MI’S PROSAFE PROJECT HOLDS INCEPTION WORKSHOP IN CAMBODIA

As Mekong Institute’s PROSAFE Project goes full blast with new training courses, the first in a series of Country Inception Workshops was held yesterday, July 24, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The workshop gathered 27 participants from four key ministries (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [MAFF], Ministry of Industry and Handicraft [MIH], Ministry of Commerce …

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NATIONAL DISSEMINATION WORKSHOPS SHARE FINDINGS OF STUDY ON ACCESS TO FINANCE

Three national dissemination workshops were carried out in Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam between June and July 2018 to disseminate the findings of the study on “Access to Finance for SMEs in Freight Transport and Logistics Sector.” MI organized the workshops in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH following the completion of the …

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MEKONG FORUM 2018 TO HIGHLIGHT INNOVATION, COOPERATION AS DRIVERS OF REGIONAL GROWTH

Innovation and cooperation strategies are the central themes in this year’s Mekong Forum happening on August 3, 2018 at Avani Khon Kaen Hotel & Convention Centre, Khon Kaen. Gathering opinion leaders and key development actors in the region and beyond, this year’s Forum expounds on the theme: Turnarounds and Takeoffs: Speeding Up Competitiveness and Connectivity …

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MI TRAINING UNDERSCORES PEST AND AGRICHEMICAL MANAGEMENT AS VITAL COMPONENT IN ENSURING FOOD SAFETY

Mekong Institute (MI) opens today the third regional training program under the PROSAFE Project: Promoting Safe Food for Everyone. The two-week training course on “Assuring Food Safety through Pest and Agrichemical Management” is being held at the MI Residential Training Center this week until July 27, 2018. Funded by the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP), …

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CLMV FOOD SAFETY CHAMPIONS ATTEND MI TRAINING OF TRAINERS

In an effort to establish a network of skilled and capable safe food trainers in the region, Mekong Institute (MI) brings together key government, university, and private sector representatives for the Regional Training of Trainers on Food Safety Promotion. The one-week training program, which opened today, July 9, is part of the recently launched Food …

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Mekong Forum 2018

DOWNLOAD SPEAKER PROFILES MEKONG FORUM 2018 MEDIA REPORTS SPEAKER PRESENTATION Dr. Chuthatip Maneepong Dr. Htein Lynn Dr. Narongchai Akrasanee Dr. Pisit Puapan Dr. Rachda Chiasakul Dr. Saranyu Viriyavejakul Dr. Sthabandith Insisienmay Mr. Kensuke Tanaka Mr. Paul Stephens Ms. Nguyen Phi Van Speaker Presentation Dr. Chuthatip Maneepong Dr. Htein Lynn Dr. Narongchai Akrasanee Dr. Pisit Puapan …

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MI LAUNCHES PROSAFE FIRST TRAINING COURSE

Mekong Institute (MI), with the support of the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP), launches today, July 2, the five-day Regional Training Program on Food Safety Management Tools for Food Manufacturing at the MI Residential Training Center. The program is the first in a series of food safety training programs organized under the PROSAFE Project: Promoting …

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MI OPENS APPLICATIONS TO COMMUNICATING FOOD SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM

Mekong Institute, supported by the New Zealand Aid Programme, is going to organize Communicating Food Safety: Regional Media Training Program on Food Safety Reporting in CLMV on August 6–10 at Mekong Institute in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Full scholarships will be provided to about 20 media/communication professionals of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam. At present, …

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MI HOSTS INCEPTION WORKSHOP WITH PARTNERS TO DISCUSS WAYS FORWARD OF LMC PROJECTS

Following the milestone signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in April on the cooperation of projects under the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) initiative, Mekong Institute (MI) and the Ministry of Commerce (MOC), Thailand hosted an Inception Workshop on June 21, 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop officially launched the LMC projects to be carried out …

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MI SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED TWO-YEAR PROJECT FUNDED BY JAIF

Mekong Institute (MI) organized the final Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting on “Enhancing Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) of ASEAN Mekong Subregion (AMS)” on June 18, 2018. Serving as the last leg of the said project, results of the final project evaluation, as well as ideas for …

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