Network of East Asian Think-Tanks (NEAT)

The Network of East Asian Think-tanks (NEAT) is a Track 2 international organization of ASEAN+3 countries. Its establishment was originally proposed in the reports of the "East Asia Vision Group" (EAVG) and the "East Asia Study Group" (EASG) made upon request of the ASEAN+3 Summit, and was approved at the ASEAN+3 Ministerial Meeting held in May 2003.

Meeting of NEAT Working Group on "East Asian Food Security" (July 8-9, 2010 / Tokyo, Japan)

Program and Participants List

Welcome Speech by Prof. ITO Kenichi, President of CEAC [PDF]

The 7th Annual Conference in Seoul, Korea (August 30 - September 1, 2009)

The Network of East Asian Think- tanks (NEAT) held its 7th Annual Conference (AC) and 11th Country Coordinators Meeting (CCM) in Seoul, Korea from August 30 to September 1, 2009. The host was the Korean Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (KISEAS) and 37 specialists and experts representing different think tanks in the ASEAN+3 nations participated.
　　As for Japan, 7 participated, who were ITO Kenichi, President of the Council on East Asian Community (CEAC) and President & CEO of Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR), HIRONO Ryokichi, Vice President of CEAC and Professor Emeritus of Seikei University, KAWAI Masahiro, Member of CEAC and Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute, KONISHI Masaki, Executive Vice President of CEAC and Acting Executive Director of JFIR, OHGA Keiji, Member of CEAC and Professor of Nihon University, SHINDO Eiichi, Vice President of CEAC and Professor Emeritus of Tsukuba University, YANO Takuya, Executive Secretary of CEAC and Senior Research Fellow of JFIR. ...more

 

*NEAT Working Groups

Meeting of NEAT Working Group on "East Asian Food Security" (July 1-2, 2009 / Tokyo, Japan)

Program and Participants List

Welcome Speech by Prof. ITO Kenichi, President of CEAC [PDF]

The 6th Annual Conference in Bali, Indonesia (August 24-25, 2008)

The 6th Annual Conference (AC) and the 9th Country Coordinators Meeting (CCM) of NEAT were held in Bali, Indonesia from August 24-25, 2008, hosted by Center of East Asian Corporation Studies (CEACOS) of Indonesia University. Around 50 representatives and experts from the 11 ASEAN+3 nations participated.
    There were nine participants from Japan, who were ITO Kenichi, President of the Council on East Asian Community (CEAC) and President & CEO of Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR), HIRONO Ryokichi, Vice President of CEAC and Professor Emeritus of Seikei University, KAWAI Masahiro, Member of CEAC and Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute, NARITA Hironari, Member of CEAC and Professor of Ohkagakuen University, OGASAWARA Takayuki, Member of CEAC and Professor of Yamanashi Gakuin University, SHINDO Eiichi, Vice President of CEAC and Professor Emeritus of Tsukuba University, YAMAZAWA Ippei, Member of CEAC and Professor Emeritus of Hitotsubashi University, MURAKAMI Masayasu, Executive Vice President of CEAC and Executive Director of JFIR, and NAKAJIMA Takahiko, Officer in Charge in JFIR......more

 

*NEAT Working Groups

Meeting of NEAT Working Group on "East Asian Environmental Cooperation" (June 11, 2008 / Tokyo, Japan)

Program and Participants List

The 5th Annual Conference in Singapore (August 21-22, 2007)

The 5th Annual Network of East Asia Think-tanks (NEAT) Conference was held in Singapore from August 20-22, 2007. The East Asia Institute at Singapore National University hosted the conference, and around 60 representatives and experts from the 13 ASEAN+3 nations participated.
    There were nine participants from Japan, including ITO Kenichi, President of the Council on East Asian Community (CEAC) and President & CEO of Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR), KAWAI Masahiro, Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute, SHINDO Eiichi, Professor Emeritus of Tsukuba University, HASEGAWA Kouichi, Singapore Bureau Chief of the Japan Center for International Finance, HIRONO Ryokichi, Professor Emeritus of Seikei University, HONNA Jun, Assistant Professor of Ritsumeikan University, YAMASHITA Eiji, Professor of Osaka City University, MURAKAMI Masayasu, Acting Executive Vice-President of CEAC, and YANO Takuya, CEAC Officer in Charge......more

Opening Remarks by Prof. ITO Kenichi, President of CEAC

*NEAT Working Groups

Meeting of NEAT Working Group on "Overall Architecture of Community Building in East Asia" (June 13-14, 2007 / Tokyo, Japan)

Program and Participants List

Welcome Speech by Prof. ITO Kenichi, President of CEAC

Policy Recommendations [PDF]

The 4th Annual Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (August 22-23, 2006)

The 4th NEAT Annual Conference was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on August 21-23, 2006, under the sponsorship of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. About 70 think-tank representatives and intellectuals from ASEAN+3 (APT) countries participated in the Annual Conference. The 6 participants from Japan were: Prof. ITO Kenichi, President & CEO of the Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR); Mr. ASAMI Tadahiro, Advisor of the Institute for International Monetary Affairs; Prof. SHIRAISHI Takashi, Vice-President of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies; Dr. YOSHITOMI Masaru, President & Chief Research Officer of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade & Industry; Amb. SUGIUCHI Naotoshi, Councilor of JFIR; and Ms. WATANABE Mayu, Executive Secretary of the Council on East Asian Community (CEAC). The Annual Conference adopted the Memorandum No.3 of Policy Recommendations, which will be submitted to the APT Summit through the APT Foreign Ministerial Meeting scheduled in December 2006. As there was not much disagreement on the reports from the 7 working groups since the detailed discussions among ASEAN+3 countries had been held throughout the year, the majority of the discussions focused on the "objective, principle and value of an East Asian Community (EAC)" section of the Policy Recommendations……more

