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Cambodia’s Commitment to Trade Integration and Sustainable Growth: Insights from Capacity Building Workshop
26 June 2023
Phnom Penh, 26 June 2023: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement, along with several bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs), signifies Cambodia’s commitment to …
Lao PDR Policymakers Learning RCEP, Regional Integration, and Structural Transformation
23 June 2023
Vientiane, 23 June 2023: Amidst geo-political uncertainties and an anticipated global recession in 2023, the global value chain (GVCs) remains a critical aspect of economic …
Supporting Cambodian Policy Makers to Develop ASEAN Schedule of Non-Conforming Measures under ATISA: Financial Services
08 June 2023
Phnom Penh, 8-9 June 2023: The ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement (ATISA) recognizes that intra-ASEAN economic cooperation will secure a liberal trading framework and enhance …
Supporting Cambodian Policy Makers to Develop ASEAN Schedule of Non-Conforming Measures under ATISA: the Telecommunications and Transportation Sectors
05 June 2023
Phnom Penh, 5-6 June 2023: The ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement (ATISA) came into force on 5 April 2021. It establishes a new framework for …
Learning about Legal Scrubbing in International Economic Treaties: Final Workshop for Cambodian Policymakers
22 May 2023
Phnom Penh, 22-23 May 2023: International economic treaties are complex legal arrangements that result from often lengthy and complex negotiations. Legal scrubbing ensures that parties …
Transitioning Towards Circular Economy: A Workshop for Lao PDR Policymakers
11 May 2023
Vientiane, 11-12 May 2023: The transition towards circular economy (CE) presents a unique opportunity for fast-growing ASEAN economies to be resource efficient, competitive, and innovative. …
ERIA Holds Circular Economy Workshop for Cambodian Policymakers
03 May 2023
Phnom Penh, 3-4 May 2023: In response to the increasing demands of consumers and industries, as well as pressing global issues of climate change and …
Structural Transformation and Sustainable Growth: Evidence-based Capacity Building for Cambodian Officials
02 May 2023
Phnom Penh, 2-4 May 2023: The transformation of the global value chains (GVCs) in trade and services sectors, further intensified by the Regional Comprehensive Economic …
ERIA Supports Wrap-Up Meeting on Lao PDR’s PEDs
02 May 2023
Vientiane, 2 May 2023: In preparation for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) assuming the Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2024, the Lao government has …
Learning about Legal Scrubbing for International Economic Agreements
19 April 2023
Kuala Lumpur, 19 April 2023: ASEAN Member States engage in negotiating international economic treaties, including free trade agreements and bilateral investment treaties. Once the content …
ERIA Makes Courtesy Visits to Cambodian and Lao Ambassadors in London
17 April 2023
London, 17 April 2023: The Director of Capacity Building, Jeremy Gross, took the opportunity of his visit to London to visit both the Cambodian and …
First Evidence-based Capacity Building Workshop Held in Phnom Penh
06 March 2023
Phnom Penh, 6–9 March 2023: The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), in partnership with the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) …
Cambodian Finance Officials Join Training on Collecting Non-Tariff Measures
06 March 2023
Phnom Penh, 6–7 March 2023: Cambodia’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) officials have taken an active step towards improving international trade by participating in …
Workshop Aims to Develop Capacity of Lao PDR Officials to Examine the Country’s RCEP Commitments
06 February 2023
Vientiane, 6-9 February 2023: Structural transformation is key to enabling growth and competitiveness in the domestic economy. The transformation of the global value chain (GVC) …
Capacity Building from ERIA’s Research on Servicification, Structural Transformation, Pandemic Recovery
30 January 2023
Jakarta, 30–31 January 2023: Structural transformation of domestic and regional economies in East Asia has intensified the service linkages of global value chain (GVC) activities. …
Government Officials Learning from ERIA’s Research on Global Value Chains, Urban Amenities and City Agglomeration
27 January 2023
Jakarta, 27-28 January 2023: East Asia is undergoing a significant structural transformation in global value chain (GVC) activities following the Covid-19 pandemic shock. Whilst it …
Sharing Information about RCEP Nationwide in Lao PDR
08 December 2022
Lao PDR, 8 & 13 December 2022: ERIA’s Capacity Building Programme, working in partnership with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC), Lao PDR, held …
Good Regulatory Practices: Why It Matters to ASEAN?
