Chan Sze-Wei is a Research Associate in the ASEAN Law and Policy Programme at CIL, NUS. Sze-Wei’s research focuses on the development of ASEAN institutions and legal frameworks, and is a continuation of their involvement in the ASEAN Charter drafting process from 2006-2007 while working in the Singapore Foreign Service.
Dr Tan Hsien-Li is Assistant Professor at the Law Faculty; and Co-Director of the ASEAN Law and Policy Programme at the Centre for International Law (CIL) at National University of Singapore (NUS).
Chan Sze-Wei is a Research Associate in the ASEAN Law and Policy Programme at CIL, NUS. Sze-Wei's research focuses on the development of ASEAN institutions and legal frameworks, and is a continuation of their involvement in the ASEAN Charter drafting process from 2006-2007 while working in the Singapore Foreign Service.
Ms Yvette Foo is a Research Assistant in the ASEAN Law and Policy Programme at CIL, NUS, and Assistant Production Manager for the Asian Journal of International Law. She is researching ASEAN economic integration and dispute settlement mechanisms.
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Enforcing DEFA Compliance within ASEAN’s Rules-based Framework
In this second part of our two-part series on the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA), Dr Tan Hsien-Li and her team explore the critical aspect of compliance within ASEAN's Rules-based Framework and offer their recommendations.
As the pioneering binding regional treaty in the realm of the digital economy, the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) serves as a blueprint delineating extensive cooperative obligations among its members over short, medium, and long-term horizons. Yet, understanding the origins, essence, and legal architecture of the ASEAN DEFA remains paramount. In this introductory instalment of a two-part series, we delve into the inception, substance, and legal framework of the ASEAN DEFA.
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Enforcing DEFA Compliance within ASEAN’s Rules-based Framework
In this second part of our two-part series on the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA), Dr Tan Hsien-Li and her team explore the critical aspect of compliance within ASEAN's Rules-based Framework and offer their recommendations.
As the pioneering binding regional treaty in the realm of the digital economy, the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) serves as a blueprint delineating extensive cooperative obligations among its members over short, medium, and long-term horizons. Yet, understanding the origins, essence, and legal architecture of the ASEAN DEFA remains paramount. In this introductory instalment of a two-part series, we delve into the inception, substance, and legal framework of the ASEAN DEFA.
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Programme Fellow
Mouna Aouri is an Institute Fellow at the Tech For Good Institute. As a social entrepreneur, impact investor, and engineer, her experience spans over two decades in the MENA region, South East Asia, and Japan. She is founder of Woomentum, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs in APAC through skill development and access to growth capital through strategic collaborations with corporate entities, investors and government partners.
Senior Fellow & Founding Executive Director
Dr Ming Tan is Senior Fellow at the Tech for Good Institute; where she served as founding Executive Director of the non-profit focused on research and policy at the intersection of technology, society and the economy in Southeast Asia. She is concurrently a Senior Fellow at and the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore and Advisor to the Founder of the COMO Group, a Singaporean portfolio of lifestyle companies operating in 15 countries worldwide. Ming was previously Managing Director of IPOS International, part of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. Prior to joining the public sector, she was Head of Stewardship of the COMO Group.
Ming also serves on the boards of several private companies, Singapore’s National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), and on the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre. Her current portfolio spans philanthropy, social impact, sustainability and innovation.
