To harness the creative energies of textile artisans in Southeast Asia for their benefit and that of their communities.
To acknowledge and recognize the importance of cultural diversity within Southeast Asia's respective textile-producing communities.
To enable the implementation of community-based development strategies.
To give proper respect and consideration to the socioeconomic circumstances of textile creators and their communities.
To promote and encourage the utilization of traditional textile production techniques and indigenous materials by master craftspeople and weavers.
To encourage the people of ASEAN to wear traditional textiles and costumes.
To create a new approach for preserving traditional textiles by transforming them into a living art form, thus maintaining the viability of the related industry.