministerial level meetings (e.g., agriculture and fisheries, and transport) that provide sector-specific guidance in accordance with the broad directives of the EAGA Leaders. Other line ministries will follow. To ensure effective delivery of the IB goals, important changes at the operational level are as follows:

(i) An Infrastructure Connectivity Monitoring Unit (ICMU) has been established, reporting to the SOM, to oversee the progress and implementation of the priority infrastructure projects of all clusters.

(ii) Clusters were re-grouped into clusters according to the four strategic pillars of the IB; the clusters are: (a) agri-business, (b) transport; (c) trade and investment facilitation, (d) power infrastructure, (e) information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, (f) tourism, and (g) environment.

(iii) A new Agri-Business Cluster was formed to cover the Agro-industry WG, and the Fisheries WG.

(iv) The Transport Cluster will be composed of three WGs—air, sea, and land.

(v) The Trade and Investment Facilitation Cluster will be composed of the SME Development (SMED) WG (formerly SMED Cluster) and the CIQS WG (formerly the CIQS Task Force).

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Figure 4. BIMP-EAGA Revised Institutional Structure

BEBC = BIMP-EAGA Business Council, BIMP-EAGA = Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area, BIMP-FC = BIMP-EAGA Facilitation Center, CIQS = customs imiigration, quarantine and security, MM = Ministerial Meeting, NS = national secretariat, SOM = Senior Officials meeting, WG = working group.


(vi) The Energy WG was renamed Power Infrastructure WG.

(vii) The ICT WG was renamed ICT Infrastructure WG.

(viii) The Tourism Cluster was formed out of the Tourism WG.

(ix) The Environment Cluster was formed out of the Environment WG and may include subsectors, such as forestry, ecotourism, coastal resources, and mining.

(x) The Construction and Construction Materials will be subsumed under the ICMU.

Improvements in Institutional Mechanisms

The Chairs of WGs were distributed to the four EAGA countries based on the principle of sharing responsibility at the operational level. Each project under the IB has designated project implementers in each participating country who will be accountable for delivering results. The national project implementers are held accountable to the head of the concerned agency or ministry for delivering the agreed project outputs, and for securing funds from their national budget as may be required by the project. They report, through their respective working group chairs, to the sectoral ministers’ meeting, if there is one for the sector, and/or to the SOM.

The roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities of the clusters and WG Chairs have been more clearly defined. Cluster Chairs are responsible for reporting to the SOM on behalf of all the WGs under a cluster. The WG Chairs, who are responsible to the SOM, ensure the effective and timely delivery of the collective outputs of national project implementers to achieve the stated objectives and intended results. They are responsible for overall coordination of project implementation and delivering project results at the subregional level. More specifically, they are responsible for (i) monitoring the progress of the different projects and initiatives and reporting them to the SOM; and (ii) bringing to the SOM’s attention issues or problems impeding project implementation, especially those that need resolution at the subregional level. Their tasks include (i) convening regular meetings of the WGs, setting the agenda for these meetings, and directing the substantive preparation for these meetings with the assistance of the BIMP-FC, and in coordination with the BIMP-NS; and (ii) providing and facilitating the means for national project implementers to coordinate in-between regular meetings. The composition and terms of reference of clusters and working groups will be revisited and amended, as necessary.

The role of the NS is to coordinate the activities of the line ministries participating in the BIMP-EAGA subregional program, as well as coordinate with their counterparts in other EAGA participating countries. Under the IB, their role will be expanded to include the responsibility for determining whether subregional projects are consistent with, or complement, national development plans and programs. The NS takes an active role in appraising project proposals of the line ministries from a national perspective before these are vetted at subregional forums.

The role of the BIMP-FC is to coordinate with the NS in implementing various BIMP-EAGA initiatives, and to provide technical support to the SOM and the MM. Under the IB, their role in project monitoring will be intensified and expanded to include the overall implementation of the results-based framework covering the collection and compilation of agreed indicators. As agreed by the BIMP-EAGA ministers, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will actively assist the BIMP-FC in the performance of its secretariat functions.

27

Results-Based Monitoring

The projects in the Implementation Blueprint (IB) will be monitored based on a results framework that will indicate substantive outcomes and development impacts. The results framework consists of a set of indicators that correspond to the BIMP-EAGA’s program goals and objectives and will be measured at three levels.

(i) The first level (Level 1) consists of development goals which BIMP-EAGA supports or complements; these goals are reflected in the BIMP-EAGA Roadmap to Development 2006–2010, and in the IB.

(ii) The second level (Level 2) consists of outputs delivered through cooperation in the programs and projects that support the four strategic pillars which can also indicate the extent of contribution to broad sector outcomes.

(iii) The third level (Level 3) consists of indicators that measure program performance and organizational effectiveness in terms of, but not limited to (i) the progress of the projects as they move through the various stages of the project cycle, (ii) application of results framework, (iii)) timeliness in meeting milestones or target outputs, (iv) financial resources mobilized, and (v) improvements in business processes.

The adoption of the above comprehensive results framework is intended to address weaknesses in monitoring that have been observed during the implementation of the Roadmap, which basically consisted of monitoring project status only. More importantly, the results framework helps to create better awareness of the BIMP-EAGA’s overarching goals in the process of project formulation and design, and to assess the development effectiveness of the subregional program.

Adopting a results framework for the IB will need to evolve over time since the working groups and clusters, national secretariats (NSs), and the BIMP-Facilitation Center (FC) will need to agree on both the baseline measures, as well as the set of indicators at the strategic and operational levels. Some flexibility would therefore be required in the application and use of these indicators. Baseline measures, for one, may take time to establish and in the absence of these baseline measures, targets in terms of increments may be used.

The overall responsibility for adopting and managing the results framework resides in the BIMP-EAGA Ministers, working through their senior officials and the working groups and clusters. At the operational level, the responsibility for developing the results framework will reside in the BIMP-FC as the secretariat of the BIMP-EAGA program. To the fullest extent possible, the participating states and provinces should be consulted and involved in generating pertinent data to be used in the framework.


Since the indicators for the results framework will need some time to develop, it is expected that at least for the first two years of the IB, monitoring will continue to be focused only on the status of project preparation or implementation. The indicator system for the results framework should be in place by the end of 2012. Thereafter, the annual monitoring should already include the output and outcome indicators as applicable. The project implementers will be responsible for submitting regular reports on their projects to the working group or cluster chair; while the BIMP-FC will be responsible for preparing a consolidated report to be presented to the annual meeting of the Senior Officials/Ministers.

29

Concluding Remarks

The BIMP-EAGA is shifting to a more results-focused program with the transition of its Roadmap to Development 2006–2010 to the Implementation Blueprint (IB) 2012–2016. The IB is anchored on four strategic objectives, namely: (i) enhancing connectivity, (ii) promoting BIMP-EAGA as the regional food basket, (iii) promoting community-based ecotourism, and (iv) ensuring sustainable management of the environment—all of which evolved from the Roadmap and its subsequent reviews. Physical connectivity will continue to be at the core of the IB, given its potential to generate synergies with the other pillars. An enhanced physical connectivity matched with appropriate software elements to facilitate the movement of goods and people will contribute to the the BIMP-EAGA’s objective of becoming a regional food basket and promoting community-based ecotourism. At the same time, sustainable management of the environment will be ensured to preserve and protect the subregion’s rich ecosystems and promote the safety and quality of shared resources.

The IB has set the framework for a more disciplined process of project planning, implementation, and monitoring. Projects with well-defined concepts and implementation plans have been selected for inclusion in the IB in order to ensure that these can be carried out effectively and with the desired outcomes, with impacts on both national as well as subregional objectives. Toward this end, the IB incorporates a results-based framework to capture the delivery of outputs, outcomes, and impacts. This new system of monitoring will help ensure the quality of project delivery, and greater accountability on the part of the implementers.

The successful implementation of the IB requires a stronger, more focused institutional mechanism. Thus, BIMP-EAGA’s existing structure has been realigned according to the four strategic pillars, and working groups and clusters have been regrouped and rationalized toward a more coordinated delivery of outputs and greater convergence. The operational mechanisms have also been defined with greater clarity to specify the accountability of officials responsible for the various bodies, including the chairs of working groups and clusters, the national secretariats, and the BIMP-Facilitation Center (FC) as regional secretariat. The national secretariats, and the BIMP-FC, in particular, will need to assume a greater role in appraising projects in relation to the IB guidelines; advising on project conceptualization; and managing the process of monitoring outputs, outcomes, and impacts based on the results framework. Line ministries, as well as local government units and the private sector, will be more actively engaged through their representation in the working groups. The Asian Development Bank (ADB), as BIMP-EAGA’s regional development advisor, will provide assistance in the performance of these tasks.


As the IB is a living document, it is expected to evolve and adapt to key changes in the subregion in the course of its 5-year implementation period. New projects that are critical to attaining the objectives of the four pillars, as well as adjustments in the timing and sequencing of the projects, could be reflected in the course of IB implementation, as long as they are consistent with the IB guidelines. An annual update of the IB will serve as the mechanism for accommodating changes at the level of programs and projects.

Appendixes

32 Appendixes

cont

inue

d on

nex

t pag

e

Ap

pen

dix

1

BIM

P-E

AG

A Im

ple

men

tatio

n B

luep

rint

Pro

ject

Lis

t b

y S

trat

egic

Pill

ar, 2

012–

2016

Str

ateg

ic P

illar

1. E

nhan

ced

Co

nnec

tivity

Go

als/

Ob

ject

ives

and

Str

ateg

ies

Pro

ject

s/A

ctiv

itie

s

Co

mp

one

nt 1

: Dev

elo

pm

ent

of

Pri

ori

ty In

fras

truc

ture

Pro

ject

s F

ocu

sing

on

Pri

ori

ty E

aga

Eco

nom

ic C

orr

ido

rs

Wes

t B

orn

eo E

cono

mic

Co

rrid

or

Po

ntia

nak

Po

rt (W

est

Kal

iman

tan,

Ind

one

sia)

to

Kuc

hing

Po

rt

(Sar

awak

, Mal

aysi

a)

The

obje

ctiv

e of

dev

elop

ing

this

sub

corr

idor

is

to i

mpr

ove

conn

ectiv

ity

betw

een

Indo

nesi

a an

d M

alay

sia

via

the

Wes

t B

orne

o E

cono

mic

C

orrid

or;

ther

eby,

gen

erat

ing

incr

ease

d ec

onom

ic a

ctiv

ity b

etw

een

Wes

t K

alim

anta

n an

d S

araw

ak.

Po

ntia

nak

to E

ntik

ong

Tra

nsp

ort

Lin

k Th

e tw

o su

bpro

ject

s of

the

Link

are

the:

(i) T

ayan

–Ser

awak

Roa

d R

ehab

ilitat

ion,

an

d (ii)

Ent

ikon

g B

orde

r Cro

ssin

g Fa

cilit

y.

