ASEAN holds first partnership conference on COVID-19 recovery 09:19 | 17/03/2021 In Bangkok, Thailand (Photo: Xinhua) Jakarta â The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) recently held its first virtual Partnership Conference themed âTowards Post-COVID Recovery and Resilience in ASEANâ to strengthen cross-pillar and cross-sectoral coordination among ASEAN, its stakeholders and partners in realising the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework. The event attracted 222 delegates, including leaders of ASCC, Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN, representatives of ASEAN sectoral dialogue partners, development partners, UN agencies, international organisations, and the ASEAN Secretariat. In his opening remarks, Deputy Secretary General of ASEAN for ASCC Kung Phoak emphasised that the regionâs recovery efforts must be done in a systematic and coordinated way, in concert with stakeholders and partners. He reiterated that these major tasks cannot be accomplished by the ASEAN governments alone.