17 October 2022
Jakarta, 17 October 2022: Good regulations should be designed to be, 'fit for purpose, effective, and efficient', as stated in the new ASEAN Handbook on …
Unpacking the RCEP Agreement for Lao Business: Public and Private Dialogue Series
10 August 2022
Vientiane, 10-11 August 2022: With the 1 January entry into force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), it is urgent for businesses to seize …
Discussing What the RCEP Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation Provisions Mean for Cambodian Business
14 July 2022
Jakarta, 14 July 2022: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is envisaged to be a mega trade agreement that establishes a modern, comprehensive, high-quality, and …
The RCEP Investment Provision and What It Means for Cambodia
29 June 2022
Jakarta, 29 June 2022: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) consists of 20 chapters and sets the standard for a new level of economic cooperation, …
Cambodian Officials Learn How to Transpose Tariff Commitments from AHTN 2017 to 2022
28 June 2022
Phnom Penh, 28 June 2022: Every five years, the World Customs Organisation (WCO) updates the Harmonised System (HS) of tariff classification. Once that exercise is …
RCEP Trade in Services and What They Mean for Cambodia
23 May 2022
Jakarta, 23 May 2022: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement is now in force for 13 of its 15 signatory states. Chapter 8 of …
Reaching Out to Provincial Official in Lao PDR for Workshop on ROO
25 April 2022
Vientiane, 25-29 April 2022: With the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) coming into force on 1 January 2022, countries including Lao PDR are looking to …
Transposing Lao PDR’s Tariff Reduction Schedule from ASEAN Harmonised Tariff Nomenclature (AHTN) 2017 into 2022
22 April 2022
Jakarta, 22 April 2022: ERIA’s Capacity Building Programme and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Lao PDR, co-hosted a technical training workshop on transposing Lao …
Understanding Rules of Origin: A Training Workshop for Cambodian Officials
22 February 2022
Phnom Penh, 22 February 2022: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement came into force on 1 January 2022, with the Rules of …
Promoting Global Production Value Chain Structural Transformation
15 February 2022
Jakarta, 15 February 2022: The global value chain (GVC) network fosters regional economic transformation, effecting both supply and demand in the manufacturing and services industries. …
RCEP Rules of Origin and What They Mean for Cambodia
10 February 2022
Jakarta, 10 February 2022: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement entered into force on 1 January 2022 with 11 participating states. While expectations …
Socialisation Workshop on the RCEP E-Commerce Work Plan for Lao PDR
12 January 2022
Vientiane, 12 Jan 2022: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) came into force on 1 January 2022, with a chapter dedicated to e-commerce (Chapter 12). …
Identifying New Growth Path of Services, Urban Amenities and GVC in Cambodia
13 December 2021
Phnom Penh, 13 December 2021: A key aspect of Global Value Chain (GVC) transformation is the level of growth of service activities and linkages in …
Supporting the Transition to the Negative List Under ATISA
23 November 2021
Phnom Penh, 22-23 November 2021: The ASEAN Member States (AMS) commitment to trade liberalisation has been agreed in the ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement (ATISA) …
Implementing and Monitoring RCEP: Understanding Trade and Domestic Structural Transformation - Workshop for Cambodian Officials
23 November 2021
Phnom Penh, 23 – 26 November 2021: Cambodian officials joined a second workshop to enhance their knowledge and understanding of key policy tools to monitor …
Rules of Origin under RCEP: A Training for Lao PDR Officials
15 November 2021
Vientiane, 15 – 19 November 2021: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will come into force on January 1, 2022 for those countries that have …
RCEP E-Commerce Provisions and What They Mean for Cambodia
02 November 2021
Jakarta, 2 November 2021: With the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) set to come into force in January 2022, the agreement's e-commerce provisions will play …
Navigating the Challenges and Potential Gains in Implementing and Monitoring RCEP - Workshop for Cambodian Officials
01 October 2021
Phnom Penh, 28 September – 1 October 2021: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a critical and important framework for global trade and regionalism. …
Working Towards Services Integration Through the Negative List
13 August 2021
Vientiane, 13 August 2021: The ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement (ATISA) signed in October 2020 establishes a framework to promote economic integration and liberalisation in …
Cambodian Officials Learn New Approaches to Transposition
12 July 2021
Jakarta, 12 July 2021: The World Customs Organisation (WCO) updates the Harmonised System (HS) of tariff descriptions and classification around once in five years. As …
Identifying Policy Responses to Unlock the Lockdown in Cambodia
08 June 2021
Cambodia, 8 June 2021: Hosted jointly by the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce, ERIA’s Capacity Building Programme held an online workshop on ‘Unlocking the Lockdown: Alignment …
Identifying Policy Gaps to Undertake Structural Transformation in Lao PDR
19 May 2021
