Chile- International Workshop on Trade Policy for ASEAN Members

April 19 – 30, 2021 (Online Platform)

Tentative Curriculum Design Statement (CDS)

Page 1 of 13 1. Introduction

The globalization process is reducing the boundaries between the regions through facilitating trade, investment and building closer cooperation between countries with regulations and law. Thailand serves as an important point to access into ASEAN markets to different Latin American companies and products. The trade and investment from Thailand to other ASEAN member countries is possible because of its infrastructure and locational advantages to ASEAN member countries and links with , Japan, Korea and India.

Trade and investment relationship between Thailand and Latin America have been developing and growing year by year. Apart from being an ASEAN member country, Thailand has its own separate FTAs which are signed and in effect with China, Japan, , New Zealand, Australia, Chile and Peru. In addition, various FTA are on process of negotiation.

Thailand and Latin America have been looking for the way to do business together before the first FTA of Thailand – Peru was successfully finalized in 2010. Bilateral regional trade flows are remarkably different due to trade direction and capacity. Imports from Thailand are manufactured products, while Latin America exports are mostly primary commodities. FTA between Peru and Thailand are the first key access and milestone to liberalize trade and investment between the regions.

International Trade Agreement plays an important role to open gates between countries, decrease limitations and trade barriers. Free trade agreements (FTAs) provide a wide range of benefits to businesses. The goods and products in those countries will be reduced or eliminated tariff rates which means the cost for business will be reduced. The companies from countries with FTA will minimize the cost of trade and investment. Moreover, companies also can access to new business opportunities for example new resource, new market, new business partner, new portfolio of client1.

Moving further towards facilitating trade and investment between the countries, policy makers need to give attention to issues which stretch beyond simply reducing tariffs in goods and services to developmental issues including, negotiations on non-tariff issues like Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures involving the recognition of standards, Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), trade facilitation (including developing transportation networks), reducing custom procedures resulting in reduced transaction costs (thus enhancing price competitiveness), R&D, investment, IPR, Government Procurement, competition policies, rules of origin, Generalized Systems of Preferences (GSP) and more.

Limited number of companies possess knowledge and skills to take advantage of the possible benefits contained in the FTA and trade policies, including preferential tariffs, easier market access and other business opportunities. This limited capacity can be remedied through the development of public human resource capacities and institutional support systems to develop and implement trade and investment policies and regulatory frameworks, and the facilitation of industry clusters and facilities which can facilitate the private sectors with improved access to regional and global value chains.

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However, this can only be possible if every member state incorporates ASEAN’s priorities into its national agenda. Organizations involved in trade and investment promotion in ASEAN nations, thus, need to be exposed to the growing economic strength of ASEAN and the opportunities and obstacles with economies such as those with China, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Japan, Australia/New Zealand and India. Other FTAs are with many other nations and regions including Chile are critical for policy makers in ASEAN countries to understand the agenda and objectives and how they can help businesses in their respective countries benefit from the ASEAN regime.

With this background, Mekong Institute is organizing an online international workshop on “Trade Policy Development for ASEAN members”. The workshop aims to develop the capacity of the practitioners of government organizations in the ASEAN member states.

This workshop will be beneficial to organizations involved in with trade policy development since it provides in-depth inputs on the economic and developmental implications of trade policies (at the unilateral, multilateral, and regional levels), while also ensuring the adequate treatment of the more practical aspects of policy making. Emphasis will be given to trade policy principles, lessons from trade policy experiences, trade growth, the WTO and Doha agenda, Chilean trade policy, and most importantly the aspects that would be most relevant for ASEAN economies to benefit from the Chilean experience and the regional agenda in Latin America. Understanding the development process of trade policies will equip the policy makers and practitioners from government agencies with the necessary skills for greater participation in the policy making process.

The program will highlight the importance of ASEAN and the facilitation of trade and investment through a better understanding of policy maker and practitioners in government sectors in trade policy development process.

