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Cross-Border Infrastructure Management: Managing Regional Public Goods
Agenda

Day 1, 12 November 2007

Keynote Speech and Distinguished Speaker Seminar
A distinguished speaker seminar is held on Day 1 to provide an overview on regional public goods (RPGs) and its role towards regional economic development. The seminar is open not only to the workshop participants but to the public as well.

15-:30-16:00

Registration
16:00–16:10

Introduction by Mario Lamberte, Research Director, ADBI
16:10–17:30

Distinguished Speaker Seminar and Keynote Speech
'Regional Public Goods, Aid , and Development'

  • What are regional public goods;
  • Why do countries need to coordinate with each other;
  • What are the benefits and costs of RPG;
  • What are some examples of RPGs

Prof. Todd Sandler, The University of Texas at Dallas
18:00-20:00

Dinner Reception
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Day 2, 13 November 2007

Opportunities and Threats, Issues and Challenges in the Management of Cross Border Infrastructure Development and Trade Facilitation

The second day focuses on cross-border infrastructure and trade facilitation. It aims to understand the opportunities, impact on the management of regional transport infrastructure development and trade facilitation. Theoretical explanations and some cases will be provided to complete these objectives. In addition, the brief overview of regional infrastructure will be presented as an introduction to the policy seminar.

09:00-09:10

Opening Remarks by Worapot Manupipatpong, CBT Director, ADBI
09:20-10:30

Session 1: Issues and Challenges in the Management of Cross-border Infrastracture Development and Trade Facilitation Moderator: Douglas Brooks, ADBI

Session 1.1: Transport Infrastructure Networks and Trade and Transport Facilitation: Issues and Challenges

  • Globalization and the development of transport corridors
  • The need for intermodal connections
  • Opportunities and threats to regional transport infrastructure development
  • Policies and legal instruments that facilitate trans-Asian transport and logistics systems
  • Integrated approach to trade and transport facilitation

Geetha Karandawala, UNESCAP

Session 1.2: Strategic Transport Sector Development in Central and West Asia

  • Regional transport infrastructure development and trade facilitation projects and progress in GMS
  • Experiences and lessons learned from those projects
  • Issues and challenges raised from those projects

Haruya Koide, ADB
10:30-10:40

Coffee Break
10:40-12:30

Session 2: Issues and Challenges in Transport and Logistics

Moderator: Biswa Bhattacharyay, ADBI

Session 2.1: The Hub Ports Development Strategies in East Asia-From the perspective of Global Logistics

Mariner Wang, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

Session 2.2: Changing Logistics in East Asia: Experiments by JETRO's 'ASEAN Logistics Network Map'

Tetsuo Shibata, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)

Ryuichi Yoshimoto, Japan Institute of Logistics Systems(JILS) JILS Research Center Principal Researcher

Session 2.3: JICA Research on Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure

Motoko Kaneko, JBIC-ALMEC Corporation
Tomoyoshi Suzuki, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
12:30-13:30

Lunch Break
13:30-16:00

Session 3: Experiences, Lessons Learned and Steps Forward in Cross-border Infrastructure Network and Trade Facilitation in Different Regions

Moderator: Tsuneaki Yoshida, The University of Tokyo

Session 3.1: Regional Infrastructure Network Development and Trade Facilitation in Asia

  • Experiences on transport infrastructure development and trade and transport facilitation
  • Bringing development inland and dry ports and logistics centers
  • The Case of Asian Highway and Trans-Asian Railway
  • Positive and negative externalities
  • Key factors that lead to success
  • Facilitating cross-border trade and transport through subregional agreements and international conventions
  • Common policy making and coordination

Geetha Karandawala, UNESCAP

Session 3.2: The possible policy development for creating trans-Asian transport network

  • Current situation of Asian transportation and logistics
  • Bottle necks in hard and soft infrastructure of the Asian transport network
  • Recent and further needed policy development for creating "Trans-Asian multi-modal transport network"
  • Future views and possibilities on developing the Asian common policy for the transport sub-sector

