To find out more about the ASEAN People's Assembly (APA), please visit the official website at:
http://www.asean-isis-aseanpeoplesassembly.net

The goals of the ASEAN People's Forum are:

• to promote greater awareness of an ASEAN community;
• to promote mutual understanding and tolerance for the diversity of culture, religion, ethnicity, social values, political structures, and processes and other elements of ASEAN diversity;
• to obtain insights and inputs on how to deal with socio-economic problems affecting ASEAN societies;
• to facilitate the bridging of gaps between different ASEAN societies through confidence-building measures; and
• to assist in the building of an ASEAN community of caring societies as sought by the ASEAN Vision 2020.

- taken from the Report of the First ASEAN People's Assembly Foreward, by Assoc. Prof. Simon Tay