ARISE Plus has successfully delivered the first module of a training course that was specially designed to assist the Joint Sector Committee established to oversee the implementation of the ASEAN Food Hygiene MRA from April 7 to April 9, 2021….
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ASEAN Customs Transit System (ACTS) Pilot Preparation Workshop
Vientiane, Lao PDR, 19-20 February 2020 With excellent support of the Lao PDR Customs Department, ARISE Plus ran a successful ACTS preparation workshop in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The objective of the workshop was to make final preparations for the implementation… Read More
Validation Workshop on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Non Tariff Measures (NTMs) in Vietnam for the ASEAN Repository
Hanoi, Vietnam, 10 February 2020 ARISE Plus Project (Funded by European Union) and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) of Vietnam co-organized a workshop in Hanoi, Viet Nam to validate Viet Nams Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) in the regulatory area… Read More
Roundtable Discussion on Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) in ASEAN between the Private Sector and the ATF-JCC
Bangkok, Thailand, 22 January 2020. 54 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, the important… Read More
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
