ASEAN Chairmanship
Coordinator: Dr Aladdin Rillo
- Trade, Industry, Investment, and Digital Transformation: Dr. Lili Yan Ing
- Energy Transition: Dr Han Phoumin and Dr Joko Purwanto
- Fiscal and Infrastructure: Dr Fauziah Zen
- NTMs and Trade Facilitation: Dr Doan Ha and Mr Salvador
- Blue Economy

IORA Holds Virtual Meeting to Discuss Trade and Investment
23 May 2023
Jakarta/Canberra, 23 May 2023: The Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) held the 21st Working Group on Trade and Investment (WGTI) to exchange knowledge and stimulate …
TradePAG Theme #6: Leveraging ASEAN Chairmanship: Formulating Priority for ASEAN Deliverables
03 May 2023
Holding ASEAN Chairmanship 2023, with the theme “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth”, Indonesia focuses on one of priority issues in the ASEAN economic sector, i.e., …
TradePAG Theme #5: The Future of WTO Reform Initiatives
03 May 2023
The WTO remains an institution that has a crucial role in regulating world trade and is still needed by many countries, even though it is …
TradePAG Theme #4: Linking MSMEs with Large Firms to Go Global
03 May 2023
The contribution of MSMEs to national exports must be viewed more broadly by considering the direct and indirect contributions. Thus, the strategy to increase …
TradePAG Theme #3: Greening Trade to Reach Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
03 May 2023
The green economy is a solution to overcome problems related to climate change that has threatened the sustainability of world civilization. Therefore, a green economy …
TradePAG Theme #2: Arranging Policy Orchestration to Accelerate Digitalization in Trade
03 May 2023
Digitalization of trade is a necessity that is not only capable of escalating economic growth after the Covid-19 pandemic, but also leveraging competitiveness and …
TradePAG Theme #1: How to Accelerate Recovery and Mitigate Uncertainty: The Roles of Ministry of Trade
03 May 2023
The crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic was centered on the real sector. This crisis is different from several previous crises which were centered on …

ASEAN Chairmanship: Smooth Transition from Cambodia to Indonesia
20 March 2023
Jakarta, 20 March 2023: The ASEAN Chairmanship will transition smoothly from Cambodia to Indonesia, with the latter expected to continue carrying out the foreign affairs, …

Meeting on Investment Issues in Indonesia’s ASEAN Chairmanship 2023
09 March 2023
Jakarta, 9 March 2023: Indonesia’s Ministry of Investment held a discussion meeting on investment issues under Indonesia’s ASEAN Chairmanship 2023 at their Jakarta office. Dr …

Courtesy Visit in Support of ASEAN Chairmanship 2023 by Dr Lili Yan Ing, Lead Advisor at ERIA
07 March 2023
Jakarta, 7 March 2023: Dr Lili Yan Ing, Lead Advisor for Southeast Asia region at Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) paid …

Bringing ASEAN to the Media
28 February 2023
Jakarta, 28 Feb 2023: One of the greatest challenges for ASEAN is making its relevance understood. The mainstream narrative goes something like this: ASEAN is …

Foremost Trade Economist Lectures on Robots, AI
15 February 2023
Depok, 15 February 2023: Prof Daniel Trefler, J. Douglas and Ruth Grant Chair in Competitiveness and Prosperity at the Rotman School of Management, University of …

ERIA Signs MoU with Indonesia’s Ministry of Investment for Joint Study on Policy, Capacity Building
18 November 2022
Jakarta, 18 November 2022: In preparations for Indonesia’s ASEAN Chairmanship next year, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) signed an MoU …

Indonesia’s 2023 ASEAN Chairmanship Tops Topics of MoFA, ERIA Meeting
20 September 2022
Jakarta, 20 September 2022: A group of experts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of the Republic of Indonesia met with top officials of …

Bappenas Opens Talk with ERIA as Indonesia Girds for 2023 ASEAN Chairmanship
19 September 2022
Jakarta, 19 September 2022: Potential collaboration between Indonesia’s Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) …

ERIA Prepares Journalists to Report on Cambodia’s ASEAN Chairmanship
25 May 2022
Phnom Penh, 25 May 2022: As the chair of ASEAN, under the theme ‘ASEAN A.C.T: Addressing Challenges Together’, Cambodia has chosen its crucial priority issues …

Courtesy Visit to ERIA by Alternate SOCA Leader, Cambodia ASEAN Chairmanship
25 May 2022
Jakarta, 25 May 2022: Mr Koji Hachiyama, the Chief Operating Officer of ERIA, warmly welcomed the courtesy visit made by Dr Songheang Ai, Director of …

Entrepreneurship, Start-ups and Innovation Knowledge Lab Launched in Cambodia
25 May 2022
Phnom Penh, 25 May 2022: The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, in partnership with the Asian Network, launched a new ERIA initiative …

Prof Mari Pangestu Discusses How ERIA can Support Indonesia’s G20 Presidency and ASEAN Chairmanship in 2023
27 January 2020
Jakarta, 27 January 2020: Prof Mari Pangestu lead an informal discussion with senior staff at ERIA regarding the upcoming Indonesian Presidency of G20 and Chairmanship …

Reporting Viet Nam Chairmanship of ASEAN: ERIA Media Workshop in Hanoi
15 January 2020
Hanoi, 15 January 2020: A media workshop was held today to discuss media strategies for Vietnam’s ASEAN chairmanship for Vietnamese media community. The Centre Institute …

ERIA and Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jointly Launch ASEAN Vision 2040
03 May 2019
Bangkok, 29 April 2019: ERIA and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand jointly launched the report titled 'ASEAN Vision 2040: Towards a Bolder and …

ERIA and the Ministry of Electricity and Energy of Myanmar Launched the Natural Gas Master Plan for Myanmar
11 December 2018
Nay Pyi Taw, 11 December 2018: ‘The Government of Myanmar should continue to play a pivotal role in developing the natural gas market through policy …

ASEAN Must ‘Move Boldly’ Amb Bilahari at the 7th ERIA Editors Roundtable
09 October 2018
Jakarta, 9 October 2018: On 6-7 October 2018, ERIA hosted the seventh edition of its ERIA Editors Roundtable (ERT) held in Singapore in partnership with …

ERIA Releases Vol 2 and 4 of [email protected] Project in ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
09 August 2017
Manila, 8 August 2017: In honour of ASEAN Day 2017 on 8 August, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) released the …

ERIA Attends the 37th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly
07 October 2016
Nay Pyi Taw, 3 October 2016: Delegates from the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), including ERIA's President Professor Hidetoshi Nishimura attended …