ASEAN Member States have crossed a significant milestone on their quest to establish a harmonised regulatory regime in ASEAN for pharmaceuticals. The adoption of the ASEAN Pharmaceutical Regulatory Framework (APRF) on 31 March 2023, and 5 April 2023 by the…
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4th ARISE Plus Roundtable Discussion on Trade Facilitation: Increased Private Sector Engagement and State-of-Play of ASEAN Trade Facilitation Initiatives
Bangkok, Thailand, 21 January 2020 Almost 60 government officials and private sector representatives, i.e., business or trade associations, chambers of commerce, and business councils from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), gathered to discuss, in an informal setting, on… Read More
ASEAN Customs Transit System (ACTS) Pilot Preparation Workshop
Jakarta, Indonesia, 08 January to 10 January 2020 With the valuable cooperation of Participating Member States (PMS), the ACTS Central Management Team and the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC), ARISE Plus held a successful ACTS Pilot Preparation workshop in the new ASEC… Read More
ASEAN Customs Transit System (ACTS) Training for Customs, Government Transport and Private Sector in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25 November to 06 December 2019. With the excellent support of Royal Malaysia Customs Department, ARISE Plus held a series of training events in Malaysia for Customs officers, Government Transport officials and private sector operators. The training… Read More
ARISE Plus Engages with Government Agencies in Malaysia
On the 2nd and 3rd of December 2019, Ms. Maes Alconcel and Mr. Paolo R. Vergano (ARISE Plus experts) worked with MITI and a number of Malaysian Ministries, as well as the Malaysian Productivity Commission (MPC), to advance the process… Read More
ARISE Plus Engages with Private Sector and Government Agencies in the Philippines
ARISE Plus attended the yearly PhilExport POWWOW event in Cebu, the Philippines on Friday, 22 November 2019. The event was incredibly well attended, with over 400 participants from a wealth of Filipino export sectors, primarily SMEs from Region VII (Cebu). … Read More
Workshop on the Harmonisation of Nutritional Labelling in ASEAN
16-17 November 2019, Singapore ASEAN Member States Embark on Harmonising Nutrient Labelling for Pre-packaged Foodstuffs Scientific research provides more and more information about the relationship between diet and health. It is well established that nutrient deficient diets would lead to… Read More
Validation Workshop on Myanmar’s Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Measures
15 November 2019, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar Since 2013, the technical assistance provided by the European Unions ARISE and ARISE Plus programmes has focused on assisting the ASEAN Secretariat and ASEAN Member States (AMS) to establish and progressively operationalise the… Read More
22nd Meeting of the Sub-Working Group on ASEAN Customs Transit System (SWG-ACTS)
22nd Meeting of the Sub-Working Group on ASEAN Customs Transit System (SWG-ACTS) Singapore 12-14 November 2019 ASEAN Member States (AMS) are making the final preparations for the ASEAN Customs Transit System (ACTS) Pilot. This is due to start in… Read More