2. Workshop Objectives

The workshop will focus on the current state-of-play in international trade and will allow participants to develop a deeper understanding of ASEAN, the global trade system, trade policies of individual ASEAN countries and Chile, facilitation of AEC integration, tariff and non-tariff measures and key aspects of Chilean experience that would benefit ASEAN countries including the regional agenda in Latin America. Specific objectives of the training are: . To increase understanding of the status of trade policies in the ASEAN countries with their trade partners, trade benefits of accessing to WTO; . To comprehend the AEC framework and its significance in promoting regional and international trade; . To enhance knowledge on development of trade policy and implications of COVID-19;  To deepen understanding on key aspects relevant for ASEAN economies to benefit from Chilean experience.

The program is designed to cover a broad range of trade and investment issues and addresses traditional and non-traditional issues and emerging challenges in 2020.

Page 3 of 13 3. Workshop Outcomes

As an outcome of the workshop, participants will acquire knowledge and practical experience on developing trade policies and understand the prospects of trade with Chile and Latin America. Upon completion, participant would be able to:  Better understanding of the global trade system, existing trade policies and emerging issues in the ASEAN countries as well as the significance of accession as WTO member;  Identify possible areas of development and co-operation with ASEAN members and other partners including Chile;  Understand the process of trade policy development on the implications of the COVID-19;  Understand key aspects trade relations and potentials with Chile.

4. Duration and Location

The event will be held online from April 19-30, 2021 spread over two weeks.

5. Workshop Contents

In this course, participants will explore interrelated modules as follow:

Module 1 Setting the Stage – Overview of the World Trade System Module 2 Digital Trade Policy Development Module 3 Developing Trade Policy to Address Global Value Channel Issues and Improve Preparedness and Resilience for Possible Future Crisis Module 4 Aspects of Trade Relations with Chile and their Potentialities

Modules 1: Overview of the World Trade System

This module will “set the stage” for the entire course by providing participants with an overview of the global trade system. This broader global context is essential for understanding trade policy issues in ASEAN and Chile Cooperation to support ASEAN’s community building efforts. Case studies, impacts and challenges on trade policy will also be discussed.

Topics are

. Trade policy objectives; . Chile’s trade policy and economic development strategy; . Unilateral, bilateral and multilateral opening; . Results in trade, investment, employment and growth. Chile's position in the world and Latin American context; . Participation of SMEs in international trade; . Trade negotiations: network of trade agreements together with recent negotiations: Pacific Alliance, Indonesia, India, Modernization with the European Union, United Kingdom, Brazil, ASEAN, South Korea, EFTA, CPTPP; . COVID-19 and current challenges: Geographic diversification, More Trade and Digital Economy; . Citizen participation, transparency and new issues (gender, inclusive growth,

Page 4 of 13 environment); . International cooperation and trade policy; . Impact and challenges in global value chains.

Learning Objectives

The participants are able to: . Understanding of the structure and functioning of the global trade system, the key challenges and issues due to COVID-19 and impact on global value chains and improve preparedness and resilience to any future shocks and its relevance for trade policy and development in ASEAN and Chile; . Gain experiences of trade negotiation of Chile. . Understand the importance of network of trade agreements.

Module 2: Digital Trade Policy Development

This module will focus on the action plan of ASEAN Digital Master Plan 2025 (ADM2025) in realizing ASEAN as a leading digital community to support the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025 (MPAC 2025) which focuses on five strategic areas on sustainable infrastructure, digital innovation, seamless logistics, regulatory excellence and people mobility. Factors on digital trade policy implications, growing trends, understanding of digital trade and key issues on the digital trade for policy development will also be discussed. Furthermore, results of the research on digital trade for E-commerce, paperless trade and its aspects for policy development, and regional value chain integration through a developed Economic Zones database will be presented.

