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Senior Officials' Meeting

• To review the status of implementation of the Vientiane Plan of Action for GMS Development (2008-2012);
• To review recent developments on the GMS Economic Cooperation Program;
• To review draft sector strategies in human resource development and energy;
• To present the preliminary results of the evaluation of ADB's Regional Cooperation Strategy and Program for the GMS (2004-2008) by the ADB's Operation Evaluation Department;
• To discuss recent and planned activities under the GMS Economic Corridors Forum; and
• To discuss the preparations for the 15th GMS Ministerial Conference.

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Minutes of the Meeting[ PDF: 61kb | 7 pages ]
• Appendix 1: List of Participants [ PDF: 43kb | 8 pages ]
• Appendix 2: Program and Agenda [ PDF: 33kb | 4 pages ]
• Appendix 3: Operationalizing the 2nd GMS Environment Ministers' Meeting Directives [ PDF: 1,127kb | 3 pages ]
• Appendix 4: Report on the GMS Tourism Ministers' Meeting [ PDF: 2,444kb | 5 pages ]
• Appendix 5: Development Partners Meeting Highlights [ PDF: 776kb | 2 pages ]
• Appendix 6: GMS Transport and Trade Initiatives [ PDF: 1,557kb | 4 pages ]
• Appendix 7: The Road Map and Work Plan for Expanded Energy Cooperation in the GMS [ PDF: 2,804kb | 7 pages ]
• Appendix 8: Draft GMS HRD Stratetic Framework and Action Plan [ PDF: 3,527kb | 8 pages ]
• Appendix 9: Regional Cooperation Assistance Program Evaluation (RCAPE): Greater Mekong Subregion [ PDF: 3,701kb | 10 pages ]
• Appendix 10: GMS Economic Corridors Forum [ PDF: 2,948kb | 8 pages ]
• Appendix 11: Proposed Options on the Format of the 15th Ministerial Conference, Thailand, 2009 [ PDF: 1,750kb | 4 pages ]

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Session 2: Review of the Vientiane Plan of Action

• Status Report on the Vientiane Plan of Action [ PDF ]

Session 3: Recent Key GMS Events

• GMS Environment Ministers’ Meeting* [ PDF ]
• 2nd GMS Environment Ministers’ Meeting: Joint Ministerial Statement* [ PDF ]
• Operationalizing the GMS Environment Agenda (2008 - 2012) [ PDF ]
• GMS Tourism Ministers’ Meeting [ PDF ]
• GMS Tourism Ministers’ Meeting: Joint Ministerial Statement [ PDF ]
• GMS Tourism Marketing Plan [ PDF ]
• GMS Tourism Strategy: An Action Plan 2008-2010 [ PDF ]
• GMS Development Partners’ Meeting [ PDF ]

Session 4: Draft GMS Sectoral Strategies

• Executive Summary: Road Map for Expanded Energy Cooperation[ PDF ]
• Outline: Draft GMS Human Resource Development (HRD) Strategy [ PDF ]

Session 5: GMS Transport and Trade Facilitation Initiatives

• GMS Transport and Trade Facilitation Initiative [ PDF ]

Session 6: Evaluation of ADB’s Regional Cooperation Strategy and Program for the GMS (2004-2008) by ADB’s Operation Evaluation Department

• Evaluation Study: Greater Mekong Subregion Program [ PDF ]

Session 7: GMS Economic Corridors

• Highlights of the Economic Corridors Forum [ PDF ]
• Kunming Consensus [ PDF ]
• Economic Corridors Forum: Terms of Reference [ PDF ]
• Governors Forum: Terms of Reference[ PDF ]
• Proposed Next Steps for the Economic Corridors Forum [ PDF ]
• Latest Draft: A Strategy and Action Plan for the GMS North-South Economic Corridor [ PDF ]

Session 8: Preparations for the 15th GMS Ministerial Conference

• Proposed Options on the Format of the 15th GMS Ministerial Conference[ PDF ]

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