The liberalization of trade barriers, proliferation of regional free-trade agreements (FTAs) and the integration of the Mekong Countries into the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) presents a range of trade policy challenges. As signatories to a range of FTA agreements – including the ASEAN FTA – CLMV countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam) have tremendous …
The Mekong Institute (MI) conducted a one-week regional training program on Business Research Methods and Information Management along the North-South Economic Corridors: NSEC (R3A & R3B)” from July 14-18, 2014 at its residential training center, Khon Kaen, Thailand. This training course is a part of the one-year project on “Enhancing Provincial and Local Chambers of …
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) hold the key to unlocking the economic development and growth potential of the GMS member states’ economies. For this potential to be realized, however, states must implement their commitments and obligations under the various ratified FTAs – especially the ASEAN FTA – and local SMEs must develop the skills and …
The quality and safety of ASEAN-produced fruits, vegetables and meat products vary greatly due to the wide diversity of systems, infrastructure, resources and capacities in the region. While more economically developed countries have established internationally-recognized and supported good agricultural and postharvest practices (GAPs), Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar – in particular – have struggled to …
Friday (May 31) marked the completion of the two-week second batch ‘SME Cluster Development and Export Consortia’ training program, held at MI headquarters in Khon Kaen. The program was part of the three year ‘Capacity Building for the Integration of CLMV Economies into ASEAN Economic Community 2015’, funded by the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP) …
Sponsored by the People’s Government of Yunnan Province of P. R. China, MI’s Trade and Investment Facilitation Division (TIF) conducted a training course entitled, ‘Business Research and Database Development for Chambers of Commerce and Industry along North South Economic Corridors (NSEC),’ from March 25-29, in Khon Kaen, Thailand. The training was part of a six-month …
The ‘SME cluster promotion and investor forum’ was held on 19th March 2014 at the Sasin Japan Centre, Bangkok which was jointly organized by the Mekong Institute (MI) and Sasin Japan Center (SJC). The forum was attended by 36 participants comprising of SME clusters from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam and buyers and traders from …
The Mekong Institute (MI), in collaboration with the Economic Research Institute for Trade (ERIT), the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC) of Lao PDR, and the New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade Aid Programme, has recently conducted a national workshop designed to disseminate action research findings into SME cluster development in Lao PDR. The workshop …
Last Friday (1 February) saw the conclusion of the two-day round table meeting on SME cluster and value chain integration in the CLMV countries. The meeting provided national researchers with a platform through which to discuss, critique, and exchange research findings conducted between November 2012 January 2013 looking specifically at SME cluster, production expansion, and …
With the Synthesis and Evaluation Workshop, the two-year joint MI-Japan ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF) project on Enhancing Provincial and Local Chambers of Commerce Capacities in Trade and Investment Facilitation along the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) was formally concluded. The S&E workshop, attended by twenty-six mid-to-senior level officers from provincial chambers of commerce, SME associations and …
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