The specific objectives of this specific technical training sub-project are:
To increase the general level of understanding among Secretariat staff members of the aims, benefits, models and components of economic integration;
To increase awareness of the “bigger picture” (the policy decisions taken by ASEAN, and interrelationships between the different technical areas), thereby promoting commonality of purpose and vision among Secretariat staff members;
To enhance the technical capacities of Secretariat staff in specific areas (as described below);
By virtue of the above, to improve the capacity of Secretariat staff to fulfil their technical support role in the context of economic integration within the ASEAN region.
General technical training:
Integration theory (trade economics);
Integration models (EU vs. NAFTA);
Legal aspects; Institutional aspects;
Funding integration; ASEAN integration to date;
Looking to the future: Regional policy choices facing ASEAN;
Possible models for ASEAN.
Specific technical training:
6 key areas are proposed (the final choice of which will be decided together with the PMU and ASEAN Secretariat during Inception):
Investment;
Trade in goods (rules of origin);
Technical regulations and standards; Trade in services;
Legal questions and dispute settlement;
Statistics