The CABC is pleased to share a policy forum on Trade, value chains and sustainable development in Southeast Asia to be held on Friday March 23rd, 2018 at the Copthorne King’s Hotel Singapore (403 Havelock Rd, Singapore 169632).
At the margins of the 4th CABC business forum taking place in Singapore on March 21st and 22nd,
Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Grow Asia have organized a one-day event to present IDRC work on trade and value chains in the ASEAN region. The event features policymakers, business leaders, and researchers working on the issues of key relevance to Canada-ASEAN economic relationships, trade, SMEs development, and women and youth empowerment. Further details are provided in the attached draft agenda.
How to RSVP?
We kindly ask that you respond by Monday 19th, 2018 to Bouba Housseini (eg@idrc.ca) and Pranav
Sethaputra (pranav@growasia.org) whether you would like to attend this event. Please do not
hesitate to contact us for any further information.
Kindly find the agenda for the event below:
Agenda of the IDRC-Grow Asia Side-Event at the 4th CABC Business Forum
Morning: high level policy forum open to All | |
Registration 8:30 – 9:00 |
Check-in |
Introduction and Opening remarks 9:00 – 9:15 |
Opening remarks by Global Affairs Canada, IDRC, CABC, and Grow Asia |
Keynote Address 9:15 – 10:00 |
Keynote Address on: “Trade, value chains and sustainable development in Southeast Asia”
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Coffee Break 10:00 – 10:15 |
Coffee break |
Panel Discussions I 10:15 – 11:15 |
Theme I: Economic and social impacts of trade and value chains in the ASEAN
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Panel Discussions II 11:15 – 12:15 |
Theme II: Integration of ASEAN SMEs into global markets
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Wrap-up and conclusions 12:15 – 12:30 |
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Lunch 12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch and Networking |
Afternoon: internal research workshop (only for IDRC grantees) | |
Projects insights I 13:30 – 15:00 |
Updates and Insights from IDRC projects:
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Coffee Break 15:00 – 15:15 |
Coffee break |
Projects insights II 15:15 – 16:45 |
Updates and Insights from IDRC projects:
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Wrap-up and conclusions 16:45 – 17:15 |
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