Increasing the competitiveness and market opportunities of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV), the Mekong Institute (MI) launched a five-day online regional training on “Preservation and Packaging for Safer Food” which will run from May 9 to 13, 2022 with support from the New Zealand …

PROSAFE CAPACITATES MORE SMES ON FOOD PRESERVATION AND PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY Read More »

Mekong Institute will be organizing eight (8) online safe food courses in 2022 as part of the New Zealand Aid Programme-funded Project on Promoting Safe Food for Everyone (PROSAFE).  These regional online training programs comprise a major component of the five-year food safety project being implemented in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV). The …

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In a webinar Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS): Green Finance as a Critical Trigger on April 8, 2022, Mekong Institute (MI) and the Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA) engaged financial institutions, development partners, academe, and the private sector in a discussion on the current state of green …

GMS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, KEY ACTORS ENCOURAGE MORE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR GREEN FINANCE IN THE REGION Read More »

To share the experience of the successful implementation of ‘One Tambon One Product’ (OTOP) in Thailand, the Mekong Institute (MI) organized a 5-day online training program for relevant national government officials and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to support the promotion and development of ‘One Commune One Product’ (OCOP) in Vietnam on March 28 to …

VIETNAM TEA-PROCESSING SMES LEARN FROM THAILAND’S OTOP EXPERIENCE Read More »

To support the promotion and development ‘One Village One Product’ (OVOP) in Cambodia, the Mekong Institute (MI) organized a 5-day online training program for relevant national government officials and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country on March 21-25, 2022. With financial support from the AEM-METI Economic and Industrial Cooperation Committee (AMEICC) Secretariat, this …

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND SMES IN CAMBODIA ATTEND TRAINING PROGRAM ON ‘ONE VILLAGE ONE PRODUCT’ (OVOP) PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT Read More »

To provide technical assistance through human resources development in national quality infrastructure for agri-food safety and trading standards, the Mekong Institute (MI), in collaboration with the Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), organized the international training program on ‘Food Safety Quality Infrastructure for Market Access for Developing Countries’. Conducted via online platforms from March 14 to …

MI AND TICA LAUNCH AN INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM ON FOOD SAFETY Read More »

Mekong Institute (MI) and SME Service Center (SSC) of the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI), co-organized a two-day training course on “Good Hygiene Practices (GHP) in Food Cottage Industries” on January 27 to 28, 2022 at LNCCI, Luang Prabang, Lao PDR.  Part of MI’s Promoting Safe Food for Everyone (PROSAFE) project, the …

MI AND SSC CONDUCT TRAINING ON GOOD HYGIENE PRACTICES IN FOOD COTTAGE INDUSTRIES IN LAO PDR Read More »

o promote organic agriculture towards resilient and sustainable food systems, Mekong Institute (MI), in collaboration with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), organized an online “Regional Training of Trainers (ToT) for the Implementation of the ASEAN Standard for Organic Agriculture (ASOA)” from January 13 to 21, …

MI PARTNERS WITH GIZ AND ASEAN TO SCALE THE STANDARD FOR ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Read More »

To scale up inclusive, resilient and sustainable food systems policies in the ASEAN region, Mekong Institute, with support from the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Swedish Government and in partnership with the New Zealand Aid Programme and the Lao PDR Agrobiodiversity Platform (Pha Khao Lao), is organizing a two-day virtual forum on December 14 and …

WOMEN AT THE CENTRE OF MAINSTREAMING AGROBIODIVERSITY FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS IN THE ASEAN REGION Read More »