TRIPARTITE & INDEPENDENT (cf.
Origins of PECC)
PECC is a unique tripartite
partnership of senior individuals from business and industry,
government, academic and other intellectual circles.
All participate in their private capacity and discuss
freely on current, practical policy issues of the Asia Pacific
region.
BROAD, EXTENSIVE NETWORK & POLICY
ORIENTED PROGRAM
- Established in 1980, PECC now has 26 Member Committees,
including two associate members, and two institutional members from all over Asia Pacific
region. Each Member Committee comprises tripartite, senior
representatives.
- PECC is policy oriented, pragmatic and anticipatory. Its
work program aims for better cooperation and policy
coordination in areas including trade, investment, and finance.
ONLY NON-GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIAL OBSERVER
OF APEC PECC
- is the only non-government official observer of APEC.
- PECC has provided information and analytical support to
APEC ministerial meetings and working groups. Also it
channels and facilitates private sector participation in the
formal process.
OBJECTIVES & PREMISES
OBJECTIVES
- Aims to serve as a regional forum for cooperation and
policy coordination to promote economic development in the
Asia-Pacific region, based on the following premises:
PREMISES
- The respective strengths of business and industry,
government, academic and other intellectual circles can be
better focused to promote the acceleration of economic
growth, social progress, scientific and technological
development and environmental quality in the region.
Trade, joint ventures, mutual aid and other forms of
linkage, when developed in a spirit of partnership,
fairness, respect and genuine cooperation, strengthen the
foundation needed for a prosperous, progressive and peaceful
Asia Pacific region.
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PECC's first meeting (PECC I), which was then called
"the Pacific Community Seminar",was held in September
1980 in Canberra, Australia, at the initiative of Mr
Masayoshi Ohira and Mr Malcolm Fraser, then Prime
Ministers of Japan and Australia.
The Seminar was attended by 11 economies (Australia,
Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand,
the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the United
States) and Pacific Island states (Papua New Guinea,
Fiji and Tonga). Typically, each delegation comprised
one senior government official, one business leader, and
one academic or professional member. Representatives of
the Asian Development Bank, PBEC and PAFTAD were also
present.
The Canberra meeting called for the establishment of
an independent, regional mechanism to advance economic
cooperation and market-driven integration. A vital
characteristics of the new body, asserted there, was its
independent, unofficial status which would permit it to
address economic issues and measures free from
constraints of formal governmental policies and
relationships. It, hence, agreed on the need for an
informal process involving business and independent
research institutions alongside
governments
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