•Ta

yan–

Ser

awak

Roa

d. T

he im

prov

emen

t of

the

roa

d fro

m P

ontia

nak

to t

he S

araw

ak b

orde

r sh

orte

ns t

he r

oute

by

100

kilo

met

er (

km),

in

addi

tion

to s

ubst

antia

l sav

ings

in v

ehic

le o

pera

ting

cost

s an

d tim

e.

•E

ntik

ong

Bor

der

Cro

ssin

g Fa

cilit

y. T

he lo

catio

n fo

r th

is b

orde

r fa

cilit

y,

whi

ch

is

bein

g de

term

ined

, co

uld

pote

ntia

lly

be

in

Sam

bas

and

Ent

ikon

g.

Ban

dar

Ser

i Beg

awan

–Ko

ta K

inab

alu

(Sab

ah, M

alay

sia)

sub

corr

ido

r [a

long

the

ro

ad t

hro

ugh

Lim

ban

g (S

araw

ak),

Tem

bur

ong

(Bru

nei

Dar

ussa

lam

) and

Law

as (S

araw

ak) b

efo

re r

each

ing

the

Sta

te o

f S

abah

nea

r S

itip

ang

]Th

e im

prov

emen

ts a

long

thi

s ro

ute

aim

s to

fac

ilitat

e tr

avel

whi

ch i

s cu

rren

tly c

ompl

ex,

invo

lvin

g tr

avel

by

road

with

tw

o fe

rry

cros

sing

s, fo

ur

bord

er c

ross

ings

, an

d th

en e

ight

con

trol

s at

che

ckpo

ints

(to

tal

trav

el

time

take

s 4

and

a ha

lf ho

urs

or u

p to

10

hour

s on

wee

kend

, sc

hool

ho

liday

s, a

nd f

estiv

ities

). Th

e im

prov

emen

ts in

volv

e co

nstr

uctin

g a

new

bo

rder

cro

ssin

g fa

cilit

y at

Kua

la L

urah

tha

t is

com

patib

le w

ith t

he n

ew

bord

er p

ost-

faci

lity

at T

edun

gan,

Mal

aysi

a; a

nd t

he c

onst

ruct

ion

of t

he

Pan

daru

an B

ridge

to re

plac

e th

e tw

o fe

rry

cros

sing

s.

Kua

la L

urah

Bo

rder

Cro

ssin

g F

acili

tyTh

e co

nstr

uctio

n of

the

Kua

la L

urah

Bor

der

Cro

ssin

g Fa

cilit

y w

ill re

plac

e ol

d fa

cilit

ies

to m

ake

it co

mpa

tible

with

the

bor

der

faci

lity

at T

edun

gan.

The

ne

w fa

cilit

y w

ill pr

ovid

e si

gnifi

cant

tim

e sa

ving

s fo

r ro

ad u

sers

, an

d im

prov

e co

nnec

tivity

in

the

subr

egio

n. C

onst

ruct

ion

star

ted

in 2

011

and

will

be

com

plet

ed w

ithin

201

2.

Pan

dar

uan

Bri

dg

e•

The

Pan

daru

an

Brid

ge

will

impr

ove

conn

ectiv

ity

betw

een

Bru

nei

Dar

ussa

lam

and

Mal

aysi

a vi

a th

e Tr

ans

Bor

neo

Hig

hway

. Th

e pr

ojec

t w

ill in

volv

e th

e co

nstr

uctio

n of

a 6

0-m

eter

brid

ge t

o re

plac

e th

e fe

rry

over

Pan

daru

an R

iver

.•

The

ferr

y se

rvic

e ac

ross

th

e P

anda

ruan

R

iver

lie

s be

twee

n th

e P

anda

ruan

Bor

der P

ost i

n Li

mba

ng, M

alay

sia,

and

Pun

i in

Tem

buro

ng,

Bru

nei D

arus

sala

m. T

wo

ferr

ies

are

oper

atin

g, o

ne fr

om e

ach

coun

try.

H

owev

er,

the

river

is

rela

tivel

y na

rrow

, an

d th

eref

ore

two

vess

els

cann

ot o

pera

te s

imul

tane

ousl

y an

d ef

ficie

ntly,

thu

s, c

ausi

ng c

ross

ing

traf

fic d

elay

s. R

epla

cem

ent o

f the

ferr

y cr

ossi

ng a

cros

s th

e P

anda

ruan

R

iver

is th

us ju

stifi

ed.

Appendixes 33

Go

als/

Ob

ject

ives

and

Str

ateg

ies

Pro

ject

s/A

ctiv

itie

s

Gre

ater

Sul

u S

ulaw

esi C

orr

ido

r

Pal

awan

(Phi

lipp

ines

)–S

abah

(Mal

aysi

a) S

ubco

rrid

or

Und

er

this

su

bcor

ridor

, th

e ob

ject

ive

is

to

deve

lop

the

capa

city

of

P

alaw

an p

orts

to a

ccom

mod

ate

grea

ter

trad

e an

d pa

ssen

ger

flow

whi

ch

are

curr

ently

lim

ited,

and

to d

evel

op a

con

nect

ion

with

Kud

at in

Sab

ah in

th

e ca

se o

f B

rook

e’s

Poi

nt p

ort.

Kud

at h

as t

he p

oten

tial t

o be

com

e th

e ga

tew

ay fr

om s

outh

wes

tern

Phi

lippi

nes

with

tour

ism

bei

ng a

driv

ing

forc

e.

Pal

awan

Po

rts

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Pro

gra

mTh

e ob

ject

ive

of th

e pr

ojec

t is

to im

prov

e th

e po

rts

in o

rder

to in

crea

se th

eir

capa

city

to h

andl

e B

IMP

-EA

GA

traf

fic in

the

futu

re, a

nd p

oten

tially

to d

evel

op

a co

nnec

tion

with

Kud

at in

Sab

ah, M

alay

sia.

The

proj

ect

invo

lves

reh

abilit

atio

n an

d im

prov

emen

t of

tw

o po

rts,

nam

ely,

B

rook

e’s

Poi

nt a

nd P

uert

o P

rince

sa.

Bro

oke’

s P

oint

is t

he s

econ

d la

rges

t po

rt in

Pal

awan

, w

hile

Pue

rto

Prin

cesa

ser

ves

as t

he m

ain

port

. B

oth

port

s se

rve

as li

nks

to S

abah

, Mal

aysi

a.

•B

rook

e’s

Poi

nt P

ort.

The

reha

bilit

atio

n of

the

por

t w

ill in

volv

e re

pair

of

(i) R

C P

ier

and

Rol

l-on

Rol

l-of

(RoR

o) R

amp;

(ii)

the

Phi

lippi

ne P

orts

A

utho

rity

(PPA

) bui

ldin

g; a

nd th

e (ii

i) R

C P

ier

App

roac

h. It

incl

udes

five

dd

ition

al s

ubpr

ojec

ts:

(i) r

eloc

atio

n of

exi

stin

g br

eakw

ater

, (ii

) re

pair

of p

asse

nger

ter

min

al b

uild

ing,

(iii)

exp

ansi

on o

f TM

O b

uild

ing;

and

(iv

) wid

enin

g of

cau

sew

ay a

nd p

ier

appr

oach

. •

Exp

ansi

on

of

Pue

rto

Prin

cesa

P

ort.

This

pr

ojec

t w

ill in

volv

e th

e co

nstr

uctio

n of

a n

ew 2

28-m

eter

ber

th,

war

ehou

ses,

and

pas

seng

er

term

inal

. P

uert

o P

rince

sa

Por

t is

be

ing

plan

ned

to

serv

e as

an

al

tern

ativ

e to

Bro

oke’

s P

oint

Por

t. C

urre

ntly,

Pue

rto

Prin

cesa

Por

t is

ex

perie

ncin

g in

crea

sing

pas

seng

er tr

affic

vol

umes

.

Zam

bo

ang

a P

enin

sula

(Min

dan

ao, P

hilip

pin

es)–

Sab

ah (M

alay

sia)

S

ubco

rrid

or

Bot

h Za

mbo

anga

and

Dav

ao p

rovi

de c

onne

ctiv

ity i

n th

e G

reat

er S

ulu

Sul

awes

i Sea

, whi

le T

awi-T

awi fa

cilit

ates

con

nect

ivity

alo

ng th

e Za

mbo

anga

– S

abah

sub

corr

idor

of

BIM

P-E

AG

A.

Por

ts lo

cate

d in

the

se p

rovi

nces

are

ke

y fa

ctor

s in

mar

itim

e co

nnec

tivity

in t

he B

IMP

-EA

GA

sub

regi

on.

Por

ts

impr

ovem

ent i

n Za

mbo

anga

and

Dav

ao w

ill be

nee

ded

to a

ddre

ss s

erio

us

defic

ienc

ies

in in

frast

ruct

ure

and

faci

litie

s th

at a

re h

inde

ring

grow

th in

traf

fic

pote

ntia

l of t

he s

ubco

rrid

or.

Zam

bo

ang

a P

ort

Exp

ansi

on

(Phi

lipp

ines

)—a

com

po

nent

of

M

ind

anao

Po

rts

Pro

gra

m I

The

impr

ovem

ent o

f the

por

t will

first

invo

lve

repa

ving

the

cont

aine

r mar

shal

ling

area

, and

fixi

ng th

e dr

aina

ge s

yste

m w

hich

has

bee

n da

mag

ed re

sulti

ng in

bot

h su

rface

and

und

ergr

ound

floo

ding

. Sec

ond,

a n

ew ra

mp

will

also

be

cons

truct

ed

in t

he fe

rry b

asin

, con

sist

ing

of a

sta

ndar

d fix

ed c

oncr

ete

ram

p, a

nd t

he IS

PS

co

ntai

ner b

arrie

r will

be re

plac

ed w

ith a

fenc

e to

add

ress

con

gest

ion.

Las

t, th

e sh

oal w

ill be

rem

oved

to a

llow

dee

per d

rafte

d ve

ssel

s to

ber

th d

irect

ly a

long

side

th

e qu

ay. T

he p

roje

ct is

sch

edul

ed fo

r 20

11–2

015,

und

er t

he c

orpo

rate

fund

s of

the

PPA

.

