As one of the founding members of the Silk Road Think Tank Network (referred to as ‘SiLKS’ ), MI’s Executive Director, Dr. Watcharas Leelawath and Mr. Madhurjya Kumar Dutta, Director of Trade and Investment Department attended the SiLKS Annual Meeting and the Silk Road Forum held on June 20-21, 2016 in Warsaw, Poland. The Forum …
Mekong Institute Food Safety Project (MI-FSP) team has met with food safety key stakeholders last June 14-15, 2016 to explore opportunities for cooperation as well as consult with them about possible ways of implementing capacity development activities that will address the priority food safety needs of Cambodia. With support from New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP), …
MI TEAMS UP WITH RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS TO IDENTIFY FOOD SAFETY NEEDS IN CAMBODIA Read More »
“How should the Mekong Institute (MI) work with Lao PDR in order to address its most pressing food safety needs?” This is the question representatives from the Mekong Institute (MI), including the Agricultural Development and Commercialization (ADC) Department’s Director Ms. Maria Theresa S. Medialdia, aimed to answer when they met with key food safety stakeholders …
MI MEETS WITH FOOD SAFETY KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN LAO PDR Read More »
The Ministry of Commerce of Thailand, in collaboration with alliance agencies from both the government and private sectors, organized the CLMVT Forum 2016 from June 16-18, 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Forum, for the first time ever, themed as “Towards a Shared Prosperity”, is the stage to showcase the region’s potential, opportunities, development and advanced …
Connectivity has emerged as a significant priority in today’s economy, particularly in Asia and the Pacific, serving as the bedrock for regional economic cooperation and integration. In collaboration with strategic partners, MI has proposed and formulated the project titled “Enhancing Competitiveness of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises along the Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) of the ASEAN …
ENHANCING SMES’ COMPETITIVENESS ALONG THE GMS SOUTHERN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR Read More »
Development in the rural region has been given more importance today than it was in the earlier decades. Back then, economic growth was mainly prioritized which caused an uneven development growth. But as the economy grew, it became apparent that rural development was just as crucial. Much of today’s population growth dynamics stem from rural …
PRIORITIZING SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN LAO PDR AND THAILAND Read More »
The recent diplomatic spat between Indonesia and Singapore over the city-state’s effort to prosecute an Indonesian businessman for his alleged involvement in the haze last year was a frank reminder of the devastating impact man-made disasters can have on the region. Yet while the regional haze – considered the worst since 1997 – attracted most …
The five-day regional training program on Sustainable Rural Development commenced on June 13, 2016, at the Mekong Institute (MI) Residential Training Center in Khon Kaen, Thailand. The training was attended by 17 participants from Thailand and Lao PDR. Dr. Watcharas Leelawath, MI Executive Director, welcomed the participants to the program, which is part of a …
TRAINING PROGRAM ON “SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT” Read More »
Mekong Institute (MI) signed the Partnership Agreement between MI-GIZ and GMS-FRETA for the EU-Switch-Asia Project implementation on June 2nd, 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand, and entered into a grant contract for implementing the project on “Sustainable Freight Transport and Logistics in the Mekong Region”. Funded by European Commission (EC), the Partnership Agreement is to fulfill the …
Khon Kaen, Thailand – June 2016 With support from the Mekong-Republic of Korea Cooperation Fund (MRCF), Mekong Institute (MI) has successfully conducted a two-week training on “Certified Logistics Master program” from May 23 to June 3, 2016. The training aimed to improve cross-border and trans-shipment logistics services through capacity development and accreditation of local logistics …
3RD REGIONAL TRAINING ON CERTIFIED LOGISTICS MASTER PROGRAM Read More »
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