Figure 7From: A look at the ASEAN-NDI: building a regional health R&D innovation networkThe Hub-and-Spokes model for the ASEAN-NDI. The hub and spokes model for the ASEAN-NDI allows for a variety of national R&D practices to be integrated or connected in the Network, ranging from high level of state participation, and various forms of public-private partnerships. This is in line with the differing political, economic, and sociocultural environments for cooperation in R&D. The permanent Secretariat is located in the Philippines as per the endorsement by the ASEAN S&T Ministers in their 15th meeting in Malaysia, held on 13 November 2013 [15].Back to article page