Dav

ao P

ort

Exp

ansi

on

(Pha

se 1

)P

hase

1 w

ill in

volv

e co

nstru

ctin

g 11

3 m

eter

s of

the

270-

met

er c

onta

iner

ber

th. I

t w

ill co

nstru

ct a

new

RoR

o ra

mp

and

pass

enge

r ter

min

al a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d w

orks

in

ord

er th

at th

e ne

xt c

ompo

nent

of t

he n

ew q

uay

exte

nsio

n ca

n be

con

stru

cted

an

d th

at p

asse

nger

and

frei

ght a

ctiv

ities

can

be

segr

egat

ed.

cont

inue

d on

nex

t pag

e

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endi

x 1

cont

inue

d

34 Appendixes

cont

inue

d on

nex

t pag

e

App

endi

x 1

cont

inue

d

Go

als/

Ob

ject

ives

and

Str

ateg

ies

Pro

ject

s/A

ctiv

itie

s

Zam

bo

ang

a P

enin

sula

–Sab

ah S

ubco

rrid

or

thro

ugh

the

isla

nd

pro

vinc

es in

the

Aut

ono

mo

us R

egio

n in

Mus

lim M

ind

anao

(AR

MM

)E

cono

mic

de

velo

pmen

t of

th

e is

land

pr

ovin

ces

in

AR

MM

re

lies

on

impr

oved

con

nect

ivity

with

, on

one

sid

e Za

mbo

anga

, an

d, o

n th

e ot

her

side

, Sab

ah. T

his

requ

ires

infra

stru

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts a

nd re

habi

litat

ions

at

Jol

o, B

onga

o, a

nd S

itang

kai

sinc

e th

ese

serv

e as

maj

or l

ocal

hub

s fo

r th

e re

gion

. Th

e im

prov

emen

ts w

ill pr

ovid

e m

ore

relia

ble

and

frequ

ent

ship

ping

ser

vice

s al

ong

the

subc

orrid

or.

Zam

bo

ang

a P

ort

Exp

ansi

on

(Phi

lipp

ines

)—a

com

po

nent

of

Min

dan

ao

Po

rts

Pro

gra

m I

The

proj

ect

incl

udes

the

exp

ansi

on o

f th

e ba

ck-u

p ar

ea a

nd n

ew b

erth

ing

faci

litie

s af

ter

land

rec

lam

atio

n fo

r B

onga

o P

ort.

For

Sita

ngka

i P

ort,

the

proj

ect

will

impr

ove

the

bert

h sp

ace

to a

ccom

mod

ate

larg

er c

argo

ves

sels

; an

d pr

ovid

e a

segr

egat

ed s

tair

hand

ling

for

smal

l woo

den

hulle

d ve

ssel

s,

a ne

w p

asse

nger

term

inal

, and

a re

cons

truc

ted

caus

eway

.

Dav

ao–G

ener

al S

anto

s (M

ind

anao

, Phi

lipp

ines

)–N

ort

h S

ulaw

esi

(Ind

one

sia)

Sub

corr

ido

rTh

e ob

ject

ive

of

furt

her

deve

lopi

ng

this

su

bcor

ridor

is

to

es

tabl

ish

prop

er s

yner

gy b

etw

een

Dav

ao a

nd G

ener

al S

anto

s, o

n on

e ha

nd,

and

Man

ado

and

Bitu

ng,

on t

he o

ther

han

d, f

or b

oth

ship

ping

and

air

serv

ices

. D

evel

opin

g co

nnec

tivity

am

ong

thes

e fo

ur p

oint

s w

ill im

prov

e th

e m

ovem

ent o

f goo

ds a

nd p

eopl

e al

ong

the

subc

orrid

or.

Dav

ao P

ort

Exp

ansi

on

(Pha

se 2

) (P

hilip

pin

es)—

a co

mp

one

nt o

f M

ind

anao

Po

rts

Pro

gra

m II

The

proj

ect

invo

lves

the

(i)

wid

enin

g of

RC

wha

rf an

d in

stal

latio

n of

Qua

y C

rane

Rai

l; (ii

) co

ncre

te p

avin

g of

new

bac

k-up

are

a; (

iii) r

ehab

ilitat

ing

the

pass

enge

r te

rmin

al

build

ing,

al

lied

faci

litie

s,

and

RoR

o ra

mp;

an

d (iv

) exp

andi

ng th

e no

rth

end

of th

e po

rt.

Gen

eral

San

tos

Po

rt (M

akar

Wha

rf) (

Phi

lipp

ine)

—a

com

po

nent

of

Min

dan

ao P

ort

s P

rog

ram

II

The

proj

ect

invo

lves

(i)

port

exp

ansi

on a

nd r

ecla

mat

ion

with

ope

n st

orag

e (3

.4 h

ecta

res)

, (ii

) co

nstr

uctio

n of

a w

areh

ouse

, (ii

i) in

stal

latio

n of

Qua

y C

rane

Rai

l, an

d (iv

) con

stru

ctio

n of

pas

seng

er te

rmin

al b

uild

ing.

Pro

ject

s ar

e in

clud

ed in

the

app

rove

d M

ediu

m-T

erm

Pub

lic In

vest

men

t P

rogr

am o

f PPA

as

new

pro

pose

d pr

ojec

ts.

Gla

n P

ort

Exp

ansi

on

Pro

ject

—a

com

po

nent

of

Min

dan

ao P

ort

s P

rog

ram

IITh

e pr

ojec

t inv

olve

s co

nstr

uctio

n of

a R

oRo

faci

lity.

Man

ado

-Bitu

ng L

ink

Enh

ance

men

t Th

e pr

ojec

t is

loca

ted

in N

orth

Sul

awes

i and

is c

ompo

sed

of tw

o su

bpro

ject

s:

(i) M

anad

o P

ort E

xpan

sion

, and

(ii)

Man

ado–

Bitu

ng T

oll R

oad.

•

The

Man

ado

Por

t E

xpan

sion

inv

olve

s th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

sou

ther

n be

rth,

cen

tral

pie

rs, a

nd n

orth

ern

pier

. •

The

Man

ado–

Bitu

ng T

oll R

oad

invo

lves

the

con

stru

ctio

n of

a t

oll r

oad

betw

een

Man

ado

and

Bitu

ng t

o im

prov

e sy

nerg

y an

d ec

onom

ic

grow

th.

Dav

ao–G

ener

al S

anto

s To

ll R

oad

Reh

abili

tatio

nTh

is p

roje

ct in

volv

es im

prov

emen

ts a

nd e

xpan

sion

of t

he ri

ng ro

ad in

Gen

eral

S

anto

s to

sup

port

the

port

s an

d br

ing

the

road

up

to in

tern

atio

nal s

tand

ard.

R

ehab

ilitat

ion

of t

he D

avao

–Dig

os r

oad

segm

ent

will

incl

ude

conv

ersi

on o

f th

e ro

ads

to f

our-

lane

s w

hile

the

Dig

os–G

ener

al S

anto

s C

ity r

oad

segm

ent

will

incl

ude

cons

truc

tion

of c

limbi

ng l

anes

at

the

thre

e lo

catio

ns b

etw

een

Dav

ao a

nd G

ener

al S

anto

s C

ity.

Appendixes 35

cont

inue

d on

nex

t pag

e

App

endi

x 1

cont

inue

d

Go

als/

Ob

ject

ives

and

Str

ateg

ies

Pro

ject

s/A

ctiv

itie

s

Oth

er P

rio

rity

Infr

astr

uctu

re P

roje

cts

Tanj

ung

Sel

or

Bo

rder

Ro

ad (E

ast

Kal

iman

tan,

Ind

one

sia)

The

proj

ect i

nvol

ves

the

cons

truc

tion

of a

bout

191

km

of r

oads

from

Tan

jung

S

elor

to th

e M

alay

sian

bor

der.

Laha

d D

atu

Pal

m O

il In

teg

rate

d C

lust

er (S

abah

, Mal

aysi

a)Th

e pr

ojec

t is

an

indu

stria

l cl

uste

r en

visa

ged

to h

andl

e th

e pr

oces

sing

of

biom

ass

from

the

oil p

alm

indu

stry

and

oth

er o

leo-

chem

ical

s fro

m S

abah

and

th

e re

st o

f the

BIM

P-E

AG

A s

ubre

gion

(Sou

ther

n P

hilip

pine

s an

d K

alim

anta

n)

estim

ated

at 1

.5 m

illion

twen

ty-f

oot e

quiv

alen

t uni

ts (T

EU

s) .

Co

mp

one

nt 2

. Im

pro

vem

ent

of

Air,

Sea

and

Lan

d T

rans

po

rt L

inka

ges

This

com

pone

nt a

ims

to

tren

gthe

n tr

ansp

ort

links

for

a

num

ber

of

impo

rtan

t ro

utes

thr

ough

mor

e ef

fect

ive

impl

emen

tatio

n an

d ex

pans

ion

of c

onne

ctiv

ity m

easu

res.

Po

tent

ial D

evel

op

men

t to

Pro

mo

te C

onn

ectiv

ity in

BIM

P-E

AG

A•

A

wor

ksho

p w

ill be

co

nduc

ted

to

revi

ew

and

iden

tify

issu

es/

conc

erns

on

, as

w

ell

as

reco

mm

end

appr

opria

te

mea

sure

s fo

r, th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of t

he t

rans

port

ini

tiativ

es i

n B

IMP

-EA

GA

. Th

e ex

pect

ed o

utpu

t is

to

com

e up

with

ini

tial

inpu

ts/r

ecom

men

datio

ns

for

the

com

preh

ensi

ve s

tudy

on

enha

ncin

g th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of t

he

tran

spor

t mem

oran

dum

s of

und

erst

andi

ng (M

OU

s).

•Th

e w

orks

hop

to b

e ho

sted

by

the

Eco

nom

ic R

esea

rch

Inst

itute

for

A

SE

AN

and

Eas

t A

sia

(ER

IA)

will

be h

eld

on 2

1–22

Mar

ch 2

012

in

Ban

dar

Ser

i Beg

awan

, Bru

nei D

arus

sala

m.

Enh

anci

ng B

IMP

-EA

GA

Tra

nsp

ort

MO

Us

A

com

preh

ensi

ve

stud

y,

to

be

fund

ed

by

ER

IA,

aim

s to

un

dert

ake

a cr

itica

l re

view

of

the

impl

emen

tatio

n is

sues

and

cha

lleng

es o

f th

e M

OU

s on

Air

Link

ages

, C

omm

erci

al B

uses

and

Coa

ches

, S

ea L

inka

ges,

and

Tr

ansi

t an

d In

ter-

Sta

te T

rans

port

of

Goo

ds;

iden

tify

the

impe

dim

ents

in t

he

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

MO

Us;

and

rec

omm

end

appr

opria

te m

easu

res

for

effe

ctiv

e an

d su

stai

ned

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

MO

Us.

The

resu

lts o

f the

stu

dy w

ill gu

ide

polic

y m

aker

s in

impr

ovin

g re

gion

al tr

ansp

ort

conn

ectiv

ity a

nd s

uppo

rtin

g re

gion

al m

ultim

odal

tran

spor

t dev

elop

men

t; an

d pr

ovid

e op

erat

ors

with

use

ful i

nfor

mat

ion

for

busi

ness

dec

isio

n m

akin

g an

d pl

anni

ng fo

r vi

able

net

wor

k co

nfigu

ratio

ns a

nd s

ervi

ces.

The

stud

y is

exp

ecte

d to

acc

eler

ate

the

deve

lopm

ent

of t

he B

IMP

-EA

GA

ec

onom

ic c

orrid

ors

and

com

plem

ent

the

AS

EA

N c

onne

ctiv

ity g

oals

as

outli

ned

in t

he M

aste

r P

lan

on A

SE

AN

Con

nect

ivity

and

AS

EA

N S

trat

egic

Tr

ansp

ort P

lan

2011

–201

5.