Kenji Ono, National and Regional Planning Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

Session 3.3: Issues and Challenges for the Regional Transport Infrastructure Network Development Projects and Trade Facilitation Programs in GMS

Session 3.4: Institutional Cooperation for Cross-Border Infrastructure Development and Trade Facilitation

  • Institutional coordination and agreement
  • Coordinating national and regional projects
  • Capacity building and training
  • Public-Private Partnerships

Ronnie Butiong, ADB
16:00-16:15

Coffee Break
16:15-17:30

Session 4: Cross-border Infrastructure and Environmental Issues
Moderator: Biswa Bhattacharyay, ADBI

  • The environmental impact of cross-border infrastructure (i.e. different standards)
  • Air quality issues arising from cross-border infra development
  • Clean air initiatives (case studies – good/bad examples, lessons learned)

Cornie Huizenga, Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia)
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Day 3, 14 November 2007

  • Introduction to Methodologies in Managing Cross Border Infrastructure Development and Trade Facilitation
  • Institutional Outlook on ADBI'S Programs and Projects

The main objective of the third day is to provide a submodule on techniques and methodologies in managing cross-border infrastructure development. The Project Cycle Method as well as a general methodological framework on project appraisal will be discussed among others. Also, ADBI's Research Group will introduce an institutional view on ADBI's flagship project on Infrastructure and Regional Cooperation.

09:00-12:30

Session 5: Introduction to Methodologies in Managing Cross Border Infrastructure Development and Trade Facilitation

Moderator: Minato Naonobu, Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID)

Session 5.1: The Project Cycle Management (PCM) Method

Minato Naonobu, FASID

Session 5.2: General Methodological Framework for Project Appraisal

Herath Gunatilake, Senior Economist, ADB

Session 5.3: Transit Route Analysis through ESCAP Time/Cost Distance Methodology

  • Development of methodology and use
  • Data collection
  • Need to identify isolate and address physical and non-physical bottlenecks
  • Practical application of methodology in route analysis
  • Use of methodology in transport corridor development

Geetha Karandawala, UNESCAP

Session 5.4: Assessing and Modeling the Impact of Cross-border Transport Infrastructure

  • Modeling of international trade and freight transport;
  • Issues in the appraisal of transport projects

Ryuichi Shibasaki, National Institute of Land and Infrastructure Management

Session 5.5: Appraisal of Cross-border Infrastructure Projects

  • Cross-border transport demand estimation and analysis on economic impact

Herath Gunatilake, ADB
12:30-13:30

Lunch Break
13:30-15:00

Biswa N. Bhattacharyay

Mario Lamberte, Douglas Brook and Susan Stone, ADBI
15:00-15:15

Coffee Break
15:15-17:30

Session 7: Introduction to Group Work and Discussion

Group Work

Participants are subdivided into groups. They are given the background on their group work activities, informed of next day’s oral presentation and requested to come up with an executive summary of their group work to be submitted on Thursday (November 15).

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Day 4, 15 November 2007

The final day includes WRAP UP COMMENTS from select speakers which will revolve around the topic of ‘Finding Ways Forward in Cross-border infrastructure Management’, as well as output presentation of the participants’ group work to share potential concepts, ideas and strategies and discuss the most feasible steps towards better management of cross border infrastructure.

09:00-10:40

Session 8: Group Presentation and Speaker/Audience Feedback[ PDF 687.1KB | 8 pages ]
10:40-11:00

Coffee break
11:00-12:00

Session 9: Wrap Up Comments from Selected Speakers

Finding Ways Forward in Cross-border infrastructure Managing Reginal Public Goods

  • Todd Sandler
  • Mariner Wang
  • Ronnie Butiong
  • Worapot Manupipatpong
12:0-12:20

Closing Remarks by Mario Lamberte, Director of Research, (ADBI)
12:20-13:30

Lunch Break
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