The EU and ASEAN: Prospects for Future Cooperation
14-15 October 2013 Chateau Val Duchesse, Vorstlaan 259, 1160 Oudergem
Organised by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the EU-Asia Centre
Objective: to discuss and assess progress towards regional integration in South East Asia and Europe, to consider the joint challenges facing the EU and ASEAN and to consider the prospects for future cooperation.
Programme
14 October 1930: Official Dinner (by invitation only): Chateau Val Duchesse.
Welcome remarks by H.E. Mrs. Annemie Neyts, Minister of State, Belgium; H.E. Mr. Viorel Isticioaia-Budura, Managing Director for Asia, EEAS, H.E. Mr. Pham Quang Vinh, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam.
15 October 0900-0925: Registration
0925: Official Photo
0930: Welcome Jehanne Roccas, Director for Asia, Belgian MFA, and Fraser Cameron, Director, EU-Asia Centre
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Opening Plenary
0940: Foreign Minister Didier Reynders: The importance of regional integration - what the EU and ASEAN can learn from each other
1000: ASEAN Post-2015 Vision: H.E. Mr. Le Luong Minh, ASEAN Secretary General
1020: David O’Sullivan, EU Perspectives, Chief Operating Officer, EEAS
1030: Discussion
Chair: Jan van Dessel, Director General, Belgian MFA
1100: Coffee
1115: Panel Discussion - Visions for ASEAN
Introductory Remarks by: H.E. Mr. Pham Quang Vinh, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam H.E. Mr. Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof, Permanent Secretary, MFA, Brunei H.E. Mr. I Gede Ngurah Swajaya, Indonesia Permanent Representation to ASEAN Mr. Arthayudh Srisamoot, DG of ASEAN Department, MFA, Thailand
Chair: Tom Roe, Senior Vice President, EU-Asia Centre
1215: The EU – is the crisis over? Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive, European Policy Centre
1235: Discussion
Chair: H.E. Mrs. Victoria Bataclan, Ambassador of Philippines
1315: Buffet lunch featuring ASEAN dishes provided by the Embassies of ASEAN member states in Brussels
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1415: Two parallel working groups (division of participants in annex)
a. Political and Security Cooperation
Lead speakers (5 mins): H.E. Mr. Pham Quang Vinh, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam, Sophie Boisseau du Rocher, GRIP, Brussels, H.E. Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof, Permanent Secretary, MFA, Brunei, Anja Jetschke, GIGA, Hamburg, H.E. Mr. I Gede Ngurah Swajaya, Indonesia Perm Rep to ASEAN, Gerhard Will, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin
Chair: Ian Bond, CER, London
Rapporteur: Clara Portela, Singapore Management University
b. Economic Cooperation
Lead speakers (5 mins): Dirk Meganck, Director, DG Devco, Mr. Egbert LOX, Senior Vice President, UMICORE, Ms Sanchita Basu Das, Fellow ISEAS, Singapore, Jean-Christophe Defraigne, Université Saint-Louis, Brussels, Mr. Arthayudh Srisamoot, DG of ASEAN Department, MFA, Thailand
Chair: Shada Islam, Friends of Europe
Rapporteur: John Farnell, EU-Asia Centre
1545: Coffee
Second Plenary
1615: Rapporteurs report back to Plenary Chair: Jehanne Roccas, Director for Asia, MFA, Belgium
1645: Closing Panel on Prospects for EU-ASEAN relations H.E. Mr. Pham Quang Vinh, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam, Mr. Reinhard Bütikofer, MEP, Steven Everts, ASEAN Counsellor, EEAS, Shada Islam, Head of Policy, Friends of Europe
Chair: Fraser Cameron, EU-Asia Centre
1815: Closing Cocktail
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