36 Appendixes

cont

inue

d on

nex

t pag

e

App

endi

x 1

cont

inue

d

Go

als/

Ob

ject

ives

and

Str

ateg

ies

Pro

ject

s/A

ctiv

itie

s

The

seco

nd c

ompo

nent

als

o ai

ms

to p

rom

ote

inte

grat

ed s

ea l

inka

ges

thro

ugh

bett

er li

nkag

es b

etw

een

hub

and

feed

er s

yste

ms;

and

add

ress

th

e pr

esen

t lac

k of

gui

delin

es in

the

oper

atio

ns o

f non

-con

vent

iona

l-siz

ed

ship

s (N

CS

Ss)

.

MO

U o

n th

e U

tiliz

atio

n o

f N

on-

Co

nven

tiona

l-S

ized

Shi

ps

The

BIM

P-E

AG

A

MO

U

on

Est

ablis

hing

an

d P

rom

otin

g E

ffici

ent

and

Inte

grat

ed S

ea L

inka

ges

calle

d fo

r the

form

aliz

atio

n of

sub

regi

onal

gui

delin

es

on t

he in

tra-

oper

ario

n of

NC

SS

s—sm

all t

radi

tiona

l, w

oode

n-hu

lled

vess

els

used

pre

dom

inan

tly in

info

rmal

trad

e in

the

subr

egio

n.

Pre

sent

ly, t

he m

ariti

me

tran

spor

t ag

enci

es i

nvol

ved

in E

AG

A v

alue

cha

in

faci

litat

ion

do n

ot h

ave

the

capa

city

to

deal

with

the

se v

esse

ls;

ther

e ar

e al

so n

o gu

idel

ines

gov

erni

ng t

he o

pera

tions

and

saf

ety

stan

dard

s of

the

se

vess

els.

A

draf

t B

IMP

-EA

GA

M

OU

on

N

CS

Ss

is

bein

g pr

epar

ed

to

stip

ulat

e th

e gu

idel

ines

on

NC

SS

s; a

nd t

o ta

ke i

nto

acco

unt

the

safe

ty,

secu

rity,

en

viro

nmen

tal p

rote

ctio

n, a

nd s

hip

man

ning

req

uire

men

ts o

f su

ch v

esse

ls,

as w

ell a

s th

e re

late

d ca

paci

ty b

uild

ing

requ

irem

ents

.

•Th

e M

OU

, whi

ch is

exp

ecte

d to

be

sign

ed in

Jul

y 20

12, w

ill fo

rmal

ize

the

intr

a-E

AG

A

mov

emen

t of

N

CS

Ss,

w

ith

a vi

ew

to

faci

litat

ing

subr

egio

nal t

rade

, pro

mot

ing

hub

and

feed

er s

yste

ms

utiliz

ing

NC

SS

s,

and

ensu

ring

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent a

nd s

afet

y of

NC

SS

ope

ratio

ns.

Ano

ther

obj

ectiv

e of

the

com

pone

nt is

to s

tren

gthe

n ai

r lin

kage

s, in

clud

ing

outs

ide

the

BIM

P-E

AG

A s

ubre

gion

. A

men

dm

ent

of

the

MO

U O

n A

ir L

inka

ges

fo

r B

IMP

-EA

GA

In

line

with

the

4th

Tra

nspo

rt M

inis

ters

’ M

eetin

g’s

deci

sion

to

adop

t a

mor

e fle

xibl

e ap

proa

ch t

o th

e M

OU

’s im

plem

enta

tion,

thi

s P

roto

col a

men

ds t

he

MO

U to

incl

ude

new

des

igna

ted

poin

ts, n

ew fi

fth fr

eedo

m p

oint

s, a

nd p

oint

s ou

tsid

e of

BIM

P-E

AG

A u

nder

the

co-t

erm

inal

izat

ion

sche

me.

•Th

e am

ende

d M

OU

, w

hich

is

expe

cted

to

be s

igne

d in

Jul

y 20

12,

will

allo

w a

irlin

es to

em

bark

on

mor

e fle

xibl

e ro

utin

g an

d sc

hedu

ling;

and

, he

nce,

ther

e w

ill be

mor

e co

mm

erci

al v

iabl

e ne

twor

k co

nfigu

ratio

ns a

nd

serv

ices

. Thi

s w

ill in

turn

lead

to in

crea

se in

air

traffi

c an

d im

prov

emen

t in

intra

-EA

GA

air

conn

ectiv

ity.

Appendixes 37

cont

inue

d on

nex

t pag

e

App

endi

x 1

cont

inue

d

Go

als/

Ob

ject

ives

and

Str

ateg

ies

Pro

ject

s/A

ctiv

itie

s

A f

ourt

h ob

ject

ive

of t

he s

econ

d co

mpo

nent

is

to a

tiona

lize

airp

ort

ince

ntiv

es in

the

BIM

P-E

AG

A s

ubre

gion

to

impr

ove

the

sust

aina

bilit

y of

E

AG

A a

ir se

rvic

es.

Rat

iona

lizat

ion

and

Des

ign

of

Air

po

rt In

cent

ives

Th

is p

roje

ct in

volv

es th

e st

udy

and

com

pila

tion

of c

urre

nt a

irpor

t inc

entiv

es in

re

spec

t of a

ll de

sign

ated

airp

orts

in B

IMP

-EA

GA

, and

thei

r rec

omm

enda

tions

. Th

e ob

ject

ives

of

this

ini

tiativ

e ar

e to

(i)

com

pile

and

com

pare

the

airp

ort

ince

ntiv

es b

eing

pro

vide

d by

BIM

P-E

AG

A g

over

nmen

ts fo

r des

igna

ted

EAG

A

airp

orts

, (ii)

prov

ide

aven

ues

for f

urth

er d

iscu

ssio

n on

the

prov

isio

n of

ince

ntiv

es

tow

ard

redu

cing

the

ope

ratio

nal

cost

s an

d pr

omot

ing

the

sust

aina

bilit

y of

EA

GA

air

serv

ices

, an

d (iii

) fa

cilit

ate

deci

sion

mak

ing

by t

he p

olic

y m

aker

s of

BIM

P-E

AG

A g

over

nmen

ts f

or m

ore

gene

rous

inc

entiv

es f

or t

he a

irlin

e op

erat

ors

tow

ard

the

viab

ility

and

sust

aina

bilit

y of

EA

GA

air

serv

ices

.

At

pres

ent,

Indo

nesi

a is

gr

antin

g ai

rpor

t in

cent

ives

at

B

alik

papa

n an

d M

anad

o, w

hile

the

Phi

lippi

nes

is p

rovi

ding

inc

entiv

es w

ith 5

0% d

isco

unt

in fi

ling

and

econ

omic

reg

ulat

ory

fees

. M

alay

sia

offe

rs a

gro

wth

inc

entiv

e pr

ogra

m o

f R

M10

per

pas

seng

er b

roug

ht i

nto

Mal

aysi

a vi

a B

IMP

-EA

GA

po

ints

. In

Bru

nei D

arus

sala

m, t

he g

rant

ing

of a

irpor

t inc

entiv

es is

stil

l sub

ject

to

an

amen

dmen

t of t

he e

xist

ing

law

.

The

fifth

obj

ectiv

e fo

the

com

pone

nt is

to fa

cilit

ate

trav

el th

roug

h pr

ovis

ion

of s

uppo

rt fa

cilit

ies

alon

g bu

s ro

utes

.E

stab

lishm

ent

of

Res

t an

d R

ecre

atio

n C

ente

rs a

long

BIM

P-E

AG

A B

us

Ro

utes

at

the

Pan

-Bo

rneo

Hig

hway

The

proj

ect

enta

ils t

he c

onst

ruct

ion/

upgr

adin

g of

res

t an

d re

crea

tion

(R&

R)

cent

ers

at s

elec

ted

poin

ts a

long

the

Pan

-Bor

neo

Hig

hway

—P

ontia

nak/

Sar

awak

/BS

B/S

abah

. Th

e R

&R

cen

ters

fun

ctio

n as

the

pla

ce w

here

roa

d us

ers

can

rest

an

d re

plen

ish.

Th

e fa

cilit

ies

prov

ided

ar

e:

food

co

urts

, co

nven

ient

sto

res,

su

rau,

fuel

kio

sks,

toi

lets

, ade

quat

e pa

rkin

g fo

r ve

hicl

es

(ligh

t an

d he

avy

vehi

cles

), la

ndsc

ape

trav

eler

s’ i

nfor

mat

ion

kios

ks,

and

sign

dire

ctio

ns.

38 Appendixes

cont

inue

d on

nex

t pag

e

App

endi

x 1

cont

inue

d

Go

als/

Ob

ject

ives

and

Str

ateg

ies

Pro

ject

s/A

ctiv

itie

s

Last

ly, t

he s

econ

d co

mpo

nent

see

ks t

o pr

omot

e di

scus

sion

s am

ong

stak

ehol

ders

on

how

to fu

rthe

r en

hanc

e ai

r lin

kage

s in

the

subr

egio

n.F

irst

Eq

uato

r A

sia

Air

Acc

ess

Fo

rum

and

Air

line

CE

Os’

Sum

mit

The

even

t w

ill pr

ovid

e a

foru

m f

or s

take

hold

ers

in t

he p

ublic

and

priv

ate

sect

ors

to d

iscu

ss f

utur

e en

hanc

emen

ts in

air

linka

ges

in t

he s

ubre

gion

, in

su

ppor

t of t

rade

and

tour

ism

, am

ong

othe

rs.

The

foru

m a

nd s

umm

it ai

m to

ach

ieve

the

follo

win

g ob

ject

ives

:•

brin

g to

geth

er le

adin

g pl

ayer

s in

the

air t

rans

port

and

tour

ism

sec

tor t

o im

prov

e aw

aren

ess

on th

e de

velo

pmen

ts in

the

tran

spor

t and

tour

ism

se

ctor

s in

EA

GA

, an

d in

crea

se a

ppre

ciat

ion

of t

he o

ppor

tuni

ties

and

bene

fits

of s

ubre

gion

al c

oope

ratio

n;•

iden

tify

area

s/is

sues

of c

omm

on c

once

rn a

nd re

com

men

d jo

int a

ctio

ns

(i.e.

, reg

ulat

ory

mea

sure

s, d

evel

opm

ent

of t

our

pack

ages

, con

duct

of

prom

otio

nal a

ctiv

ities

, am

ong

othe

rs) t

o fu

rthe

r en

hanc

e ai

r tr

avel

and

to

uris

m a

ctiv

ities

; and

•fo

rge

com

mitm

ent o

f joi

nt u

nder

taki

ng b

etw

een

the

airli

ne c

ompa

nies

an

d to

uris

m

priv

ate

sect

or

play

ers

on

the

esta

blis

hmen

t an

d su

stai

nabi

lity

of a

ir se

rvic

e op

erat

ion

in B

IMP

-EA

GA

.Th

e ev

ent w

ill be

hel

d on

18–

19 A

pril

2012

in D

avao

City

, Phi

lippi

nes.

