Program of the 15th PECC General Meeting

Focus Workshop on Community Building

1 September 2003, Room J-1

International Convention Centre, Brunei Darussalam

 
08:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 10:45 Session 1: Community Building in the Asia Pacific:  Key Imperatives for Globalization and Development
  • Chair:  Dr. Medhi Krongkaew (Community Building Forum Coordinator)
Panel Discussions:
  • Dr. Hadi Soesastro (Executive Director, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia; Executive Director of INCPEC)
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00 Session 2: The Importance of Sustainable Physical Infrastructure in the Future of the Asia Pacific
  • Moderator: 
    • Mrs. Geneviève Dubois-Taine (Sustainable Cities Task Force Coordinator)
      Introduction
Presentations:
  • Mr. Jacques Bret (Director, Seureca-Veolia)
    Financing Urban Services
    Urban services as an example of the irreplaceable role of infrastructures to reach social equity and to help cities play their part in globalization; conditions of healthy financing frameworks, Public Private Partnerships.
  • Mr. Jacques Leguéré (Vice Chair, FPTPEC; Chair of the New Caledonia Committee))
  • Mr. Pierre Alla (CEO, Goro Nickel)
    Mining Network: How environmental awareness and community integration are integrated in mining management
  • Ambassador Jiang Chengzong or Mrs. Wang Ping
    How tourism and its infrastructures deals with social, cultural and environmental sustainability
  • Prof. Christopher Findlay (PECC Coordinating Group Chair; Australian National University)
  • Ambassador Jacques Le Blanc (Secretary General, FPTPEC)
  • Prof. Jean Luc Le Bideau (Vice Chair, FPTPEC)
    Role of Airports and Airlines in trade liberalization, tourism, economic growth and integration of all in the world economy
  • Mr. He Xiansong (Vice Mayor, Jiangmen)
    How infrastructures are part of an urban and regional vision and must be integrated in large processes that involve all the stakeholders
Discussion
  • Chair:  Mrs. Geneviève Dubois-Taine
    What are the conditions for setting up sustainable infrastructure>
    • the necessity of institutional and legal frameworks that minimize the financing risks
    • the necessity to improve the capacity building of all thanks to international cooperation and financing
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
Launch of World Bank's Global Economic Report 2004 : "Realizing The Promise of the Doha Agenda"
  • Chair: Christopher Findlay (PECC Coordinating Group Chair)
  • Presentation: Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (World Bank)
14:30 - 16:00 Session 3: Human Infrastructure as a Requirement for Community Building in the Asia Pacific
  • Moderator: Dr. Tsong-ming Lin (Coordinator, HRD Task Force)
    Introduction
Presentations:
  • Dr. Dennis Tachiki (Professor, faculty of Business Administration, Tamagawa University, Japan)
16:00 - 16:15 Tea Break
16:15 - 17:45 Session 4:  The Role of ICT in Institutional Infrastructure in the Asia Pacific
  • Moderator: Ambassador Yoshifumi Matsuda (International Coordinator, Pin IT)
    Welcome Remarks of the Chairman
Introductory Presentations:
  • Mr. Noel Levi CBE (Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat)
Closing Remarks
  • Ambassador Yoshifumi Matsuda (International Coordinator, PIN IT)
Discussion Briefing on PECC's Future ICT work
  • Dr. Medhi Krongkaew (Community Building Forum Coordinator)
    The concept of an e-community in the Asia Pacific region
  • A representative of PECC or APEC
    PECC's role in monitoring and assessing the e-APEC strategy
17:45 - 18:00 Session 5:  Summary and Conclusions of the Focus Workshop
  • Dr. Medhi Krongkaew (Community Building Forum Coordinator)