Four rice farmer groups from Savannakhet province and eight from Khammouane province of Lao PDR received their Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) certification on March 14, 2019 from the Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR. The GAP certifications attest that rice produced by the farmers follow proper and safe production processes, and …
Deadline for application to the MIYS Program Round 2 for Thai, Cambodian and Vietnamese nationals is extended to April 5, 2019. The MIYS Program is a learning and capacity building opportunity for nationals of the Greater Mekong Subregion to receive hands-on experience in development cooperation work at Mekong Institute in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Selected scholars …
“The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation is one of China’s most formidable foreign policy strategies in recent history. What [LMC] has achieved in the last 1,092 days is remarkable.” This was how Mr. Kavi Chongkittavorn, Senior Fellow at Chulalongkorn University’s Institute of Security and International Studies, summed up his presentation at a forum co-organized by Mekong Institute (MI) …
MI formalizes today a new landmark cooperation agreement with the National Innovation Agency (NIA) for the further promotion of social innovation in the Mekong region countries. The NIA is a Thai public organization that takes the lead in the promotion and development of Thailand’s innovation ecosystem for national competitiveness. The signing ceremony of the …
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Bangkok, Thailand (March 18, 2019) – A new project that aims to strengthen the capacities of key actors in delivering the objectives of the Mekong-Lancang Cooperation is being officially launched today as the Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the Embassy of P.R. China in Thailand, and Mekong Institute (MI) sign a Memorandum of Understanding …
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Ms. Maria Theresa Medialdia, Director of MI’s Agricultural Development and Commercialization (ADC) Department, and Ms. Ratna Devi Nadarajan, ADC Program Specialist, visited national agencies in P.R. China on March 6-7, 2019 as part of the project on “Transboundary Cooperation Mechanism on Adaptation to Climate Change and Hydropower Development Project.” The team met with experts from …
Mekong Institute, with the support of the Republic of Korea through the Mekong-Republic of Korea Cooperation Fund (MKCF), is organizing the 3rd modular training on Green Freight and Logistics Management in Mekong Countries at the MI Residential Training Center in Khon Kaen, Thailand. The training program is scheduled on April 1-5, 2019 (Third Modular Training). …
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A total of 20 food safety trainers from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) are attending Mekong Institute’s Regional Training of Trainers on Food Safety Promotion this week from March 11–15 at the MI Residential Training Center in Khon Kaen. An integral part of the Promoting Food Safety for Everyone (PROSAFE) Project, the one-week …
Mekong Institute (MI) will be organizing a series of safe food courses this year as part of the New Zealand Aid Programme-funded Food Safety Project. These regional training programs comprise a major component of the five-year food safety project to be implemented in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV). The Project primarily seeks to …
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Mekong Institute (MI) is an intergovernmental organization (IGO) founded by the Governments of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries, namely Cambodia, People’s Republic of China (PRC), Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam. MI is located in Thailand and works closely with the six GMS countries to promote regional development, cooperation and integration through capacity …
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