Co

mp

one

nt 3

: Po

wer

Inte

rco

nnec

tion

and

Dev

elo

pm

ent

of

Ren

ewab

le E

nerg

y

Dev

elo

pm

ent

of

the

Sar

awak

Sub

corr

ido

rO

ne o

f the

maj

or e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t ini

tiativ

es th

at h

as b

een

laun

ched

in

thi

s se

gmen

t is

the

Sar

awak

Cor

ridor

of

Ren

ewab

le E

nerg

y (S

CO

RE

) pr

ojec

t1 lo

cate

d in

the

cen

tral

reg

ion

of S

araw

ak c

over

ing

57%

of

the

stat

e or

70,

700

squa

re k

ilom

eter

s. T

his

maj

or 2

0- to

30-

year

dev

elop

men

t sc

hem

e is

bui

lt ar

ound

ene

rgy-

inte

nsiv

e in

dust

ry in

vest

men

ts t

o pr

ovid

e a

trig

gerin

g ef

fect

, an

d fo

rm t

he e

arly

anc

hor

for

an a

dvan

ced

base

of

indu

stria

l dev

elop

men

t.

Tran

s B

orn

eo P

ow

er G

rid

: Sar

awak

–Wes

t K

alim

anta

n P

ow

er

Inte

rco

nnec

tion

The

proj

ect i

nvol

ves

cons

truc

tion

of a

275

kilo

-vol

t (kV

) tra

nsm

issi

on li

ne th

at

will

allo

w lo

w-c

ost e

lect

ricity

gen

erat

ed b

y hy

drop

ower

pla

nts

in S

araw

ak to

be

exp

orte

d to

Wes

t Kal

iman

tan,

whe

re th

e en

tire

pow

er g

ener

atio

n is

bas

ed

on o

il. T

he p

ower

gen

erat

ion

capa

city

in S

araw

ak is

exp

ecte

d to

be

mor

e th

an d

oubl

ed b

y 20

13 a

s ne

w h

ydro

pow

er p

lant

s [3

,500

meg

awat

ts (M

W)]

are

com

mis

sion

ed.

Of t

he p

lann

ed c

apac

ity, 3

00 M

W c

omin

g in

to t

he g

rid w

ill su

pply

pow

er t

o S

CO

RE

in la

te-2

010;

and

ano

ther

600

MW

will

be a

vaila

ble

by m

id-2

011,

w

hich

will

be a

bsor

bed

by th

e al

umin

um s

mel

ters

and

oth

er in

dust

ries

with

in

the

SC

OR

E. T

he T

erm

She

et fo

r Pow

er E

xcha

nge

Agr

eem

ent (

PE

A) t

o en

able

th

e ex

port

of b

ulk

elec

tric

ity fr

om S

araw

ak t

o W

est

Kal

iman

tan

was

sig

ned

on 1

8 Ju

ly 2

011

betw

een

Sar

awak

Ene

rgy

Ber

had

(SE

B) a

nd th

e In

done

sian

po

wer

util

ity P

T P

LN P

ES

ER

O (P

LN).

1 Th

e pr

ojec

t w

as o

ffic

ially

laun

ched

in F

ebru

ary

2008

in B

intu

lu b

y th

e Pr

ime

Min

iste

r of

Mal

aysi

a. S

CORE

is b

asic

ally

a p

rivat

e-se

ctor

-driv

en p

roje

ct w

ith a

n es

timat

ed c

ost

of R

M33

4 bi

llion

.

Appendixes 39

cont

inue

d on

nex

t pag

e

App

endi

x 1

cont

inue

d

Go

als/

Ob

ject

ives

and

Str

ateg

ies

Pro

ject

s/A

ctiv

itie

s

Co

mp

one

nt 4

: Im

pro

vem

ents

in IC

T F

acili

ties

and

Ser

vice

s

As

a m

eans

to

narr

ow t

he d

igita

l di

vide

, in

form

atio

n co

mm

unic

atio

n te

chno

logy

(IC

T) li

tera

cy o

f the

peo

ple

in th

e su

breg

ion

will

be p

rom

oted

, es

peci

ally

thos

e in

the

rura

l are

as.

ICT

Rur

al O

utre

ach

Pro

gra

m (i

RO

P)

The

ICT

rura

l out

reac

h pr

ogra

m (i

RO

P) c

ater

s to

the

rura

l com

mun

ity a

imed

at

impr

ovin

g th

e IC

T lit

erac

y of

the

peop

le, e

spec

ially

thos

e in

the

rura

l are

as.

It in

clud

es t

he s

ettin

g up

of

an IC

T co

mm

unity

cen

ter,

unde

rtak

ing

hum

an

capa

city

IC

T lit

erac

y an

d en

trep

rene

ur d

evel

opm

ent,

and

esta

blis

hing

a

port

al fo

r lo

cal p

rodu

cts

to b

e m

arke

ted

regi

onal

ly.

The

proj

ect

also

incl

udes

wor

ksho

ps fo

r sh

arin

g pr

ogre

ss a

nd c

ompa

rativ

e st

udie

s on

eac

h E

AG

A c

ount

ry’s

impl

emen

tatio

n ex

perie

nce

on r

ural

ICT.

iRO

P a

lso

prov

ides

em

ploy

men

t op

port

uniti

es in

the

rur

al a

reas

and

ser

ves

as a

por

tal f

or m

arke

ting

loca

l pro

duct

s an

d se

rvic

es, w

hich

will

cont

ribut

e to

th

e ec

onom

ic g

row

th o

f BIM

P-E

AG

A.

The

proj

ect i

s le

d by

the

priv

ate

sect

or, t

he In

foco

m F

eder

atio

n B

rune

i (IF

B).

A s

imila

r pr

ojec

t will

be in

trod

uced

by

EA

Tril

ink

of th

e P

hilip

pine

s.

•Th

e pi

lot

proj

ect

of i

RO

P h

as b

een

impl

emen

ted

succ

essf

ully

in

Ban

gar

Muk

im o

f Te

mbu

rong

Dis

tric

t. Th

e fir

st p

hase

of

the

proj

ect

incl

udes

the

sett

ing

up o

f a o

ne-s

top

com

mun

ity c

ente

r fo

r tr

aini

ng o

f ca

ndid

ate

user

s, t

o be

follo

wed

by

a se

cond

pha

se w

hich

will

invo

lve

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

iRO

P fr

amew

ork

cont

ent.

ICT

conn

ectiv

ity

in

BIM

P-E

AG

A

need

s to

be

de

velo

ped

furt

her

to

enha

nce

the

subr

egio

n’s

attr

actio

n as

an

inve

stm

ent

hub.

Enh

ance

d IC

T co

nnec

tivity

can

als

o po

sitiv

ely

impa

ct o

n ot

her

prio

rity

subs

ecto

rs,

incl

udin

g su

pply

cha

in d

evel

opm

ent a

nd e

coto

uris

m.

BIM

P-E

AG

A R

ink

(BIM

P-E

AG

A S

ubm

arin

e C

able

) Th

e pr

ojec

t w

ill lin

k al

l B

IMP

-EA

GA

mem

ber

coun

trie

s us

ing

a H

ybrid

C

omm

unic

atio

ns P

latfo

rm e

ither

thro

ugh

sub-

sea

cabl

e, s

atel

lite,

or t

erre

stria

l sy

stem

s. T

he p

roje

ct, w

hich

is e

stim

ated

to c

ost $

150

milli

on, h

as a

pot

entia

l hi

gh im

pact

to s

uppo

rt th

e va

rious

prio

rity

initi

ativ

es u

nder

the

BIM

P-E

AG

A,

spec

ifica

lly e

coto

uris

m,

and

can

also

pot

entia

lly c

ontr

ibut

e to

the

pla

nned

es

tabl

ishm

ent

of t

he A

SE

AN

Bro

adba

nd C

orrid

or u

nder

the

Mas

ter

Pla

n of

A

SE

AN

Con

nect

ivity

.

The

impl

emen

tatio

n of

thi

s pr

ojec

t ca

n ad

dres

s th

e di

gita

l div

ide

and

can

posi

tivel

y in

fluen

ce t

elec

omm

unic

atio

n ta

riffs

to

mak

e B

IMP

-EA

GA

a m

ore

cond

uciv

e an

d co

mpe

titiv

e re

gion

for f

ood

bask

et c

hain

link

and

eco

tour

ism

.

The

proj

ect w

ill in

volv

e th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

’s p

artic

ipat

ion

from

all

BIM

P-E

AG

A

mem

ber

coun

trie

s.

40 Appendixes

cont

inue

d on

nex

t pag

e

App

endi

x 1

cont

inue

d

Go

als/

Ob

ject

ives

and

Str

ateg

ies

Pro

ject

s/A

ctiv

itie

s

The

use

of IC

T ap

plic

atio

ns w

ill be

pro

mot

ed in

impl

emen

ting

trad

e an

d tr

ansp

ort

faci

litat

ion

mea

sure

s at

the

bor

ders

to

mod

erni

ze c

usto

ms

faci

litie

s; b

uild

ing

data

base

s fo

r ea

se o

f re

trie

val,

mai

nten

ance

, an

d m

onito

ring;

pr

omot

ing

elec

tron

ic

com

mer

ce;

faci

litat

ing

a tr

acki

ng

syst

em; a

nd b

uild

ing

onlin

e sy

stem

s, a

mon

g ot

hers

.

Inte

llig

ent

Cle

aran

ce Id

entifi

catio

n Th

e C

lear

ance

In

dent

ifica

tion

(iCLI

D)

syst

em

will

prov

ide

cros

s-bo

rder

so

lutio

ns u

sing

Rad

io-F

requ

ency

Id

entifi

catio

n (R

FID

) te

chno

logy

to

ease

th

e m

ovem

ent

of g

oods

and

veh

icle

s w

ithin

BIM

P-E

AG

A s

ubre

gion

; th

us,

ultim

atel

y at

trac

ting

and

impr

ovin

g th

e co

nfide

nce

of p

oten

tial i

nves

tors

in

the

regi

on.

The

priv

ate

sect

or w

ill be

inv

olve

d in

the

pro

ject

. Th

e M

OU

on

Inte

lligen

t C

lear

ance

Ide

ntity

(iC

lId)

Sys

tem

bet

wee

n Zi

mac

Silic

on T

echn

olog

ies

Sdn

. B

hd,

Bru

nei

Dar

ussa

lam

; an

d S

araw

ak I

nfor

mat

ion

Sys

tem

s S

dn.

Bhd

. (S

AIN

S) o

f Mal

aysi

a, h

as b

een

sign

ed a

nd th

e pr

ojec

t is

read

y fo

r pi

lot t

rial.

