- Founded in 2001
- Members:
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- India
- Maldives
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Srilanka
- It aims to promote regional prosperity by improving cross-border connectivity, boosting trade among member countries, and strengthening regional economic cooperation.
- It is a project based partnership
- It is an initiative of Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- ADB is the secretariat and lead financier of the SASEC program.
- Why in news? Myanmar has become its 7th member