Rapid growth is set to change the face of cities across the Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, opening up new economic opportunities as the urban middle class swells. By 2050, the United Nations expects that two-thirds of the world population will live in cities. Urbanisation will therefore be a major trend shaping societies and economies across the world for the decades to come, especially in Asia and Africa which are both latecomers in terms of urbanisation. ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Blueprint 2025 is the commitment to lift the quality of life of its peoples through cooperative activities that are people-oriented, people-centred, environmentally friendly, and geared towards the promotion of sustainable development to face new and emerging challenges in ASEAN. This region believes that the successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) will require all countries to harness the positive force of sustainable urbanisation. As more and more of the world's population move to urban centres, cities play a critical role in sustainable development. In this regard, ASEAN welcomes the New Urban Agenda adopted at Habitat III. The New Urban Agenda reaffirms our global commitment to sustainable urban development as a critical step for realising sustainable development in an integrated and coordinated manner at all levels, with the participation of all relevant actors. The ASCC is committed to opening a world of opportunities to collectively deliver and fully realise human development, resiliency and sustainable development through Member States' cooperation on a wide range of area, including: culture and information, education, youth and sports, health, social welfare and development, women and gender, rights of the women and children, labour, civil service, rural development and poverty eradication, environment, trans boundary haze-pollution, disaster management and humanitarian assistance.