Managing Regional Public Goods Workshop
Agenda

Registration

Welcome Remarks

By Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, Deputy Secretary-General, NESDB, Government of Thailand

Peter McCawley, Dean, ADB Institute (ADBI)

Irena Vojackova-Sollorano, Regional Representative for Southeast Asia, IOM

Introduction to the Workshop by Toru Tatara, Special Adviser to the Dean, Workshop Coordinator, ADBI

Photo Session and Break

Module 1: Strategic Regional Planning – “Vision - Think Regional”
Facilitator: Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, Deputy Secretary-General, NESDB, Government of Thailand

Asia’s Strategic Approach to Regional Cooperation – ADB’s Perspective by Clay Wescott, Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist, ADB

• Presentation: Asia’s Strategic Approach to Regional Cooperation – ADB’s Perspective [PDF 1.6MB | 27 pages]

Discussions

Case Study – Strategic Framework for Mekong Infrastructure Development by Vaughan Corbett, Team Leader, Mekong Infrastructure Development Strategy Study, ADB

• Presentation: Case Study – Strategic Framework for Mekong Infrastructure Development [PDF 84KB | 20 pages]

Discussions

ESCAP’s Regional Cooperation Framework for Trade Facilitation in Asia and the Pacific by Somnuk Keretho, Trade Facilitation expert, Trade and Efficiency Facilitation Section, Trade and Investment Division, ESCAP

• Presentation: Regional Cooperation Framework for Trade Facilitation in Asia and the Pacific [PDF 1MB | 50 pages]

Discussions

Dinner Reception hosted by IOM / ADBI

Module 2: Cross-border Infrastructure, Trade and Investment Facilitation
Facilitator: Toru Tatara, Special Adviser to the Dean, ADB Institute

Think Regional: Regional Integration in Asia --- ASEAN, East Asia Summit & Regionalism by Eric Teo Chu Cheow, Managing Director, Savoir Faire Corporate Consultants, Singapore & Council Secretary, Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA)

• Presentation: Think Regional: Regional Integration in Asia - ASEAN, East Asia Summit & Regionalism [PDF 122KB | 9 pages]

Discussion

Regional infrastructure and its Impact on trade and Investment – Evidence from the Mekong Subregion by Peter Brimble, President, Asia Policy Research Co., Ltd.

• Presentation: Regional Infrastructure and its Impact on trade and investment – Evidence from the Mekong Subregion [PDF 1.5MB | 43 pages]

Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure and Its Impact through Trade and Investment in the GMS by Manabu Fujimura, Associate Professor, Aoyamagakuin University, Japan

• Presentation: Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure and Its Impact through Trade and Investment in the GMS [PDF 547KB | 51 pages]

Discussions

Truck Transportation System from Bangkok to Hanoi – Evidence of cross-border customs simplification : METI - JETRO Survey by Kunihiko Shinoda, Representative of METI, Bangkok, Thailand

• Presentation: Truck Transportation System from Bangkok to Hanoi – Evidence of cross-border customs simplification : METI - JETRO Survey [PDF 1.1MB | 38 pages]

Discussions

Single-stop inspection: Customs simplification in the GMS and Cross-border Agreement on Movement of Goods and People by Silvio Cattonar, Director, Mekong Regional Department, ADB

• Presentation: Single-stop inspection: Customs simplification in the GMS and Cross-border Agreement on Movement of Goods and People [PDF 523.2KB | 32 pages ]

Discussions

Facilitator: Jingjai, Director, Thai Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Changing Determinants of Foreign Investors in the GMS - JBIC Survey on Foreign Investors in the Mekong (Blue Book) by Taisuke Miyao, Senior Representative, JBIC, Bangkok, Thailand

• Presentation: Changing Determinants of Foreign Investors in the GMS - JBIC Survey on Foreign Investors in the Mekong (Blue Book) [PDF 573KB | 30 pages]

Attracting foreign investors to small land-locked country – Case study of Lao PDR by Motoyoshi Suzuki, Suzuka International University, and JICA Expert to Lao, PDR

• Presentation: Attracting foreign investors to small land-locked country – Case study of Lao PDR [PDF 462KB | 48 pages]

Discussions

Successful Strategy for Attracting FDI in Thailand and the GMS by Atchaka Brimble, Senior Executive Advisor (Policy and Planning Officer 10), Thailand Board of Investment

