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The ministry of foreign affairs of Vietnam holds the 3rd Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF) caravan after similar undertakings were successfully conducted in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar and Vientiane, Lao PDR in August 2015 and January 2016, respectively. The caravan in Ha Noi is held in Melia hotel on 9-10 June. This occasion aims to provide a platform to introduce JAIF and its supported projects so that relevant stakeholders will be able to understand the latest […]
QUEZON City, Philippines — The NEU-ASEAN Studies Center was launched yesterday, February 29 at the New Era University Professional Schools Building. New Era University President, Dr. Nilo Rosas, said that by this launch, the students will be more aware of ASEAN Integration and its relations with other ASEAN member states and partners. “We would like to be a part of ASEAN Integration, we would like to be recipient and at the same time donor of […]
ILOILO CITY, Feb.3(PIA)—Farmers in Iloilo are keeping up with the challenges of the deluge of agricultural imports, once the ASEAN Integration impacts on the country. The imports can compete with the local produce and farmers should also be competitive, Agriculture Assistant Secretary for Operations Edilberto de Luna said during a visit here. “We should make our rice production competitive” de Luna told the farmers in one of the areas he visited. It can be learned […]
With ASEAN Integration and the establishment of the ASEAN community, it is important for the Philippines to prepare its blueprint to be more competitive in this regional undertaking. Globalization has put the pressure on ASEAN and on each ASEAN member countries. In this episode of ASEAN In Focus, Dr. Caloy Tabunda, ASEAN In Focus resident resource person, interviews Ambassador Jose Romero Jr. Ambassador Romero is currently the president of the Philippine Council on Foreign Relations. […]
In preparing for ASEAN Integration, one of the factors that governments of ASEAN member states need to consider is the preparation and level of awareness of local government units (LGUs) to the ASEAN Integration. In this episode, Dr. Caloy Tabunda of the Development Academy of the Philippines and ASEAN In Focus resident resource person interviews Angeles City Mayor Ed Pamintuan to get his insights on the level of awareness and how should LGUs prepare for […]
In the era of ASEAN Integration, our companies and businesses need to keep up with the challenges of increasing global competition. One tool to help businesses and companies in the ASEAN region to achieve this is the ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard. In 2009, the ASEAN finance ministers endorsed the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) implementation plan to promote the development of an integrated capital market. This initiative is undertaken in parallel with the efforts to […]
Ready or not, the Philippine business community has no choice but to face tougher competition from its regional counterparts. Business tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan said the Philippines remains unready for the ASEAN Integration. “Like sugar, it is cheaper to import sugar, that will be good for Filipino consumers but you will displace four million people from their jobs. If you’re a sitting president, can you afford that, turn away four million of your people without the […]
Sa pagtutulungan ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, Diliman at Partido State University sa Goa, Camarines Sur ay matagumpay na naisagawa ang Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Forum. Isinagawa ang tatlong araw na training program ng UP sa mga faculty ng PSU na mula sa 39 na unibersidad at kolehiyo ng Bicol region. Isinagawa ang seminar sa Gymnasium ng PSU sa nasabing lalawigan. Ang seminar ay mayroong tema na “Philippine Higher Education in an Integrating ASEAN: […]
(Courtesy ASEAN Secretariat) — The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is envisioned to be the realization of ASEAN economic integration by 2015. To guide the establishment of the AEC 2015, the AEC Blueprint was adopted in 2012 and serves as a master plan by underlining a strategic schedule of priority actions to be undertaken by the ASEAN Member States. The establishment of the AEC 2015 is being pursued under four pillars. The first pillar envisions ASEAN […]
(Eagle News) — The former deputy secretary general of the Association Of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Dr. Wilfrido Villacorta, talks about the ASEAN integration in this episode of ASEAN in Focus, a NET 25 program that focuses on the ASEAN region. Dr. Villacorta was the Philippine ambassador and permanent representative to the ASEAN from 2011-2012. He served as deputy secretary-general of the ASEAN from 2003 to 2006. He was a delegate to the 1986 Constitutional […]
MANILA, June 22 — The Philippines and Germany agreed to strengthen existing ties and pursue further avenues for cooperation in trade, development cooperation, climate change, and renewable energy on June 16 in Berlin, Germany in their second bilateral political consultations. Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Policy Evan P. Garcia led the Philippine delegation, which consisted of representatives from coordinate Philippine agencies, while Ambassador Clemens von Goetze, Director General for Africa, Asia, Latin America, Near […]
MANILA – On 19 May 2015, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission adopted the Joint Communication: “The EU and ASEAN: a partnership with a strategic purpose”. The Joint Communication puts forward concrete ideas for taking EU-ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) relations to the next level by providing a more coherent framework for sectoral cooperation and by ensuring a sharper political focus. “The […]