Vientiane, 19 May 2021: Hosted jointly by the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Centre for Development Policy Research (CDR) of Lao PDR, ERIA’s Capacity Building …
Preparing to Unlock the Lockdown with Lao PDR
06 May 2021
Vientiane, 6 May 2021: ERIA’s Capacity Building Programme held an online workshop, ‘Unlocking the Lockdown: Alignment of Domestic and Regional Policies’ on 6 May. Hosted …
Transposition of Tariff Commitments in Preparation for RCEP
06 April 2021
Vientiane, 6 April 2021: A two-day online training and discussion around the Transposition of Tariff Commitment from ASEAN Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature (AHTN) 2012 into …
Looking Ahead to Opportunities in Services in the Post-Pandemic Period
22 March 2021
Vientiane, 22 March 2021: On 22 March, ERIA’s Capacity Building Programme held an online workshop, Services, Urban Amenities and Global Value Chain: New Growth Paths. …
ERIA Holds Webinar on En-gendering E-commerce in Final Capacity Building Module
02 December 2020
Jakarta, 2 December 2020: Creating a gender-blind environment, where women and men have the same opportunity, is essential for e-commerce to flourish. This means ensuring …
ERIA and the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce Kickstarts E-Commerce Through Online Learning
08 October 2020
Phnom Penh, 8 October 2020: ERIA’s Capacity Building Programme launched its second series of online workshops on e-commerce. The nine modules, designed for the Cambodian …
Online workshop on Pandemic Policy and Economic Growth: Capacity Building for Officials
19 August 2020
Jakarta, 19 August 2020: ERIA’s Capacity Building Programme held two days of online workshops, on 13-14 August, on ‘Pandemic, Trade, and Economic Cooperation’, for around …
Pandemic (COVID 19) Policy, Trade and Economic Cooperation
12 August 2020
Vientiane, 11 and 12 August 2020: ERIA’s Capacity Building Programme held an online workshop on ‘Pandemic (COVID 19) Policy, Trade and Economic Cooperation’ for around …
The Second Module on E-Commerce for Capacity Building Programme
17 July 2020
Jakarta, 15 July 2020: The second module on e-commerce for ERIA’s Capacity Building Programme started on 13 July with the posting of course materials on-line, …
New On-line Course on E-Commerce for Government Officials
13 July 2020
Jakarta, 13 July 2020: ERIA’s Capacity Building Program has launched a series of on-line workshops on e-commerce. The seven modules, designed for government officials, will …
ERIA’s Capacity Building Goes Online with Pandemic Policy Webinar
28 May 2020
Naypyitaw, 28 May 2020: On 27 and 28 May, ERIA’s Capacity Building Programme went online for the first time with two webinars for 30 government …
Academics, City Officials, Private Sector, and International Organisations Discuss Issues Related to Smart Cities
29 February 2020
Salem, 29 February 2020: What are the current plans and performance indicators for a smart city – and what are the perceived benefits of a …
SMEs and Private Sector Discuss Digital Economy in the SME Digital Economy Summit
16 October 2019
Singapore, 16 October 2019: Themed From Local to Global, the SME Digital Economy Summit brought together SMEs and the private sector to discuss the digital …
Enhancing the Readiness of ASEAN Smart Cities
26 July 2019
Chiang Mai, 24 July 2019: ERIA, in collaboration with Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Srinidhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), and Chiang Mai Municipality, organised …
ERIA CBP Holds Workshop on E-commerce in Naypyitaw
15 July 2019
Nay Pyi Taw, 11-12 July 2019: ERIA’s Capacity Building Programme facilitated a workshop in Nay Pyi Taw on 'E-commerce for Trade Negotiators', co-hosted with …
Adaptation Road Maps for Disaster Resilience and Climate Change Presented
01 September 2018
Vietnam, 30-31 August 2018: Government officials from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam came together in Siem Reap on 30-31 August to present the …
ERIA Holds Research and Capacity Building Workshop on Impacts of Disasters and Climate Change
29 March 2018
Singapore, 25-26 March 2018: In an attempt to mainstream disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) into development planning of the region, ERIA …
Cambodian Trade Negotiators Participate in Capacity Building Workshop
18 September 2017
On 14-15 September, around 25 Ministry of Commerce officials attended a one and a half day workshop on customs procedures and trade facilitation, sanitary and …
Government Officials Participate in Study on Distributional Effects of Disaster and Food Security
18 July 2017
In a region prone to natural disasters and where the potential impact of climate change on agriculture is high, governments are starting to pay serious …
Prizes Awarded to Best Policy Modelling Studies in Lao PDR
31 May 2017
On 23 May, the final event of the Trade, Growth and Policy Modelling Workshop Series took place at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Vientiane. At this …
RCEP Discussed at Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia
26 May 2017
At the request of the Ministry of Commerce, Kingdom of Cambodia, on 18 May, the Capacity Building Programme facilitated a one-day workshop on "Understanding Issues …
Pushing PPPs Forward at a Capacity Building Workshop
11 July 2016
On June 27-28 government representatives from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam spent two days learning about different models of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) …
