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, 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, 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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