Jakarta, Indonesia
February 25, 2010
Contact: Dr. Alexander C. Chandra - Southeast Asia Coordinator
Email: achandra@iisd.org
Web site: www.tradeknowledgenetwork.org
RESEARCH WORKSHOP ON TRADE, ENVIRONMENT AND FOOD SECURITY POLICIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: Implications for Trade, Investment, Regional Integration & Sustainable Development
This Research Workshop is intended to serve as a discussion forum that would enable TKN’s research consultants on ‘Trade and Environment’ and ‘Food Security Policies in Southeast Asia’ research project to discuss their initial and main findings, and obtain inputs from relevant policy-makers and other stakeholders in the region. It is expected that representatives from ASEAN-related bodies and the representatives of its member governments in Jakarta, international organizations and donors, the Indonesian business community, and Jakarta-based think-tanks and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to participate in this Research Workshop.
The TKN Southeast Asia is currently managing two major research projects in the areas of ‘Trade and Environment’ and ‘Food Security’. On the Trade and Environment research project, the TKN has identified four sub-thematic studies to be pursued at the regional level, which include: (1) Environmental Consideration in Trade Policy-Making in ASEAN; (2) Trade and Climate Change in ASEAN; (3) Illegal Timber and Wildlife Trade in ASEAN; and (4) Trade, Standards and Labelling in ASEAN.
Meanwhile, for its Food Security research project, the TKN has commissioned three research studies to be carried out by independent research consultants in the region, which include: (1) ASEAN and Its Food Security Policies; (2) Food Security Policies in the Mainland Southeast Asia; and (3) Food Security in the Maritime Southeast Asia.
As part of these research projects, the TKN will organize a one day Research Workshop, which is intended to serve as a discussion forum to enable our research consultants gathers inputs from relevant policy-makers and stakeholders in the region. The Research Workshop is expected to bring about forty to fifty participants coming from the ASEAN Secretariat and other relevant ASEAN-related bodies, academic and professional experts, the business community, some ASEAN’s dialogue partners, international organization and donor community, and non-governmental organizations. Inputs from this Research Workshop will be used to inform better the analysis, conclusion and policy recommendations of the aforementioned studies.