Accredited Entities

Article 16 of the ASEAN Charter sets the framework for ASEAN's engagement with entities that support the purposes and principles of the Charter, listed in Annex 2 of the Charter. There are currently Eighty-One (81) entities registered under Annex 2, as follow:

> Parliamentarians and Judiciary : Two (2) Entities
> Business Organisations : Sixteen (16) Entities
> Think Tank and Academic Institutions : Five (5) Entities
> Accredited Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) : Fourty-Eight (48) Entities
> Other Stakeholders in ASEAN : Ten (10) Entities

Entities associated with ASEAN are entrusted with several privileges such as using ASEAN name and logo, as well as tapping in to ASEAN Project Cooperation system.