The ASEAN Working Group on Environmental Education (AWGEE) established on 7 July 2007, is a subsidiary body under the ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment (ASOEN). AWGEE was primarily formed as a consultative forum to coordinate and foster cooperation among ASEAN sectoral bodies and dialogue partners, ensuring a harmonized and integrated approach in promoting environmental education to the ASEAN Member States (AMS), which include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The ASEAN Dialogue Partners are Australia, Canada, China, the European Union, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Russia, and the United States. AWGEE has organized various activities and workshops related to environmental education, attended by the involved countries.

At the national level, the Department of Environment (DOE) is the agency appointed by the Ministry as the National Focal Point and National Contact Person for Malaysia.