•Th

e pi

lot

tria

l inv

olve

s al

l che

ckpo

ints

in B

rune

i Dar

ussa

lam

, S

araw

ak

and

Sab

ah.

The

first

par

t of

the

pilo

t w

ill ex

plor

e th

e tr

acki

ng a

nd

secu

rity

of f

reig

ht (

“car

go”)

con

tain

ers

tran

spor

ted

acro

ss a

nd w

ithin

th

e B

orne

o re

gion

. It

will

also

loo

k in

to t

he a

rea

of p

rivat

e ve

hicl

es

com

mut

ing

betw

een

thes

e bo

rder

s.

•Th

e iC

LID

sys

tem

has

bee

n in

stal

led

at S

unga

i Tuj

oh a

nd K

uala

Lur

ah

inB

rune

i Dar

ussa

lam

, as

wel

l as

at M

iri a

nd L

imba

ng in

Sar

awak

. The

ob

ject

ives

of t

hese

pilo

t si

tes

are

to s

tudy

and

con

nect

tw

o co

untr

ies

usin

g a

‘sin

gle’

sys

tem

, to

iden

tify

area

of c

ritic

al s

ucce

ss fo

r usi

ng th

e R

FID

tech

nolo

gy, a

nd to

com

pile

info

rmat

ion

and

cons

olid

ate

the

data

fo

r ea

se o

f rep

ortin

g.

Appendixes 41

cont

inue

d on

nex

t pag

e

App

endi

x 1

cont

inue

d

Go

als/

Ob

ject

ives

and

Str

ateg

ies

Pro

ject

s/A

ctiv

itie

s

Co

mp

one

nt 5

: Tra

de

Fac

ilita

tion

Cus

tom

s, im

mig

ratio

n, q

uara

ntin

e an

d se

curit

y (C

IQS

) pro

cedu

res

will

be

impr

oved

as

a m

eans

to

faci

litat

e th

e cr

oss-

bord

er fl

ow o

f go

ods

and

peop

les

to, f

rom

, and

with

in E

AG

A.

Str

eng

then

ing

and

Imp

rove

men

ts in

CIQ

S P

roce

dur

esTh

e B

IMP

-EA

GA

C

IQS

Ta

sk

Forc

e ha

s fin

aliz

ed

the

MO

U

on

CIQ

S

Har

mon

izat

ion,

whi

ch w

as e

ndor

sed

at th

e 18

th S

enio

r Offi

cial

s M

eetin

g an

d 14

th M

inis

ters

Mee

ting,

in A

ugus

t 20

09, f

or s

igna

ture

by

mem

ber

coun

trie

s up

on c

ompl

etio

n of

the

nece

ssar

y do

mes

tic c

onsu

ltatio

ns.

The

MO

U

iden

tifies

th

e sc

ope

of

CIQ

S

coop

erat

ion

and

appl

icab

le

inte

rnat

iona

l CIQ

S s

tand

ards

and

bes

t pr

actic

es t

hat

BIM

P-E

AG

A m

embe

r co

untr

ies

subs

crib

e to

, aim

ing

at (i

) fac

ilitat

ing

mor

e ef

ficie

nt in

tra-

and

ext

ra-

indu

stry

trad

e an

d cr

oss-

bord

er m

ovem

ent o

f peo

ples

, and

(ii)

stre

ngth

enin

g th

e se

curit

y of

trad

e an

d tr

ansp

ort a

ctiv

ities

.

Bas

ed

on

port

tr

affic

an

d pe

rcei

ved

read

ines

s fo

r tr

ade

faci

litat

ion

enha

ncem

ent,

the

follo

win

g po

rts

have

bee

n de

sign

ated

as

the

first

set

of

pilo

t por

ts: (

i) M

uara

Por

t (B

rune

i Dar

ussa

lam

), (ii

) San

daka

n P

ort (

Mal

aysi

a),

(iii)

Bitu

ng

Por

t (In

done

sia)

, an

d (iv

) G

ener

al

San

tos

Por

t (P

hilip

pine

s)

(Fig

ure

3). T

he o

ther

prio

rity

entr

y po

ints

incl

ude

(i) E

ntik

ong

Bor

der C

ross

ing

(Indo

nesi

a);

(ii)

Labu

an F

ree

Por

t (M

alay

sia)

, (ii

i) Te

bedu

Bor

der

Cro

ssin

g (M

alay

sia)

, and

(iv)

Zam

boan

ga P

ort (

Phi

lippi

nes)

.

Sta

ndar

d op

erat

ing

proc

edur

es (S

OP

s) h

ave

been

dev

elop

ed in

the

se p

ilot

area

s ba

sed

on a

gap

ana

lysi

s, a

nd t

he in

itial

act

ion

plan

s fro

m t

he S

OP

pr

oces

s ha

ve b

een

furt

her c

onsu

lted

with

eac

h co

untr

y an

d en

dors

ed b

y th

e C

IQS

Tas

k Fo

rce.

42 Appendixes

cont

inue

d on

nex

t pag

e

App

endi

x 1

cont

inue

d

Str

ateg

ic P

illar

2. F

oo

d B

aske

t S

trat

egy

Go

als/

Ob

ject

ives

and

Str

ateg

ies

Pro

ject

s/A

ctiv

itie

s

Co

mp

one

nt 1

: Ens

ure

Long

-Ter

m F

oo

d S

ecur

ity in

BIM

P-E

AG

A S

ubre

gio

n

The

obje

ctiv

es o

f pro

mot

ing

food

sec

urity

are

to (i

) ens

ure

sust

aina

ble

food

pr

oduc

tion

and

incr

ease

d pr

oduc

tivity

, (ii)

enh

ance

acc

ess

to fi

nanc

e fo

r m

icro

, sm

all,

and

med

ium

ent

erpr

ises

; (

iii) b

uild

cap

acity

of

farm

ers

and

fishe

rfolk

s fo

r inc

reas

ed p

rodu

ctio

n an

d pr

oduc

tivity

; (iv

) opt

imiz

e la

nd a

nd

wat

er r

esou

rce

use

for

food

and

fish

pro

duct

ion;

(v)

impr

ove

agric

ultu

re,

lives

tock

, and

fish

erie

s in

frast

ruct

ure;

(vi)

addr

esse

s th

e im

pact

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge; a

nd (v

ii) pr

ovid

e in

cent

ives

to th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

to a

ttrac

t the

m to

in

vest

in th

e fo

od s

uppl

y/va

lue

chai

n.

Ric

e P

rod

uctio

n/P

lant

atio

n P

roje

ct

The

proj

ect

invo

lves

the

est

ablis

hmen

t of

a jo

int

vent

ure

arra

ngem

ent

for

the

prod

uctio

n an

d su

pply

of h

ybrid

ric

e fo

r pa

ddy

prod

uctio

n. T

here

are

jo

int

vent

ure

agre

emen

ts a

lread

y on

goin

g be

twee

n tw

o pr

ivat

e se

ctor

en

titie

s2 in

the

Phi

lippi

nes

and

Indo

nesi

a. T

hese

will

be e

xpan

ded

to

incl

ude

DO

AA

and

MP

RI

in B

rune

i D

arus

sala

m,

and

will

invo

lve

join

t re

sear

ch a

nd d

evel

opm

ent (

R&

D);

and

capa

city

bui

ldin

g fo

r far

mer

s, a

gri-

tech

nici

ans,

and

oth

er e

xten

sion

wor

kers

, w

ho w

ill w

ork

with

far

mer

s to

sup

ply

farm

inpu

ts a

nd b

uy t

heir

prod

uce;

the

pro

visi

on o

f lo

gist

ical

su

ppor

t; an

d th

e co

mm

erci

aliz

atio

n an

d m

arke

ting

of h

ybrid

see

ds. O

ther

m

ediu

m-t

erm

priv

ate

sect

or in

itiat

ives

invo

lve

the

prod

uctio

n an

d su

pply

8

non-

gene

tical

ly m

odifi

ed o

rgan

ism

(GM

O) c

orn

seed

s.

For

the

perio

d 20

12–2

016,

a w

eb-e

nabl

ed f

ood

secu

rity

info

rmat

ion

man

agem

ent s

yste

m w

ill be

set

up

for t

he c

ompi

latio

n an

d up

date

of f

ood

secu

rity

base

line

data

, as

wel

l as

inf

orm

atio

n on

sup

ply

and

dem

and/

utiliz

atio

n of

mai

n fo

od c

omm

oditi

es.

Apa

rt f

rom

the

pro

duct

ion

and

supp

ly o

f hy

brid

ric

e, o

ther

act

iviti

es w

ill in

clud

e be

nchm

arki

ng a

mon

g m

embe

r co

untr

ies

on a

n in

tegr

ated

R&

D

initi

ativ

e in

BIM

P-E

AG

A f

or s

elec

ted

com

mod

ities

, w

hich

will

be a

n im

port

ant

build

ing

bloc

k fo

r lo

ng-t

erm

coo

pera

tion.

The

re a

re a

lso

plan

s to

und

erta

ke jo

int

rese

arch

on

the

gene

tic im

prov

emen

t of

aqu

acul

ture

co

mm

oditi

es,

such

as

tilap

ia a

nd c

at fi

sh,

and

on t

he g

enet

ic s

tudy

of

smal

l pel

agic

s in

the

Sul

awes

i Sea

.

2 Th

ese

priv

ate

sect

or c

ompa

nies

are

SL

Agr

itech

Cor

pora

tion

(Phi

lippi

nes)

and

San

g H

yang

Ser

i (In

done

sia)

.

Appendixes 43

cont

inue

d on

nex

t pag

e

Go

als/

Ob

ject

ives

and

Str

ateg

ies

Pro

ject

s/A

ctiv

itie

s

Co

mp

one

nt 2

: Op

timiz

e th

e P

ote

ntia

l of

Ag

ricu

lture

, Liv

esto

ck, a

nd F

ishe

ries

Pro

duc

ts f

or

Exp

ort

s

Exp

orts

of

prio

rity

com

mod

ities

of

agro

-bas

ed a

nd fi

sher

ies

prod

ucts

w

ill be

pr

omot

ed

as

an

inte

gral

pa

rt

of

the

BIM

P-E

AG

A

econ

omic

de

velo

pmen

t ag

enda

and

the

goa

l of

AS

EA

N e

cono

mic

int

egra

tion.

Th

e ob

ject

ive

is t

o in

tegr

ate

agro

-bas

ed a

nd fi

sher

ies

prod

ucts

in

the

over

all B

IMP

-EA

GA

tra

de p

rom

otio

n in

itiat

ives

. M

easu

res

to h

arm

oniz

e st

anda

rds

and

proc

edur

es a

nd c

ompl

y w

ith in

tern

atio

nal s

tand

ards

will

be a

ddre

ssed

with

spe

cific

refe

renc

e to

agr

icul

ture

and

fish

erie

s pr

oduc

ts.