Topics are

 Strategies on the action plan of ASEAN Digital Master Plan 2025  Opportunities and Challenges on digital trade policy development  Discussions on o Digital trade for E-commerce o Aspects for policy development for regional value chain integration in the context of Economic Zones

Learning Objectives

The participants are able to: . Identify the importance of utilizing various trade policies in stimulating the regional economic development and growth in each of the ASEAN countries. . Understanding of the challenges and opportunities of digital trade policy development; . Formulate digital trade policy in the context of each ASEAN member states;

Page 5 of 13 Module 3: Developing Trade Policy to Address Global Value Chains Issues and Improve Preparedness and Resilience for Possible Future Crisis

Considering a growing number of trade tensions between large economies, while the WTO dispute settlement system has been jeopardized by the inability to reappoint the members of its Appellate Body, with a number of disputes remaining unsolved. This module will address and discuss on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the monitoring function; safeguarding and strengthening the two tiers dispute settlement system and; modernizing the substantive trade rules to be aligned with the challenges. Trade impact of the Covid-19, pragmatic approach to special and differential treatment, and some cases of agenda for negotiation and non-market economy will be covered.

Topics are . WTO crisis: Causes and reform of the WTO; . Trade Impact of COVID-19; . Special and Differential Treatment; . Agenda for negotiations: Subsidies for fishing, electronic commerce, domestic regulations, investment facilitation, and agriculture; . Inclusive agenda, technology transfer, dispute settlement (MPIA);

Learning Objectives

The participants are able to: . Understand revitalization the multilateral trading system and reform the WTO, by duly addressing the challenges; . Formulate disciplines on issues of relevance in international trade; . Understand the inclusive agenda focusing on Women Empowerment and MSMEs and non-market economy.

Module 4: Aspects of Trade Relations with Chile and their Potentialities

This module will aim to link issues and policies in promoting trade between ASEAN and Chile through trade agreements and other cooperation frameworks. The module will also discuss trends in trade in goods and services and government intervention in individual ASEAN member states with Chile. In addition, Chile and ASEAN’s trade policy and future challenges post Covid-19 recovery will be discussed.

Topics are

. Main characteristics of each ASEAN countries’ trade negotiation policy; . Effects of the negotiation methods and trade policy of each ASEAN country; . National trade policy objectives and the negotiation techniques; . Main trends on goods and services negotiations and its evaluation. . Review the negotiation process of the FTA, the negotiation techniques used in 2015, and the effects of such negotiation on bilateral trade. . Introducing new trends and trade disciplines to the bilateral trade relationship.

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Learning Objectives

The participants are able to: . Understand the trade issues for policy development between ASEAN and Chile with reference to trade agreements and other cooperation frameworks. . Understand trends in trade in goods and services and government intervention in individual ASEAN countries with Chile.

6. Target Participants

A total of approximately thirty-two (32) participants are expected to participate including: . ASEAN countries that would receive the training activity: Indonesia, Philippines, , Myanmar, , Laos, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei and Malaysia. . Thai experts . Chilean experts

The target participants for this training are from ASEAN countries Countries Senior and mid-level officials from Ministry of Commerce, Industry from 10 ASEAN countries Thailand 5 Cambodia 3 Laos 3 Myanmar 3 Vietnam 3 Singapore 3 Malaysia 3 Indonesia 3 Philippines 3 Brunei 3

The professional learning program on “Trade Policy Development for ASEAN Members” will be dealing with policies, strategies, approaches, tools and methodologies with analysis, planning and promoting strategies for developing trade policies. To benefit most from this program, participants should preferably be practitioners and promoters in the field of trade policy development.

Participants should:

 Be senior and mid-level officials, practitioners and promoters from the ministries of commerce, foreign trade policy department, trade promotion agencies, trade policy development and research and training institutes who are directly involved in trade and investment promotion activities;  Have a basic degree or an equivalent educational background with minimum of 5 years of working experience in the trade sector;  Be able to communicate (speak, understand, read and write) at professional level in English;

Page 7 of 13  Have sufficient professional capacity to actively participate cross-culturally at an international level;  Be able to attend the entire course;

In addition, MI also encourages a gender balance in participant composition.

