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 Seventy-Nine (79) entities registered under Annex 2, as follow:

> Parliamentarians and Judiciary : Three (3) Entities
> Business Organisations : Fifteen (15) Entities
> Think Tank and Academic Institutions : Three (3) Entities
> Accredited Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) : Fourty-Nine (49) Entities
> Other Stakeholders in ASEAN : Nine (9) 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.