The NEAT Working Group on an East Asian Cooperation Framework for Migrant Labour met on 6-7 December 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Working Group proposed that ASEAN Plus Three countries formulate and adopt a cooperation framework that can act as a guide for bilateral agreements, as well as provide mechanisms for consultation and cooperation.
NEAT Conference on East Asian Financial Cooperation was successfully held in Shanghai, China on 7-8 April 2007. This Conference was jointly hosted by China Foreign Affairs University and Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Scholars and experts from 9 ASEAN member countries (Brunei was absent) and China, Japan and the Republic of Korea participated in the Conference. There were 5 panels:
- Assessment of the latest development of East Asian financial cooperation.
- Post-Chiang Mai Mechanism: objectives and roadmap.
- East Asian bond market: domestic building and regional cooperation.
- Institution building and risk prevention in regional financial cooperation.
- Other aspects of financial cooperation.
The opening session was chaired by Amb. Wu Jianmin, NEAT Co-interim Coordinator and President of the China Foreign Affairs University. Wang Ronghua, Vice Chairman of CPPCC Shanghai Committee and President of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Feng Guoqin, Shanghai Executive Vice Mayor, and Li Yong, Chinese Vice Financial Minister, delivered opening remarks. Zhu Min, Vice President of the Bank of China, Makoto Utsumi, President and CEO of Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd, and Jusuf Wanandi, Vice Chairman of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies of Indonesia, and Amb. Wu Jianmin gave keynote speeches.
Major Chinese and Foreign media including Xinhua News Agency, China Central Television, Shanghai Television, China Radio International, Phoenix TV and NHK reported on this Conference.
NEAT Conference on East Asian Investment Cooperation and the 3rd East Asia Forum were successfully held in Beijing, China on 14-15 July 2007. This NEAT Conference was hosted by China Foreign Affairs University. Scholars and experts from 9 ASEAN member countries (Brunei was absent) and China, Japan and the Republic of Korea participated in the Conference. There were 4 panels:
- Progress and current situation of East Asian investment cooperation.
- Opportunities & prospects for East Asian investment cooperation.
- Problems & obstacles in East Asian investment cooperation.
- Proposals & suggestions for furthering East Asian investment cooperation.
The opening session was chaired by Amb. Wu Jianmin, NEAT Co-interim Coordinator and President of the China Foreign Affairs University. Cheng Siwei, Vice Chairman of Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, P.R.C., Liao Xiaoqi, Vice Minister of Commerce of China, Cui Tiankai, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of China delivered opening remarks. Jusuf Wanandi, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of CSIS Foundation of Indonesia, Kim Jae Chul, Former Chairman of Korea International Trade Association and Chairman of Dongwon Group, Hatakeyama Noboru, Chairman of Japan Economic Foundation, Prof. Qin Yaqing, Executive Vice President of China Foreign Affairs University and a few other distinguished guests gave keynote speeches.
The NEAT Working Group (WG) on Energy Security Cooperation in East Asia met in Singapore on 27 April 2007. The WG was chaired by the East Asian Institute, Singapore's NEAT Country Coordinator. The delegates included scholars and experts from the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) countries.
This is the third meeting of the WG since it was formed in 2004. The theme for the third meeting (Phase III) was on energy diversification in the APT countries. The meeting covered three main aspects, namely: (a) the issue of energy diversification in the APT countries, (b) potential, challenges and problems of energy diversification, and (c) possible areas for regional cooperation in energy diversification.
The first meeting of the NEAT Working Group on Enhancement of Cultural Exchange was held on June 8, 2007 in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do Province in the Republic of Korea. It was sponsored by the Korean Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (KISEAS), the Country Coordinator of NEAT Korea. A total of 18 participants from all 13 ASEAN Plus Three (APT) countries attended the meeting and engaged in an interactive and productive discussion.
The NEAT Working Group (WG) on Overall Architecture of Community Building in East Asia met on June 13 and 14, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan, with 21 participants from the 13 NEAT member countries.
This WG meeting in 2007 provided the venue for intensive and productive discussions on the challenges with the idea of promoting the ASEAN Secretariat as the hub of policy making and regional cooperation. The WG envisions the effective utilization of the APT framework to promote functional cooperation among member countries, and the leading role of the ASEAN Secretariat in initiating, coordinating and realizing regional cooperation.
NEAT Working Group Meeting on East Asian Labor Migration was successfully held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 5-6 December 2007. This Conference was jointly hosted by NEAT Malaysia and NEAT Philippines. Scholars and experts from 8 ASEAN member countries (Brunei and Cambodia were absent) and China, Japan and the Republic of Korea participated in the Conference. There were 5 panels:
- Recent Studies on Labour Migration in East Asia
- Recruitment of migrant workers: Policies & best practices
- Safety & welfare of migrant workers: Policies & best practices
- Undocumented Workers in East Asia
- Repatriation of migrant workers: Policies & best practices
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