TEAM EUROPE
SUPPORTS ASEAN IN FIGHT AGAINST CORONAVIRUS
ASEAN REGION
- The first virtual EU-ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting on 20 March 2020 discussed cooperation on mitigating the social and economic impact in both regions, keeping supply chains open and advancing scientific research.
- Support to the WHO for Southeast Asia (€20 million) to strengthen the health system capacity and to respond to the coronavirus and future diseases.
- EU- ASEAN Expert Dialogue on COVID-19 vaccines.
- €2.2 billion contribution from Team Europe for the COVAX Facility to help secure 1.3 billion doses fo vaccination for 92 low and middle-income countries, including ASEAN Member States.
- The BIOSEC project (€300.000 million) under the CBRN Risk Mitigation Centre of Excellence Initiative is working to improve biosecurity management systems, including for pandemics.
- Germany contributed €5 million to the ASEAN COVID Response Fund.
CAMBODIA*
- Hospitals, water, sanitation, hygiene, and nutrition
- Sustaining livelihoods and economic activities in rural areas
- Supporting social protection, education, and vulnerable groups
- Budget support for economic recovery
MYANMAR
- Protecting livelihoods and resilience of vulnerable communities
- Supporting research and testing capacities
- Strengthening health system preparedness
INDONESIA
- Supporting teaching hospitals and health sector investments
- Working with civil society
- Contributing to the UN Multi Sector Response Plan
THE PHILIPPINES
- Supporting the justice sector and the Department of Health
- Humanitarian Assistance
- Water, sanitation and hygiene
LAOS*
- Supporting digital learning
- Budget support for economic recovery
- Working with civil society and sustaining economic livelihoods
- Supporting health care facilities and testing capacity
THAILAND
- Working with civil society
- Protecting fundamental rights
- Supporting border provinces and refugee camps
MALAYSIA
- Supporting civil society and vulnerable communities, in particular women and children migrants
- Fostering recovery of SMEs
VIETNAM
- Budget support for economic recovery
- Working with civil society
- Expanding social protection and safe water

COVAX FACILITY:
COVID-19 VACCINES FOR ASEAN
COVAX is a global solution to ensure everyone in all corners of the world can get access to COVID-19 vaccines, REGARDLESS OF THEIR WEALTH. The EU Member States have committed to donate at least 100 MILLION doses of vaccines to low and middle-income countries until the end of the year, in particular through COVAX, as part of EU sharing efforts.