In collaboration with the Mekong Institute (MI), the Lao-China participants team jointly conducted a “Lao-China Business Matching on Trade Events Promotion along North-South Economic Corridor (NSEC: R3A) on February 14, 2015 at the Beautiful Boten Special Economic Zone, Luang Namtha Province, Lao PDR. The event was part of the one-year project on “Enhancing Provincial and …

LAO-CHINA BUSINESS MATCHING ON TRADE EVENTS PROMOTION ALONG NORTH-SOUTH ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (NSEC : R3A) COMPLETED ON FEB 14, 2015 Read More »

The Mekong Institute (MI), Mekong River Commission (MRC) and ASEAN Connectivity had a tripartite meeting on February 12, 2015 at the Office of RMC Secretariat in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The meeting aimed at identifying and discussing areas of possible joint/complementary activities, collaboration and cooperation, as well as exchanging technical information and mapping out the linkages …

FACILITATING TRADE AND INVESTMENT ALONG THE MEKONG -TRIPARTITE MEETING HELD AT VIENTIANE ON FEBRUARY 12, 2015 Read More »

One of the biggest barriers for SMEs in the CLMV in recent years is inadequate capacity and lack of opportunities to network with international and regional investors for market expansion. With the success of the first Investor Forum held in March 2014 and with the support from the New Zealand government , the MI in …

MARKET ACCESS TO SME CLUSTERS PROMOTED UNDER THE THREE YEAR NZAP FUNDED PROJECT IN THE CLMV COUNTRIES Read More »

The Mekong Institute organized a joint Synthesis & Evaluation Workshop on Promoting SME Cluster Development Agents, Enhancing Utilization of FTA and Trade Policy and Trade Negotiations on 26 November 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand, funded by the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP). The participants in this workshop were a group of thirteen MI alumni from Cambodia, …

THE SYNTHESIS & EVALUATION WORKSHOP ON PROMOTING SME CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT AGENTS, ENHANCING UTILIZATION OF FTA AND TRADE POLICY AND TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WAS SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED. Read More »

Myanmar is now in the process of promoting SMEs to drive up the national economic growth. However, facts showed that the country is still facing with the challenges of low utilization of FTAs, inadequate foreign investment, underdeveloped institutional and infrastructure development and red tapes for administrative processing and approval.  The Mekong Institute, with the support …

NATIONAL WORKSHOP OF “ENHANCING THE UTILIZATION OF FTA BY SMES” IN YANGON Read More »

One of the major issues faced by the CLMV countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) hindering narrowing of development gaps and economic integration into AEC is the limited public human resource capacities and institutional support systems to develop and implement SME and trade and investment policy and regulatory frameworks. Capacity building of these institutions is …

THE “REGIONAL MULTI STAKEHOLDERS FORUM ON ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (AEC) AND REGIONAL AGREEMENTS: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR SMES” SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED IN BANGKOK, THAILAND ON OCTOBER 10, 2014. Read More »

The Mekong Institute (MI) with the support of the Khon Kaen Provincial Government successfully hosted “The International Seminar cum Business Matching on Silk Development” from 12 to 13 September 2014. This event was composed of three main activities – seminar, business matching and silk exhibition. The event also provided an e-networking platform- www.aseansilkbiz.com for players …

2014 INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR CUM BUSINESS MATCHING ON SILK DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED Read More »

To enhance understanding on the concepts and approaches of SME clusters and export consortia development and form three clusters and export consortia groups in pepper, salt, and fish sauce products, the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts (MIH), Royal Government of Cambodia and the Mekong Institute (MI) organized a two-day workshop on “SME Cluster and Export …

MI PROMOTES SALT, PEPPER AND FISH SAUCE PRODUCT CLUSTER IN KAMPOT, CAMBODIA. Read More »

Working as the chairperson and secretariat of the FRETA Logistic Masters Project, the Mekong Institute (MI) hosted the first Technical Working Group (TWG) Meeting at the Sukosol Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand on August 27, 2014. This two-year FRETA Logistics Master Project, funded by the Republic of Korea, has been officially launched since August 2014.  The …

FIRST TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP MEETING OF THE FRETA LOGISTICS MASTER PROJECT IN BANGKOK, THAILAND ON AUGUST 27, 2014 Read More »

The Mekong Institute (MI) conducted a one-week advanced Training of Trainer (TOT) Program on Enhancing the Utilization of FTA by SMEs from 18 – 22 August, 2014. The program is part of the three-year project on Capacity Building for Integrating CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) Economies into the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, …

ADVANCED TOT PROGRAM ON ENHANCING UTILIZATION OF FTA BY SMES, FROM 18 – 22 AUGUST 2014 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. Read More »