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Workshop on Integration of Greater Mekong Subregion SMEs
into International and Regional Markets:
Trade and Investment Facilitation
Date
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15-17 August 2007 |
Venue
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Chiang Rai, Thailand |
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division |
Objective
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To enhance understanding of how global value chains in the
different sectors (e.g., agri-business, garment, furniture and
automotive parts) facilitate SMEs' integration into regional and
international markets. |
Documentation
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Presentations:
 General introduction to the Workshop
Marinus Sikkel, Trade and Investment Division,
UNESCAP
Enabling policy framework for SMEs' participation
in GVCs
Enabling Policy Framework for SMEs’ Participation
in GVCs
Masato Abe, Trade and Investment Division,
UNESCAP
Linking Small Farmers to High Value Markets
Ralph C. Houtman, FAO Regional Office for Asia
and the Pacific
How to Reach International Market?
Izuru Kobayashi, Japan Overseas Development
Corporation
Agri-business value chains: An ESCAP initiative
and its outcomes
Enhancing cooperation and communication to promote
agricultural development of GMS
Wang Pinghua, Coordination Committee of GMS
Potato Supply Chains
Presentation of Work Group on Research and Training
Iv Phirun, Ministry of agriculture, Forestry, and
Fisheries of Cambodia
Agri-business value chains: An ESCAP initiative and
its outcome
Wimonkan Kosumas, ICPS, Department Office of
SME Promotion, Thailand
Trade and investment facilitation for agri-
business value chains
Trade and Investment Facilitation for Agro-Business
Chains
Aung Khin Myint, CEC member of UMFCCI
Trade Facilitation: processes and paperwork
Marinus Sikkel, Trade and Investment Division,
UNESCAP
Case studies on agri-business value chains:
Fruits, vegetables, organic and livestock
products
Workshop on Integration of SMEs into International
& Regional Markets: Trade & Investment Facilitation
Anthony M. Zola, Chairman and President, MIDAS
Agronomics Co., Ltd.
Case Study on Agri-business Value Chains for
Workshop on Integration of Greater Mekong Subregion
SMEs into International and Regional Markets
Satoru Akiba, GMS Committee, Japanese Chamber
of Commerce
Enhancing Agricultural Competitiveness of Rural
Households in the GMS - A CFC/IFAD/FAO/
Government of Thailand Initiative
Ralph C. Houtman, FAO Regional Office for Asia
and the Pacific
Value added of tropical fruits in Thailand
Juejan Tangtermthong, Agricultural and Food
Marketing association for Asia and the Pacific
Case studies on agri-business value chains:
Country presentations
Case studied on agri-business value chains: Potential
of Exporting Pummelo from Wiang-Kaen, Chiang Rai to
International Markets
Orapin Bhumibhamon, Dean of School of Agro-
Industry, Mae Fah Luang University
Cambodia Case Studies on agri-business value chains:
Fruits, Vegetables, Organic and Livestock Products
Iv Phirun, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries of Cambodia
Brief Report
Tan Boroth, Cambodia Chamber of Commerce
Integration of GMS SME
Sisouphanh Sengsavanh, President, Lao Agro-
Processing Group
Opportunities and Challenges for International
Integration of Vietnamese Agricultural Products:
The case of Rice, Coffee and Tea
Pham Xuan Thinh, Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development of Viet Nam
Facing the Global Value Chain - Agricultural
Industrialization Development In China
Zhang Xianghong, Zhong Shuai Petroleum Chemical
Industry Co., Ltd.
Background paper:
Case studied on agri-business value chains:
Potential of Exporting Pummelo from Wiang-Kaen,
Chiang-Rai to International Markets
Orapin Bhumibhamon, Mae Fah Luang University
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Participants
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Programme
List of participants |
Contact
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Mr. Marinus Sikkel, Chief
Investment and Enterprise Development Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: sikkel@un.org
Mr. Masato Abe, Economic Affairs Officer
Investment and Enterprise Development Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: abem@un.org
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Last updated: 27 December 2007 |
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