7. Online Training Delivery Method:

o The training will be held over two weeks with 35 hours of live online sessions delivered by the MI organizing Team and resource persons/experts with the aid of online power point presentations, videos, simulation techniques, whiteboards, survey techniques (for questionnaires and quizzes), role play etc. A suitable meeting application (such as Microsoft Teams or Zoom) will be chosen for conducting the live online sessions; o Live online training sessions will be combined with self-paced learning – this will be off- line learning by the participants based on materials distributed by the MI Organizing Team (when the participants can devote the duration and time on materials as they wish, as per their convenience); o In addition, the training sessions will include individual/group assignments, online group work and discussions, live online group presentations. More time will be given for group work and discussions (duration - half to full days) than that in onsite training, to accommodate the fact that participants will not be in the same physical location so will need more time to coordinate among themselves and carry out group work and discussions; o Pre-training materials and, additional training materials and references while the online training sessions are in progress will be distributed by the MI Team; o MI Organizing Team will conduct a pre-training survey, daily feedback of the participants on the live sessions, mid-term and final evaluation (or exams) through online survey methods (such as Survey Monkey). To ensure full participation and attention, the evaluations or exams will be graded by the MI Team; o Well-equipped meeting rooms (including IT support) will be provided for conducting both live contact sessions and monitoring group work and discussions by the MI team; o More days will be needed for each consultant/expert and MI team for the online training than that in an onsite training as experts and MI team will be engaged for pre-training preparations, conducting live contact sessions for up to 3 hours a day, guidance and monitoring of group work and discussions for half to full day, arranging the logistics of the online sessions, coordination with the team and preparing the report of the training; o At the end of the online training sessions, certificates of completion will be awarded to the training participants; o The number of participants for the training will be 32. o Adjustments will be made within the broad methodology, as described above, depending on factors such as the quality of internet connections of participants, evolving situation of the pandemic etc.

8. Training Assignments

Training assignments will require participants to practice their professional skills and work in cross-national groups. These activities will promote communication skills, regional collaboration

Page 8 of 13 and foster a professional network of contacts among participants. Specific assignments will also be provided throughout the course.

The learning methodology will be designed to foster a greater understanding of the training content, as well as stimulate sharing and networking among the participants. Interactive experiential learning will be employed. A team of experts in the field of trade and investment and program moderators will deliver the training and will adopt the following methods:  Lectures and presentations  Plenary discussions, case studies and group exercises  Role plays and simulation games

9. Curriculum Design & Methodologies

As required, all training modules, case studies, simulation exercises, and best practices are to be drawn and tailored to the ASEAN-Chilean contexts and will focus on practical knowledge, adult learning principles and real case studies. The training will adopt a participatory approach and will be linked to the ground realities of the ASEAN countries. The course will incorporate concrete actions for follow-up activities after training is completed.

Each training module will be designed and delivered using the, “integrated curriculum” approach. The salient features of the integrated curriculum are that, competencies are carefully selected, support theory is integrated with skill-based practice and essential knowledge is learned to support the performance of skills, and above all, various functional competencies (e.g. facilitation, presentation, and communication, negotiation, and leadership skills).

For each module, participants will go through three progressive stages of a modular training approach as below to build up capacities of government officials and practitioners in trade policy development in ASEAN countries and also utilizing examples of Chile so that they can localize the knowledge and skills from the training in their local languages in their respective countries.

Page 9 of 13 •Each training module will start with the participatory training sessions where concerned trainees are trained on the concepts, techniques, tools and effective strategies to build up capacities in trade policy development. At this cognitive phase, learner-centered instruction applied where the trainer is a leader of a community of Learning learners, devising ways to promote inquiry, higher order thinking, problem solving, Phase higher levels of literacy and engagement. This is a conceptualizing stage which requires processing and drawing on a rich knowledge base of content, methods appropriate to the content, and technology appropriate to the content.

•This competency-based module has been classified as a form of work-based Knowledge learning. Immediately, after the new skills/knowledge have been acquired, the Application trainees will then carry out their corresponding assignments, e.g. after completing deliberation on the concept and tools for “Trade Policy”, participants will be given Phase assignments to identify, design a particular activity in groups.