Opening Remarks by Prof. ITO Kenichi, President & CEO of JFIR

*NEAT Working Groups

Meeting of NEAT Working Group on "Overall Architecture of Community Building in East Asia" (April 24-25, 2006 / Tokyo, Japan)

Program and Participants List

Welcome Speech by Prof. ITO Kenichi, President & CEO of JFIR

Policy Recommendations [PDF]

The 3rd Annual Conference in Tokyo, Japan (August 21-23, 2005)

The third Annual Conference of Network of East Asian Think-Tanks (NEAT)

The third Annual Conference of Network of East Asian Think-Tanks (NEAT) was held in Tokyo on August 21-23. The first Conference was held in Beijing in 2003, and the second in Bangkok last year. The Tokyo Conference was featured by the animated discussions with the participation of the representatives of think-tanks and scholars from 13 countries of ASEAN+3 (Japan, China, Korea) and other interested intellectuals totaling 96 persons.
    The Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR), which is NEAT Country Coordinator (CC) of Japan, acted as host of the Conference. There were 37 participants from Japan with 26 being members and other related persons of the Council on East Asian Community (CEAC).
    In the final session, the Conference adopted by consensus the Policy Recommendations on the ideas and guiding principles of Community building in East Asia, which were submitted to the ASEAN+3 Summit in Kuala Lumpur in December, 2005 and a clear reference to the document was mentioned in the chairman's statement.(Paragraph 5) It was most significant at the third Conference this year that the reports of 6 Working Groups* were presented and contributed to the fruitful discussions. The next NEAT Annual Conference will be held in Malaysia.

Welcome Remarks by Prof. Ito Kenichi, President of JFIR

Minutes : August 22, August 23 [PDF]

Press Release [PDF]

Policy Recommendations [PDF]

Chairman's Statement

*NEAT Working Groups
1) Overall Architecture of Community Building in East Asia (Sponsored by Japan) [PDF]
2) Concepts, Ideas and Empowering Guidelines for East Asia (Sponsored by Malaysia) [PDF]
3) East Asian Investment Cooperation (Sponsored by China) [PDF]
4) East Asian Financial Cooperation (Sponsored by China) [PDF]
5) Energy Security Cooperation in East Asia (Sponsored by Singapore) [PDF]
6) Promoting Economic Integration in East Asia through Resolving New Global Imbalances
(Sponsored by Japan) [PDF]

The 2nd Annual Conference in Tokyo, Japan (August 21-23, 2005)

The 2nd Annual Conference of NEAT was held in Bangkok, Thailand on August 16-17, 2004 under the sponsorship of the Institute of East Asian Studies, Thammasat University (NEAT Country Coordinator of Thailand). About 80 think-tank representatives and intellectuals from 12 countries (the Philippines absent) participated. The participants from Japan were: Prof. ITO Kenichi, President & CEO of JFIR, Prof. INOGUCHI Takashi, Professor of the University of Tokyo, Prof. UTARA Shujiro, Professor of Waseda University, Dr. JIMBO Ken, Senior Research Fellow of JFIR, Prof. TANAKA Akihiko, Professor of the University of Tokyo, Mr. HIRATSUKA Daisuke, Director of APEC Study Center and Director of Regional Integration Group, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, Prof. HIRONO Ryokichi, Professor Emeritus of Seikei University, Dr. YOSHITOMI Masaru, President & Chief Research Officer of Research Institute of Economy, Trade Industry, and (as an observer) Mr. YAMADA Takio, Director of Regional Policy Division, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The lively discussions were conducted in all 5 sessions……more

Welcome Dinner Speech by Prof. ITO Kenichi, President & CEO of JFIR

The 1st Annual Conference in Beijing, China (September 29-30, 2003)

The 1st Annual Conference of the Network of East Asian Think-tanks (NEAT) was held in Beijing, China on September 29-30, 2003. Think-tank representatives and intellectuals from ASEAN+3 actively participated and agreed to establish a network of think-tanks to strengthen regional cooperation in East Asia. Japan was represented by 5 intellectuals: Prof. ITO Kenichi, President & CEO of JFIR, Prof. TANAKA Akihiko, Professor of the University of Tokyo, Prof. HIRONO Ryokichi, Professor Emeritus of Seikei University, Dr. YOSHITOMI Masaru, President & Chief Research Officer of Research Institute of Economy, Trade Industry and Mr. HIRATSUKA Daisuke, Director of APEC Study Center and Director of Regional Integration Group, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, and Dr. JIMBO Ken, Director of Research at JFIR, the Country Coordinator of Japan. At the 1st Annual Conference, Mr. Tang Jiaxuan, State Councilor of China, gave a speech on the opening session……more

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Link: : NEAT Country Coordinators