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Opening Remarks

Panit, Vikitsreth, Thailand Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs

Surin Pitsuwan, ASEAN Secretary General

Mario Amano, OECD Deputy Secretary General

Session I

Presentations:

Macroeconomic Perspectives for Thailand: Pattama Teanravisitsakool, Director of Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board, Thailand

Macroeconomic Challenges for Indonesia in the current Global Crisis: Mohamad Ikhsan, Special Advisor, Co-ordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Indonesia

Capital Markets integration in ASEAN: Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala, Chairman of the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF), Secretary- General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand

Southeast Asian Economic Outlook - Tool for Regional Growth and Integration: Kiichiro Fukasaku, Head of Regional Desks, OECD Development Centre

Discussant remarks: Jayant Menon, Principal Economist, Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian Development Bank

Background documents:

• Regional Integration in Southeast Asia: Better Macroeconomic Co-operationCan Mitigate Risks - Policy Insights No. 90 - February 2009
• Shaping Policy Reform and Peer Review in Southeast Asia - Integrating Economies Amid Diversity 
• Brief on OECD Southeast Asian Economic Outlook (to be published in 2010)

Session II

Presentation:

The Impact of the Global Crisis on SME and Entrepreneurship Financing: Marie-Florence Estimé, Deputy Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development, OECD

Session III

Presentations (Round 1):

Vietnam's policy in attracting FDI: Nguyen Thi Van Bich, Vice Director, Department for Foreign Investment (Presentation), Nguyen Dinh Tai, Director, Central Institute for Economic Management, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Handout)

Experience of Japan-Vietnam Joint Initiative: towards dramatic changes in the investment climate in Vietnam: Norio Hattori, Ambassador, Permanent Delegation of Japan to OECD

Discussant remarks: Philip G. Gaetjens, Director Policy Support Unit, APEC

Presentations (Round 2):

Regional efforts to create an attractive investment climate: Jayant Menon, Principal Economist, Office of Regional Integration, ADB (Presentation) (Handout)

Vision of ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement: Simon Lee Yew Weng, Director, Malaysian Industrial Development Authority

Discussant remarks: Mohamad Ikhsan, Special Adviser, Co-ordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs

Background Documents:

• Policy Framework for Investment: User's Toolkit

Lunchtime Speech on the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention: Carolyn Ervin, Director, OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs

Session IV

Presentations:

Promoting competition and making markets work: Hilary Jennings, Head of Competition Relations with Non-Members, OECD

Vision for an ASEAN competition regime by the Deputy Chair of ASEAN Expert Group on Competition: Phu Vu Ba, Deputy Director General, Vietnam Competition Agency (Presentation) (Handout)

Background Documents:

• Competition Assessment Toolkit

OECD Policy Briefs:

• Economic Assessment of Indonesia
• Globalisation and Emerging Economies
• How Regions Grow
• Keeping Markets Open at Times of Economic Crisis
• Managing for Development Results
• The Global Competition for Talent

See also:

• Fostering Regional Integration: Peer Review in Southeast Asia - OECD Policy Brief
• Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) & Entrepreneurship - OECD website
• SME financing in the global financial crisis - OECD website