•Before progressing to another learning module, there will be a share-to-learn session Knowledge where each individual / group will have chance to present their outputs and share the Transfer Phase or Synthesis learning/working experience with others. Lessons learned and practical experiences and Evaluation from the actual applications will be shared and innovative knowledge and skills will Workshop emerge and become institutionalized.

10. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)

An effective monitoring and evaluation mechanism will be put in place to assess the progress and measure the results of the intervention. The M&E will be introduced in the pre, during and post stages of each modular training approach.

. Pre-Training Program: at the selection of participants prior to the launch of the training program, relevant information on the prospective participants’ knowledge and experience level will be collected. The information will be used to assess and select the participants, monitor the progress, and assess results of the intervention. . During Online Training Program: A pre–training and post–training assessments will be conducted to assess their knowledge and competencies of the participants. Pre-assessment aims to gather information on the participants’ level of knowledge. The result will be compared to the post assessment in order to measure the improvement in knowledge and experience. . Daily Quiz: it will be employed to evaluate day–to–day learning progress. The result of daily quiz will be presented at the first session of the day. . Final course evaluation: the final evaluation form2 will be distributed to participants on the last day of the online training course through online assessment platform. The different components were rated on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is the lowest and 2 to 5 are based on specific definition of each question. . The participants who attain not less than 80% on real time online class (as appear on schedule) will receive E-certificate.

2 The final evaluation form is jointly developed by Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), Mekong Institute, AGCID and SUBREI. Page 10 of 13 11. Online Training Facilities and Materials

11.1 Online Training Facilities Mekong Institute (MI) is a GMS intergovernmental organization (IGO) working closely with the governments of six countries to promote regional development and cooperation through programs and projects in three thematic areas of agricultural development and commercialization, trade and investment facilitation, and innovation and technology connectivity.

The MI Residential Training Center is located at Khon Kaen University, one of the oldest and largest universities in Northeastern Thailand. It is situated in Khon Kaen city, the capital of Khon Kaen province, Thailand.

11.2 Course Materials

Prior to the E-training, all participants and resource persons will receive soft copies of 1) The Curriculum Design Statement (CDS) to help them understand the objectives and goals of the workshop, 2) Program schedule, 3) Directory and 4) Presentation on preparatory to the E-training.

Page 11 of 13 During the virtual workshop, participants can access to Mekong Institute’s E-learning in which all documents, including the Resource Person’s Presentations and all of the participants’ works including VDO Clips will be uploaded and available for download/viewing at followings

o E-learning at https://elearn.mekonginstitute.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=257 o Password for log in as guest is……. (To be determined)

12. About Thailand international Cooperation Agency (TICA)

TICA is a national focal point for Thailand’s international development cooperation. TICA was established in 2004 to realize Thailand’s aspiration to be a contributor of development cooperation. Believing that global challenges are best addressed by international cooperation and global partnership, today we continue to strengthen our contribution to achieve global development agenda through various capacity-building and human resources development programmes. In response to the recent changes in the global landscape of development cooperation, especially through the concept of South-South and Triangular Cooperation, TICA continues to realign our focuses in order to deliver Thailand’s commitment to be a relevant partner in global agendas including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

13. About Agencia Chilena de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AGCID)

TBC.

14. About Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales (SUBREI)

TBC.

Page 12 of 13 15. Contracts

For details, please contact

Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA) Mekong Institute’s Team . Miss Pawita Inprasit . Mr. Madhurjya Kumar Dutta Project Coordinator, Thai Cooperation Branch II Director, Trade and Investment Thailand International Cooperation Agency Facilitation Department (TICA) Tel: (+66) 43 202 411 ext. 2101 Tel: +662 203 5000 ext. 42705 Fax: (+66) 43 203 656 Fax: +662 143 9330 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.mekonginstitute.org

. Mr. Sa-nga Sattanun Program Manager, Trade and Investment Facilitation Department Tel: (+66) 43 202 411 ext. 2102 Fax: (+66) 43 203 656 Email: [email protected] Website: www.mekonginstitute.org

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