除了進行聯合军训之外,東約成員國也致力於改善社會和經濟問題[2]:183。東約內部負責監督相关措施的機構是轄下的資訊、文化、教育及勞工活動委員會,而这些政策也備受好評,甚至被认为是“该組織其中一項較为成功的政策”。[2]:183乃朴·沙拉信於1959年在泰國創立了培訓工程师的「東南亞條約組織工程学研究院」(SEATO Graduate School of Engineering,現稱亞洲理工學院)[2]:186。另外该組織也撥款籌建泰國的曼谷教師發展中心和軍事訓練學校,這兩個機構都開辦了技術課程,分別服務教師和軍人[2]:188。除此以外,東南亞條約組織还设立了技術工人培训計劃(Skilled Labor Project),為組織成員國(尤其是泰国)的工人提供培訓講習服務。东约组织曾在泰國開設91個培訓講習班[2]:188。
東約同时也為醫學研究和农业研究提供經費援助[2]:189。在1959年,東約在曼谷設立了第一家研究霍亂病的实验室,其後又在東巴基斯坦(今孟加拉國)的达卡市設立了另一間同類型的實驗室[2]:189。後者成立後不久就成為了世界上其中一家最先進的霍亂研究設施,後來這個實驗室的名字被改為孟加拉國際腹瀉疾病研究中心(International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh)[2]:189-190。該組織也重視文學創作,并为此設立了東南亞條約組織文學獎,獎勵東約成員國境內的優秀作家[37]。
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