With support from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Mekong Institute (MI) is going to organize the Third Online Modular Training Program on “Entrepreneurship Development Through E-Commerce Promotion” on May 23-September 9, 2022. The training program is part of the three-year (2020-2022) capacity building project on “Market Access Through E-Commerce Promotion for Women-Led SMEs”. The …

THIRD ONLINE MODULAR TRAINING PROGRAM ON “ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH E-COMMERCE PROMOTION” Read More »

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 30-31, 2022 – The Mekong Institute (MI) and the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) hosted the 3rd Lancang-Mekong Business Forum (LMBF) with the theme “Promoting Agribusiness and Investment in Processed Food Sector”. The Business Forum is part of a long-term project funded by the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund (LMCSF) of P.R. …

PROMOTING AGRIBUSINESS AND INVESTMENT IN PROCESSED FOOD SECTOR THROUGH LANCANG-MEKONG COOPERATION PROGRAM Read More »

Eligible organizations from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Viet Nam, Thailand (CLMVT), and Republic of Korea (ROK) are invited to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for development projects under the 6th call of the Mekong-Republic of Korea Cooperation Fund (MKCF) in any of the following priority sectors: (a) Culture and Tourism, (b) Human Resources Development, …

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Mekong Institute (MI), in collaboration with the Embassy of India, Bangkok, Thailand, organized the Mekong-India Forum on “Engaging Youth in Water Resources Conservation and Management” on March 22, 2022. The Forum, which is part of the India Cooperation Initiatives with the Mekong countries such as the India-Thailand Exchange Program (ITEP) and India Technical Economic Cooperation …

ENGAGING YOUTH IN WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT Read More »

To explore solutions to key policy and sustainability challenges facing the Lower Mekong, the United States Department of State, together with the Stimson Center and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, organized a series of Partnership Policy Dialogues that will run from 2021 to 2023. Mr. Madhurjya K. Dutta, Director of Trade and …

MI EXPERT JOINS THE MEKONG-US POLICY DIALOGUE ON CONNECTIVITY Read More »

The Mekong Institute (MI), in collaboration with the Embassy of India to Thailand, is organizing the Mekong-India Forum on “Engaging Youth in Water Resources Conservation and Management” via Zoom on March 22, 2022 at 9:00 to 11:30 am. The forum, which is part of the India Cooperation Initiatives with the Mekong countries such as the …

CALLING ALL THE YOUTH AND STUDENTS TO JOIN THE MEKONG-INDIA FORUM 2022 Read More »

To share the preliminary findings of the survey on Women in Trade (WIT) Knowledge Platform 2020-2022, the Mekong Institute (MI) conducted a virtual multi-stakeholders’ workshop on March 3, 2022. The workshop was attended by representatives from business associations, chambers of commerce, export promotion agencies, women entrepreneurship associations, exporting companies, research institutions, and policy-makers. The three-year …

TOWARDS BUILDING A KNOWLEDGE PLATFORM FOR WOMEN IN TRADE Read More »

With support from the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund of P. R. China, the Mekong Institute (MI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) of the Royal Government of Thailand and the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce, is hosting the 3rd Lancang-Mekong Business Forum (LMBF) on March 30-31, 2022 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.   With the theme …

EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS HORIZONS: JOIN US IN THE 3RD LANCANG-MEKONG BUSINESS FORUM 2022 Read More »

To comprehensively involve high-level policymakers in exchanging views, building mutual understanding, and developing policy options for proactive regional planning and coordinated management operation, the Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam launched the Mekong Leadership Program and Capacity Building Activities (Mekong LEAD and Mekong BUILD) in a virtual event …

MI AND VIETNAM LAUNCH MEKONG LEAD AND MEKONG BUILD Read More »

To address the shortage of drinking water in rural communities, the Seoul National University R&DB (SNU R&DB) formally launched the ‘Promotion of Innovative Rainwater for Drinking (RFD) System as a Sustainable Water Supply in Rural Schools’ project in a virtual meeting on February 4, 2022. To be implemented in selected schools in the five Mekong …

A SUSTAINABLE RAINWATER FOR DRINKING SYSTEM TO BE PILOTED IN RURAL SCHOOLS IN THE MEKONG COUNTRIES Read More »