Nay Pyi Taw, 2 June
Deputy Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations and Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) Governor for Myanmar U Than Aung Kyaw joined the 15th ERIA Governing Board Meeting which was held via video conferencing at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Nay Pyi Taw.
The Meeting was attended by ERIA governors who are deputy ministers, permanent secretaries, director generals and professors from ASEAN Member States, Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea and New Zealand, and ERIA academic advisory council members, ASEAN Secretary General and senior officials also joined the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Professor Dr. Cielito F. Habito from Ateneo de Manila University of Philippine.
At the opening session, Professor Dr. Cielito F. Habito, Chairperson of the ERIA Governing Board, Professor Hidetoshi Nishimura, President of ERIA and Dato Paduka Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary General of ASEAN gave the remarks.
After that, Chief Economist of ERIA, Prof. Fukunari Kimura presented the impacts of recent global developments on the ASEAN and East Asia region, and Senior Policy Fellow of ERIA, Prof. Jun Arima presented the East Asia energy policy research roadmap in 2022-2023. Then, ERIA governors exchanged views on the impacts of global developments on the ASEAN and East Asia region, and gave the guidance on ERIA’s 2022 activities.
At the meeting, deputy minister appreciated the ERIA’s achievements of 2021 and proposal for 2022. Regarding the implementation of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement,  he mentioned that Myanmar already entered into force bilaterally with 10 members of RCEP countries, and Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar have been granted transition periods to fulfill the commitments of some RCEP provisions. Therefore, he requested ERIA to provide the capacity building program for Myanmar especially in institutional and legal capacity enhancement within the transition period.
Officials from Foreign Economic Relations Department also attended the meeting.