The first Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs (DSG CCA), H.E. Bagas Hapsoro, takes oath of office t the ASEAN Secretariat.
DSG Bagas will assist the Secretary-General of ASEAN in managing the CCA Department of the ASEAN Secretariat and in ensuring that the Secretariat has the systems, procedures and resources required to fulfil its roles and mandates in building the ASEAN Community and in the implementation of the ASEAN Charter.
The CCA Department performs a range of core corporate support functions, such as human resource and financial management, administration and information technology.
In accordance with the ASEAN Charter, there are now four DSGs. Two DSGs are nominated by ASEAN Member States based on alphabetical rotation for a non-renewable term of three years and two DSGs are openly recruited based on merit for a three-year term which may be renewed for a further three years. (ASEAN Secretariat)