The Fourth EU-ASEAN Think Tank Dialogue in Brussels
European Parliament
November 25th-26th, 2002

Co-organised by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the European Institute for Asian Studies, in co-ordination with the Interparliamentary Delegation for Relations with ASEAN.

Keynote Address: HE Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director General of the WTO

Conference Report (pdf)

Conference Photographs

EU and ASEAN – Integration and Solidarity
The Fourth EU-ASEAN Think Tank Dialogue
25 - 26 November 2002

Keynote Speaker

H.E. Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi
Director-General WTO

26 Nov 11:00 am
European Parliament
Entrance Paul-Henri Spaak Room P7 C050
Rue Wiertz 60 B-1047 Brussels

Monday 25th November 2002

15:00 Opening Ceremony
Wilhelm Staudacher - Secretary General, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
David Fouquet - Secretary General, European Institute for Asian Studies

Opening Address
Hartmut Nassauer MEP - President, ASEAN Delegation, European Parliament

15:30 First Session
Regional Integration and Regional Solidarity:
More and less advanced Countries and Regions in EU and ASEAN

Co-Chairs:
Patricia McKenna MEP, Vice Chairman, ASEAN Delegation, European Parliament
Dato Mohamed Jawhar Hassan, Director General, ISIS Malaysia

Presentations
“Contrasting EU and ASEAN Integration and Solidarity” (pdf)
Prof Ludo Cuyvers, Chairman, European Institute for Asian Studies

“ASEAN Integration from a LDC Perspective”
Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, Cambodian Institute for Co-operation and Peace,
Phnom Penh

“Regional Integration and Regional Solidarity – Challenges and Opportunities”
Dr. Carolina G. Hernandez, Institute for Strategic and Development Studies, Manila

16:15 Open Debate

17:00 Second Session
“EU – ASEAN Relations – Political and Strategic Dimensions”
Co-Chairs:
H.E. Ambassador Sengchan Soukhaseum, Director General, Institute of Foreign Affairs, Laos PDR
Berenguer Fuster MEP, Member of the ASEAN Delegation, European Parliament

Presentations
“Political and Strategic Developments within ASEAN and EU” (pdf)
Prof Jürgen Rüland Albert-Ludwigs Universität, Freiburg

“Political Perspectives of EU and ASEAN after ASEM IV in Copenhagen” (pdf)
Yeo Lay Hwee Singapore Institute for International Affairs

“Statement on behalf of the ASEAN Brussels Committee”
H.E. Dato Deva Md. Rizdam Ambassador of Malaysia to the EU

17:45 Open Debate
18:15 End of Session

Tuesday 26th November 2002

9:30 Third Session
“WTO Doha Development Round – EU and ASEAN Perceptions”
Co-Chairs:
Hartmut Nassauer MEP, President of the ASEAN Delegation, European Parliament
Dr. Carolina G. Hernandez, Institute for Strategic and Development Studies, Manila

Presentations

“International Politics of the Doha Agenda”
Dato Mohamed Jawhar Hassan Director General, ISIS Malaysia

“Trade, Investment and Market Access Issues”
Dr. Djisman Simandjuntak CSIS Jakarta, Graduate School of Business, University of Indonesia

10:15 Open Debate

11:00 Introduction to Keynote Address
Hartmut Nassauer MEP President, ASEAN Delegation, European Parliament

11:10 Keynote Address
H.E. Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi - Director-General, World Trade Organisation

11:40 Open Debate
12:15 End of Session

14:30 Fourth Session
“ASEAN and EU Relations with China”

Chair:
Elly Plooij-van Gorsel MEP, President of the China Delegation of the European Parliament

Presentations

“ASEAN and China – Competitors for Foreign Investment?”
Ha Hong Hai, Deputy Director, IRR Hanoi

“ASEAN and China –Implications for the EU”
Dr. Miguel Santos Neves, Director Asia Programme, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Lisbon

15:30 Open Debate

16:30 Concluding Session
Academic Summaries
Prof Geoffrey Underhill Summary (pdf) University of Amsterdam
Dr Marina Pok, Asia-Europe Centre Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris
Prof Mahmud Othman, University of Brunei Darussalam (tbc)
Dr. Willem van der Geest Summary (pdf) Director, European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels

17:00 Closing Remarks
Dr. Colin Dürkop Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Regional Representative for Southeast Asia

Note:
On Wednesday 27 November the ASEAN delegates will examine research collaboration with representatives of EU Think Tanks.
On Thursday 28 November the ASEAN delegates will visit the College of Europe, Brugge, and exchange views on teaching and research on European and ASEAN integration