• Presentation: Successful Strategy for Attracting FDI in Thailand and the GMS [PDF 1.5MB | 37 pages]

Discussions

Establishing special economic zones along the borders of Lao PDR and Thailand by Sonephet Inthavong, Vice Chairman of the SEZA initiative

• Presentation: Establishing special economic zones along the borders of Lao PDR and Thailand [PDF 1.7MB | 31 pages]

Discussions

Group Discussions

Preparation of a paper on “Policy recommendations for promoting cross-border trade and investment “ for Monday morning presentation

Module 3: Preventing infectious diseases through regional cooperation – lessons learned and case studies

Group Presentations (5 small groups)

Facilitators:
Jaime Calderon, Project Coordinator for Migration Health, IOM Regional Office for Southeast Asia, Bangkok, Thailand

Federico Soda, Project Development Officer, Labor Migration, IOM Regional Office for Southeast Asia, Bangkok, Thailand

• Presentation: Group Presentations - Group 1 (Trade & Investment) [PDF 151KB | 22 pages]
• Presentation: Group Presentations - Group 2 (Cooperation and Planning) [PDF 187KB | 13 pages]
• Presentation: Group Presentations - Group 3 (Cross Border Movement and Its Impact on Public Health) [PDF 366KB | 18 pages]

1. Overview of labor migration and health issues in Asia
2. WHO /ADB’s Response to Regional Outbreak of Communicable Diseases in Asia - Lessons Learned and Capacity Strengthening

Presenters:
Federico Soda, Project Development Officer, Labor Migration, IOM Regional Office for Southeast Asia, Bangkok, Thailand

• Presentation: Overview of labor migration and health issues in Asia [PDF 1.2MB | 18 pages]

Vincent de Wit, Senior Health Specialist, Mekong Regional Department, ADB

• Presentation: WHO /ADB’s Response to Regional Outbreak of Communicable Diseases in Asia - Lessons Learned and Capacity Strengthening [PDF 1.6MB | 64 pages]

Discussions

Lessons learned and renewed approach to the regional health problems from Thai perspective and a case study in Lao PDR

Presenters:
Boonchai Somboonsook, Deputy Director General, Department of Health Service Support, Ministry of Health (MOH), Thailand

• Presentation: Country Studies: Lessons Learned and Renewed Approach to Regional Health Problems from a Thai Perspective [PDF 152KB | 12 pages]

Chushi Kuroiwa, Professor, Public Health, Tokyo University, Japan

• Presentation: Lessons Learned from Polio Eradication in Lao PDR [PDF 1.9MB | 41 pages]

Chiaki Itoh, Ph.D Candidate, Medical Faculty, Tokyo University, Japan

• Presentation: The Case of HIV-infected Thai migrants in Japan [PDF 1.5MB | 27 pages]

Discussions

Current features and characteristics of cross-border movement of migrant workers and its impact on public health in Asia:

1. Implications of workers migration on the spread of infectious diseases from the public health service provider’s perspective
2. HIV/AIDS and Mobility in the Greater Sub-Mekong Region

Facilitators:
Jaime Calderon, Project Coordinator for Migration Health, IOM Regional Office for Southeast Asia, Bangkok, Thailand

Federico Soda, Project Development Officer, Labor Migration, IOM Regional Office for Southeast Asia, Bangkok, Thailand

Presenters:
Supakit Sirilak, Deputy Chief of Tak Provincial Health Office, MOH, Thailand

• Presentation: Implications of Workers' Migration on the Spread of Infectious Diseases from the Public Health Service Provider's Perspective [PDF 826KB | 40 pages]

Greg Irving, Health and HIV/AIDS Project Officer, IOM Regional Officer for Southeast Asia, Bangkok, Thailand

• Presentation: HIV/AIDS and Mobility in the Greater Sub-Mekong Region [PDF 142KB | 25 pages]

Discussions

Emerging Roles of the Private Sector to Address the HIV/AIDS Epidemic by Tam Robert Nguyen, Global Policy Coordinator, Chevron Corporation

• Presentation: Emerging Roles of the Private Sector to Address the HIV/AIDS Epidemic [PDF 101KB | 12 pages]

Discussions

Post-workshop Essays on “How to Better Manage Regional Public Goods”

Closing Remarks and Presentation of Course Certificates