ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA)
A negotiated regional agreement among ASEAN's ten member states, described as the first region-wide comprehensive digital economy agreement; negotiations concluded 27 to 29 May 2026 at the Second Meeting of the 57th ASEAN Senior Economic Officials Meeting, with the text in legal scrubbing and signing targeted at the 49th ASEAN Summit in November 2026. Not yet in force as of August 2026.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 2 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified AI Data Governance Professional (CADGP).
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
A negotiated regional agreement among ASEAN's ten member states, described as the first region-wide comprehensive digital economy agreement; negotiations concluded 27 to 29 May 2026 at the Second Meeting of the 57th ASEAN Senior Economic Officials Meeting, with the text in legal scrubbing and signing targeted at the 49th ASEAN Summit in November 2026. Not yet in force as of August 2026.
A region-wide digital economy agreement whose negotiations concluded 27 to 29 May 2026 but which remained in legal scrubbing, unsigned, as of 15 August 2026, with signing targeted at the 49th ASEAN Summit in November 2026. Cited in a governance memo only as a review trigger until it is signed and in force.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- ASEAN Data Flows · Consent, Purpose, and the Law of Data, Certified AI Data Governance Professional (CADGP)
- ASEAN is not one market: the regional HQ problem · The World's Rulebooks, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) starts. The lessons above teach it inside the competencies below, which are what job descriptions ask for and what the GAGE credential records. Every link here is drawn from the same careers map that builds a role's readiness check.
Applies IMDA's Model AI Governance Framework, AI Verify and the PDPA alongside Western frameworks for organizations operating across Asia.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
How job descriptions say it
Postings rarely use the textbook word. These are the phrases the careers map reads as asking for the competencies above.
Where the frameworks place it: IMDA Model AI Governance Framework; PDPA; AI Verify.
One interview question about it
Compare Singapore's approach to AI governance with the EU's, and say when a company should follow which.
Asked of candidates for singapore and apac ai governance frameworks. Answering it in your own words is exactly how a GAGE topic is passed, and the credential records the pass where an employer can check it.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.