Sea

wee

d P

roje

ct: C

om

pila

tion

of

Go

od

Pra

ctic

es a

nd S

tand

ard

s H

arm

oni

zatio

n Th

e ob

ject

ive

of

this

pr

ojec

t is

to

in

crea

se

prod

uctio

n of

go

od

qual

ity

seaw

eeds

in

B

IMP

-EA

GA

su

breg

ion

thro

ugh,

am

ong

othe

rs,

(i) h

arm

oniz

atio

n of

Goo

d A

quac

ultu

re P

ract

ices

(G

AqP

); (ii

) ca

paci

ty

build

ing

on G

AqP

; (ii

i) es

tabl

ishm

ent

of s

eedl

ing

bank

s (ti

ssue

cul

ture

); (iv

) cap

acity

bui

ldin

g on

pro

duct

and

ent

erpr

ise

deve

lopm

ent;

(v) p

rovi

sion

of

tec

hnic

al a

ssis

tanc

e to

sea

wee

d fa

rmer

s (p

rodu

ctio

n m

etho

ds,

cred

it fin

anci

ng);

and

(vi)

shar

ing

of b

est p

ract

ices

am

ong

mem

ber

coun

trie

s.

Co

mp

one

nt 3

: Pro

mo

te S

usta

inab

le L

ivel

iho

od

s o

f F

arm

ers

and

Fis

herf

olk

s

Em

bedd

ed i

n th

e fo

od s

ecur

ity a

nd e

xpor

t pr

omot

ion

obje

ctiv

es o

f ag

ro-b

ased

and

fish

erie

s pr

oduc

ts w

ill be

the

pro

mot

ion

of s

usta

inab

le

livel

ihoo

ds o

f fa

rmer

s an

d fis

herfo

lks.

It

incl

udes

mea

sure

s di

rect

ed a

t (i)

im

prov

ing

prod

uctiv

ity a

nd p

rofit

abilit

y th

roug

h th

e em

pow

erm

ent

of

farm

er/fi

sher

folk

org

aniz

atio

ns, (

ii) s

harin

g of

exp

erie

nces

and

app

ropr

iate

bu

sine

ss m

odel

s fo

r ac

cess

ing

cred

it fa

cilit

ies,

(iii)

pro

mot

ing

busi

ness

in

cuba

tion

serv

ices

an

d fa

cilit

ies,

an

d (iv

) en

surin

g ec

osys

tem

an

d en

viro

nmen

tal i

nteg

rity.

In a

dditi

on,

regi

onal

coo

pera

tion

will

be d

irect

ed

at (

i) de

velo

ping

a c

omm

on c

ode

of p

ract

ice

and

capa

city

bui

ldin

g fo

r fa

rmer

s an

d fis

herfo

lks

on

sust

aina

ble

agric

ultu

re

and

fishe

ries,

(ii

) in

tegr

atin

g fa

rmer

s an

d fis

herfo

lks

into

the

foo

d su

pply

/val

ue c

hain

in

int

ra-

and

extr

a- B

IMP

-EA

GA

, an

d (ii

i) lo

okin

g in

to t

he v

iabi

lity

of

esta

blis

hing

a B

IMP

-EA

GA

Fun

d fo

r Fo

od o

ver

the

med

ium

term

.

Com

plem

enta

ry

proj

ects

/act

iviti

es

that

w

ill su

ppor

t th

e co

mpo

nent

ar

e un

der t

he fr

amew

ork

of th

e C

oral

Tria

ngle

Initi

ativ

e (C

TI),

as d

escr

ibed

und

er

Stra

tegi

c P

illar 4

: Env

ironm

ent.

App

endi

x 1

cont

inue

d

44 Appendixes

cont

inue

d on

nex

t pag

e

App

endi

x 1

cont

inue

d

Str

ateg

ic P

illar

3. T

our

ism

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Go

als/

Ob

ject

ives

and

Str

ateg

ies

Pro

ject

s/A

ctiv

ities

Com

pon

ent

1: D

evel

op T

ouris

m P

rod

ucts

and

Tou

rism

-Rel

ated

Infr

astr

uctu

re F

ocus

ing

on C

omm

unity

-Bas

ed E

coto

uris

m a

s a

Fl

agsh

ip P

rogr

am

Com

mun

ity-b

ased

ec

otou

rism

(C

BE

T)

prod

ucts

w

ill be

de

velo

ped

and

subj

ect

to f

easi

bilit

y st

udie

s to

det

erm

ine

thei

r vi

abilit

y, i

nclu

ding

co

nsul

tatio

n w

ith s

take

hold

ers

and

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of

coo

rdin

atio

n m

echa

nism

s .

CB

ET

Pilo

t S

ites

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Pro

gra

m

A to

tal o

f 23

CB

ET

prio

rity

site

s ha

ve b

een

iden

tified

; the

se w

ere

sele

cted

on

the

bas

is o

f th

eir

typi

calit

y, e

ase

of a

cces

sibi

lity

for

pre-

feas

ibilit

y ev

alua

tion,

and

util

ity a

s C

BE

T de

mon

stra

tion

mod

els.

Of

thes

e pr

iorit

y si

tes,

10

will

be p

ilote

d;

and

of t

hese

10

pilo

t si

tes,

id

entifi

ed in

the

CB

ET, 4

will

be im

plem

ente

d du

ring

the

perio

d 20

12–2

016.

Th

ese

are:

(i)

Bru

nei

Dar

ussa

lam

: B

ukit

Uda

l C

omm

unity

; (ii)

Mal

aysi

a:

Kam

pung

Ann

ah R

ais

and

Kam

pung

Ben

uk; (

iii) In

done

sia:

Tan

jung

Put

ting,

S

enta

rum

, Man

ado

Tua,

and

Kay

ang

Men

tara

ng; a

nd (i

v) P

hilip

pine

s: L

ake

Seb

u, P

uert

o P

rince

sa (

Pal

awan

), an

d Ti

bolo

(D

avao

del

Sur

). A

mon

g ot

hers

, th

e ac

tiviti

es t

o be

und

erta

ken

in e

ach

of t

hese

site

s in

clud

e (i)

tou

rism

inf

rast

ruct

ure

deve

lopm

ent;

(ii) m

arin

e an

d te

rres

tria

l C

BET

pr

oduc

t de

velo

pmen

t; an

d (iii

) co

mm

unity

pre

para

tion

and

assi

stan

ce t

o sm

all-

and

med

ium

-siz

ed e

nter

pris

es (S

MEs

), am

ong

othe

rs.

Oth

er a

ctiv

ities

incl

ude

(i) d

esig

ning

and

impl

emen

ting

a m

arke

ting

stra

tegy

; (ii)

ass

essi

ng d

estin

atio

n an

d si

te n

eeds

, in

clud

ing

for

infra

stru

ctur

e an

d fa

cilit

ies;

and

(iii)

prep

arin

g co

mm

uniti

es a

nd id

entif

ying

and

ass

istin

g S

MEs

in

tere

sted

to p

artic

ipat

e in

the

prog

ram

.

Co

mp

one

nt 2

: Fac

ilita

te c

om

mun

ity a

nd P

riva

te S

ecto

r P

artic

ipat

ion

in T

our

ism

Par

t of

the

CB

ET

stra

tegy

will

be t

o sy

stem

atic

ally

eng

age

the

priv

ate

sect

or a

nd th

e co

mm

uniti

es in

the

desi

gn a

nd im

plem

enta

tion

of a

ctiv

ities

in

the

pilo

t site

s.

The

stra

tegy

to in

volv

e th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

, in

part

icul

ar S

ME

s, a

nd th

e lo

cal

com

mun

ities

is e

mbe

dded

in th

e de

sign

and

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

ans

of th

e C

BE

T pi

lot s

ites.

•S

ever

al E

AG

A s

igna

ture

eve

nts

and

new

EA

GA

tou

rism

pro

duct

in

itiat

ives

hav

e al

so b

een

lined

-up;

thes

e in

clud

e fri

ends

hip

gam

es,

trad

ition

al

gam

es,

stre

et

danc

ing

com

petit

ion,

Is

lam

ic

tour

ism

, H

alal

exp

o, a

nd a

rega

tta.

Appendixes 45

cont

inue

d on

nex

t pag

e

App

endi

x 1

cont

inue

d

Co

mp

one

nt 3

: Mar

ketin

g o

f B

IMP

-EA

GA

To

uris

m D

estin

atio

ns

Tour

ism

act

iviti

es w

ill be

pro

mot

ed t

hrou

gh v

ario

us m

edia

and

for

ums,

an

d m

arke

ting

even

ts.

In a

dditi

on,

the

deve

lopm

ent

of n

ew m

arke

t po

tent

ials

will

be p

ursu

ed th

roug

h re

sear

ch ta

rget

ed a

t spe

cific

mar

kets

.

Up

dat

ing

and

Dev

elo

pm

ent

of

Pro

mo

tiona

l Mat

eria

ls

The

spec

ific

actio

ns e

nvis

aged

und

er m

arke

ting

and

prom

otio

ns in

clud

e th

e up

datin

g of

the

Equ

ator

Asi

a w

ebsi

te a

nd t

he p

rintin

g of

col

late

rals

, de

velo

pmen

t of

tou

rism

pac

kage

s as

wel

l as

col

labo

ratio

n be

twee

n tr

ansp

ort a

nd to

uris

m s

ecto

rs, a

nd c

ondu

ct v

ario

us s

igna

ture

eve

nts.

•A

sig

nific

ant

priv

ate

sect

or i

nitia

tive

by M

AS

win

gs t

o ca

rry

the

Equ

ator

Asi

a br

and

and

logo

has

bee

n en

dors

ed a

nd w

ill be

su

ppor

ted

furt

her

by t

he B

IMP

-EA

GA

gov

ernm

ents

. A

ir ro

utes

are

al

so b

eing

exp

ande

d to

cov

er im

port

ant

tour

ist

dest

inat

ions

with

in

the

subr

egio

n, a

nd p

lans

are

und

erw

ay to

allo

w a

irlin

es o

pera

ting

in

the

subr

egio

n to

em

bark

on

a m

ore

flexi

ble

rout

ing

and

sche

dulin

g fo

r ad

ditio

nal p

oint

s ou

tsid

e of

the

BIM

P-E

AG

A s

ubre

gion

.•

An

Equ

ator

Asi

a A

ir A

cces

s Fo

rum

and

Airl

ine

CE

Os

Sum

mit

will

brin

g th

e ke

y st

akeh

olde

rs f

rom

the

pub

lic a

nd p

rivat

e se

ctor

s to

fu

rthe

r ad

vanc

e ai

r lin

kage

s in

the

subr

egio

n.

Dev

elo

pm

ent

of

New

Mar

ket

Po

tent

ials

Th

e ac

tiviti

es f

or i

mm

edia

te i

mpl

emen

tatio

n w

ill in

clud

e (i)

a 2

-wee

k ec

otou

rism

exp

osur

e fo

r Jap

anes

e an

d K

orea

n m

edia

to e

coto

uris

m s

ites

in th

e fo

ur E

AG

A c

ount

ries,

and

(ii)

the

cond

uct o

f mar

ket r

esea

rch

on th

e po

tent

ials

of

the

Peo

ple’

s R

epub

lic o

f C

hina

and

Sin

gapo

re m

arke

ts f

or

ecot

ouris

m.

