Policy Plenary Meetings

In the second year (June 2005 - May 2006), the Policy Plenary Meetings would focus on the activities of 2 Working Groups (WG) of the Network of East Asian Think-tanks (NEAT) for the 3rd NEAT Annual Conference held on August 21-13, 2005 in Tokyo and also conduct further discussions on the outcome of the first East Asia Summit and the 11th ASEAN+3 Summit, the Chairman's Statement of which included a special reference to the Policy Recommendations adopted by the 3rd NEAT Annual Conference.

In 2006, the Policy Plenary Meetings will focus on the activities of 3 WGs: the WG on "Overall Architecture of Community Building in East Asia -Regional Architectures for Non-Traditional Security and Environmental Cooperation in East Asia-"; the WG on "Intra-regional Exchange Rate Stability and Prevention of Financial Crisis in East Asia"; the WG on "Trade-FDI-Technology in East Asia"; all of which are under Japan's sponsorship expected to submit reports to the 4th NEAT Annual Conference to be held in August 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Activities of Policy Plenary Meetings in the Year 2005-2006

Year of 2006

May 31st The 15nd Policy Plenary Meeting
Theme: Evaluation of the Outcome of the Hyderabad Meeting(the 9thASEAN+3 Finance Ministers' Meeting)
Reporter: IDO Kiyoto Director General, International Bureau, Ministry of Finance
April 14th The 14nd Policy Plenary Meeting
Theme: How should We Promote Cooperation in the Fields of Currency / Finance and Trade / Investment in East Asia?
Reporter: YOSHITOMI Masaru Director of WG on “Trade-FDI-Technology Linkages in East Asia” / President & Chief Research Officer, Research Institute of Economy, Trade & Industry
  ASAMI Tadahiro Director of WG on “Intra-Regional Exchange Rate Stability and Prevention of Financial Crisis in East Asia” / Managing Director, Institute for International Monetary Affairs
March 23rd The 13th Policy Plenary Meeting
Reporter: NAKASONE Yasuhiro Chairman of CEAC, Gives his Views on the Concept of an East Asian Community
February 16th The 12th Policy Plenary Meeting
Theme: Non-traditional Security Issues and Environmental Cooperation in East Asia
Reporter: SHIRAISHI Takashi Director of WG on "Overall Architecture of Community Building in East Asia"
Commen
tator:		 TAKADA Toshihisa Deputy Director-General, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Year of 2005

Desember 21st The 11th Policy Plenary Meeting
Theme: Assessment of "ASEAN+3 Summit" and "East Asia Summit"
Reporter: TAKADA Toshihisa Deputy Director-General, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
YAMADA Takio, Director, Regional Policy Division, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Commen
tator:		 TANAKA Hitoshi former Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
August 11tht The 10th Policy Plenary Meeting
Theme: Towards the NEAT Tokyo Annual Conference
Reporter: ITO Kenichi President, CEAC
  YAMADA Takio Director, Regional Policy Division, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  TANAKA Akihiko Professor, the University of Tokyo / Director, WG on “Overall Architecture of Community Building in East Asia”
  OSHITOMI Masaru PPresident and CRO, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) / Director, WG on “Resolving New Global Imbalances in an Era of Asian Economic Integration”