SUB-COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM

Sub-Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation Ecosystem (SC-STIE) – Terms of Reference

SC-STIE is the successor to the Subcommittee on Science and Technology Infrastructure and Resources Development (SCIRD). The subcommittee is dedicated to future-proofing the regional STI landscape by fostering high-level partnerships that drive innovation and entrepreneurship across ASEAN. SC-STIE seeks to create an inclusive STI environment that promotes research translation and regional R&D collaboration. By aligning with cross-sectoral strategies, it ensures that STI frameworks are integrated into the broader ASEAN Economic Community to support sustainable and equitable growth.

The focus areas of SC-STIE for the period of 2026-2035 are: 

  1. Talent Development and Mobility
  2. Innovation Ecosystem & Research Translation
  3. STI Information Management & Digitalisation
  4. Regional R&D Infrastructure and Collaboration
  5. Inclusive STI Advancement
  6. STI Enculturation
  1. Cross-Sectoral Strategy #3: Future-proofing the STI ecosystem and fostering partnerships to drive innovation and entrepreneurship
  2. Cross-Sectoral Strategy #5: Investing in talent development and mobility

The Chairmanship shall be held for 2 years, from January of the first year to December of the second year. The rotation of the Chairmanship shall follow alphabetical order.

2026-2027: Philippines
2028-2029: Singapore
2030-2031: Thailand/Timor-Leste*
2032-2033: Vietnam
2034-2035: Brunei Darussalam
2036-2037: Cambodia
2038-2039: Indonesia

*Timor-Leste will co-chair the subcommittee with Thailand to facilitate learning. Timor-Leste will chair independently once ready, at which point the matrix will be revised accordingly.

To be updated

Experts Group on Metrology (EGM) – Terms of Reference & Projects

The ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST) endorsed the recommendation of ASEAN Sub-Committee on S&T Infrastructure and Resources Development (SCIRD) to set up an ASEAN Experts Group on Metrology (EGM) during their 61st Meeting, held on 11-13 May 2011 in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

The purpose of EGM is to develop and promote scientific metrology to underpin the quality infrastructure. This is to enable ASEAN to:

  • Advance its single market agenda
  • Enhance ASEAN enterprise participation in global value chains
  • Support ASEAN enterprise innovation

The EGM shall perform the following functions:

  1. Identify measurement capabilities necessary to support ASEAN’s priority areas, and a harmonised ASEAN measurement system in conformance to international standards;
  2. Identify measures by which EGM can consistently take in order to sustain metrology development of ASEAN, such as:
    1. Establish sustainable mechanism to share metrological traceability among AMS; and
    2. Support developing National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) to have internationally recognised metrological traceability for their national measurement standards;
  3. Facilitate and accelerate the transfer of the scientific and technology development in Metrology among ASEAN countries and from more advanced regions of the world to the ASEAN region;
  4. Provide technical and in-kind support and assistance in the development and applications of research in Metrology;
  5. Raise awareness on roles and contribution of metrology and quality infrastructure in enhancing competitive capacity and innovative capacity among relevant ASEAN sectoral bodies;
  6. Promote cooperation among EGM members, other ASEAN’s quality infrastructure (QI) bodies (e.g. ACCSQ), and relevant ASEAN sectoral bodies;
  7. Promote cooperation between EGM and regional and international metrology and quality infrastructure organisations, and not duplicate any of the existing initiatives

Malaysia

To be updated