46 Appendixes

Str

ateg

ic P

illar

4. E

nviro

nmen

t

Go

als/

Ob

ject

ives

and

Str

ateg

ies

Pro

ject

s/A

ctiv

ities

Co

mp

one

nt 1

: Sus

tain

able

Man

agem

ent

of

Cri

tical

Sub

reg

iona

l Eco

syst

ems

The

com

pone

nt i

s di

rect

ed t

owar

d su

ppor

ting

the

Hea

rt o

f B

orne

o (H

OB

), C

oral

Tria

ngle

(CTI

), an

d S

ulu

Sul

awes

i Mar

ine

Eco

regi

on (S

SM

E)

initi

ativ

es; a

nd m

obiliz

ing

the

priv

ate

sect

or a

nd lo

cal c

omm

unity

sup

port

an

d en

gage

men

t, th

roug

h ef

fect

ive

coor

dina

tion

of t

hese

pro

gram

s as

th

ey im

pact

on

the

thre

e ot

her

pilla

rs o

f the

IB (c

onne

ctiv

ity, f

ood

bask

et,

and

tour

ism

).

The

follo

win

g on

goin

g an

d pi

pelin

e pr

ojec

ts

assi

sted

by

th

e A

sian

D

evel

opm

ent B

ank

(AD

B),

and

invo

lvin

g th

e E

AG

A c

ount

ries,

sup

port

the

IB s

trat

egic

pilla

r on

env

ironm

ent a

nd n

atur

al re

sour

ces

man

agem

ent:

(i)

Coa

stal

and

Mar

ine

Res

ourc

es M

anag

emen

t in

the

Cor

al T

riang

le:

Sou

thea

st A

sia;

3 (ii

) R

egio

nal

Coo

pera

tion

on

Kno

wle

dge

Man

agem

ent,

Pol

icy

and

Inst

itutio

nal S

uppo

rt to

the

CTI

;4 (ii

i) D

evel

opin

g S

usta

inab

le A

ltern

ativ

e Li

velih

oods

in

Coa

stal

Fis

hing

C

omm

uniti

es i

n th

e C

oral

Tria

ngle

(In

done

sia

and

the

Phi

lippi

nes)

;5 an

d (iv

) S

uppo

rt

for

the

Str

engt

heni

ng

of

the

Sul

u–S

ulaw

esi

Tri

Nat

iona

l C

omm

ittee

and

the

Sub

com

mitt

ees

on M

arin

e P

rote

cted

Are

as a

nd

Net

wor

ks;

Sus

tain

able

Fis

herie

s; a

nd E

ndan

gere

d, C

haris

mat

ic,

and

Mig

rato

ry S

peci

es.6

App

endi

x 1

cont

inue

d

3 Th

is r

egio

nal

tech

nica

l as

sist

ance

pro

ject

has

a c

ount

erpa

rt p

roje

ct i

nvol

ving

the

Pac

ific

deve

lopi

ng m

embe

r co

untr

ies—

Stre

ngth

enin

g Co

ral

and

Mar

ine

Reso

urce

s M

anag

emen

t in

the

Cor

al T

riang

le: P

acifi

c—al

so s

uppo

rted

by

AD

B.

4 Th

is pr

ojec

t se

eks

to f

oste

r in

crea

sed

know

ledg

e sh

arin

g am

ong

the

CT6

base

d on

sha

red

goal

s, r

espe

ct f

or a

nd u

se o

f tr

aditi

onal

kno

wle

dge,

cod

ifica

tion

of e

xist

ing

know

ledg

e th

roug

h us

e of

app

ropr

iate

com

mun

icat

ion

tech

niqu

es, a

nd e

nsur

ing

tran

smiss

ion

to a

wid

er a

udie

nce.

It a

lso s

erve

s to

link

AD

B’s

CTI a

ctiv

ities

in S

outh

east

A

sia a

nd P

acifi

c by

faci

litat

ing

CTI-w

ide

info

rmat

ion

exch

ange

and

lear

ning

—in

clud

ing

prog

ram

man

agem

ent a

nd c

oord

inat

ion

supp

ort—

to e

ncou

rage

pol

icy

and

prog

ram

de

velo

pmen

t bas

ed o

n sc

ient

ific

know

ledg

e, g

loba

l bes

t pra

ctic

es, a

nd p

artic

ipat

ory

proc

esse

s in

volv

ing

the

six C

oral

Tria

ngle

cou

ntrie

s as

wel

l as

othe

r par

tner

s.

5 A

s of

Jan

uary

201

2, p

roje

cts

(ii) a

nd (i

ii) h

ave

been

app

rove

d by

AD

B bu

t ha

ve y

et t

o st

art

impl

emen

tatio

n.6

The

proj

ect

was

com

plet

ed in

Oct

ober

201

1, a

nd it

pro

vide

d as

sist

ance

to

the

Tri N

atio

nal C

omm

ittee

s in

the

pre

para

tion

and

cost

ing

of t

he c

ompr

ehen

sive

nat

iona

l pl

ans

of a

ctio

n.

cont

inue

d on

nex

t pag

e

Appendixes 47

App

endi

x 1

cont

inue

d

Go

als/

Ob

ject

ives

and

Str

ateg

ies

Pro

ject

s/A

ctiv

ities

Co

mp

one

nt 2

: Clim

ate

Cha

nge

Ad

apta

tion

and

Miti

gat

ion

The

obje

ctiv

es o

f thi

s co

mpo

nent

are

to

asse

ss t

he p

oten

tial i

mpa

cts

of

clim

ate

chan

ge o

n th

e su

breg

ion’

s na

tura

l re

sour

ces

and

ecos

yste

ms,

in

crea

se a

war

enes

s on

thes

e po

tent

ial i

mpa

cts,

and

form

ulat

e po

licie

s at

th

e na

tiona

l and

sub

regi

onal

leve

ls t

o ad

apt

and

miti

gate

the

impa

ct o

f th

ese

chan

ges.

To b

e d

evel

oped

.

Co

mp

one

nt 3

: Pro

mo

tion

of

Cle

an a

nd G

reen

Pro

duc

tion

Tech

nolo

gie

s

This

com

pone

nt a

im to

•pr

ovid

e an

ena

blin

g en

viro

nmen

t fo

r th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

to

adop

t cl

ean

and

gree

n pr

oduc

tion

tech

nolo

gies

, inc

ludi

ng a

war

enes

s;•

rais

e in

form

atio

n sh

arin

g am

ong

prod

uctio

n an

d m

arke

ting

units

on

clea

n an

d gr

een

prod

uctio

n te

chno

logi

es a

nd g

ood

prac

tices

alo

ng

the

supp

ly c

hain

; and

•id

entif

y gr

een

mar

ket

oppo

rtun

ities

fo

r m

ajor

E

AG

A

prod

ucts

, es

peci

ally

thos

e th

at a

re a

ctiv

ely

trad

ed.

To b

e d

evel

oped

.

Co

mp

one

nt 4

: Ad

dre

ssin

g P

rio

rity

Tra

nsb

oun

dar

y Is

sues

This

com

pone

nt s

eeks

•to

ass

ess

tran

sbou

ndar

y na

tura

l re

sour

ce m

anag

emen

t is

sues

al

ong

the

prio

rity

econ

omic

cor

ridor

s (e

.g.,

the

poss

ible

neg

ativ

e ex

tern

ality

of e

nhan

ced

infra

stru

ctur

e co

nnec

tivity

on

illega

l tra

de in

na

tura

l res

ourc

es a

nd w

ildlif

e); a

nd•

iden

tify

pote

ntia

l an

d cu

mul

ativ

e im

pact

s on

th

e en

viro

nmen

t of

inc

reas

ed e

cono

mic

act

ivity

alo

ng t

he c

orrid

ors

in r

elat

ion

to

tran

spor

t in

frast

ruct

ure,

urb

aniz

atio

n an

d its

att

enda

nt im

pact

s on

ai

r and

wat

er q

ualit

y, la

nd c

onve

rsio

n, a

nd th

e w

elfa

re o

f ind

igen

ous

peop

les,

am

ong

othe

rs.

To b

e d

evel

oped

.

Co

mp

one

nt 5

: Mai

nstr

eam

ing

Env

ironm

ent

in t

he O

ther

Str

ateg

ic P

illar

s o

f B

IMP

-EA

GA

Co

op

erat

ion

This

last

com

pone

nt o

f th

e pi

llar

on t

he e

nviro

nmen

t se

eks

to c

onsi

der

envi

ronm

enta

l dim

ensi

ons

in t

he v

ario

us p

roje

cts

and

activ

ities

of B

IMP

-E

AG

A,

incl

udin

g aw

aren

ess-

rais

ing

and

info

rmat

ion

shar

ing

amon

g va

rious

sta

keho

lder

s.

To b

e d

evel

oped

.

48 Appendixes

Appendix 2 BIMP-EAGA Implementation Blueprint 2012–2016: Two-Year Rolling Pipeline by Strategic Pillar, 2012–2013

Strategic Pillars and Projects

Strategic Pillar 1. Enhanced Connectivity

Kuala Lurah Border Crossing Facility (Brunei Darussalam)

Pandaruan Bridge (Brunei Darussalam)

Pontianak –Entikong Transport Link (Indonesia)

Palawan Ports Development Program (Philippines)

First Equator Asia Access Forum and Airline CEOs Summit (BIMP-EAGA)

Trans Borneo Power Grid: Sarawak–West Kalimantan Power Interconnection (Indonesia and Malaysia)

ICT Rural Outreach Program (iROP) (Brunei Darussalam and Philippines)

Intelligent Clearance Identification (iCLID) (Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia)

Strengthening and Improvements in CIQS Procedures (BIMP-EAGA)

Strategic Pillar 2. Food Basket Strategy

Rice Production/Plantation Project (Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, and Philippines)

Seaweed Project: Compilation of Good Practices and Standards Harmonization (BIMP-EAGA)

Strategic Pillar 3. Tourism Development

Community-Based Ecotourism (CBET) Pilot Sites Development Program (BIMP-EAGA)

Marketing and Promotion (BIMP-EAGA)

Strategic Pillar 4: Environment

Coastal and Marine Resources in the Coral Triangle: Southeast Asia

Regional Cooperation on Knowledge Management, Policy and Institutional Support to the Coral Triangle Initiative

Developing Sustainable Alternative Livelihoods in Coastal Fishing Communities in the Coral Triangle (Indonesia and Philippines)

Support for the Strengthening of the Sulu–Sulawesi Tri National Committee and the Subcommittees on Marine Protected Areas and Networks; Sustainable Fisheries; and Endangered, Charismatic, and Migratory Species

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