Purpose

The theme of the Forum is "Going Green in the GMS with Korea."

Objectives

1. To showcase GMS to the Korean public and private sectors as a rapidly integrating, increasingly prosperous, and globally competitive subregion;
2. To share Korean and GMS experience in the major areas mentioned above, identify areas of cooperation, business opportunities, as well as knowledge product development in these areas;
3. To explore areas of cooperation in other sectors to be identified; and
4. To jointly define a comprehensive package for partnership in priority projects in the GMS.

Partnership opportunities between ROK and the GMS will be explored in: (i) transport infrastructure and trade facilitation (TTF) in line with GMS economic corridor development and the evolution and transformation of GMS transport corridors to economic corridors; (ii) environment programs to help the GMS countries proactively respond to the threat of climate change; (iii) clean energy; and (iv) information and communications technology (ICT).

Expected outputs

• Increased awareness in local and international business community in Korea about the GMS Program;
• Indication of interest from the Korean public/private sectors on GMS action plans and priority projects on the selected topics; and
• Identification of specific areas of cooperation including collaboration on and co-financing of GMS projects and knowledge-based activities.

Target participants

Participation is by invitation only

• GMS Ministers
• GMS Senior Officials headed by the GMS National Coordinators, other officials and technical experts
• ADB VP and selected members of the management team of Southeast Asia Department (SERD)
• Korean public sector agencies, private sector companies, development agencies, and academia

Resource speakers

• GMS Ministers and National Coordinators
• ADB VP and SERD sector division representatives
• Korean public and private sector representatives