Announcements

The Asian Development Bank will hold forum on regional health impact assessment consultation on special economic zones at Centara Grand Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand on 28 November 2017.DescriptionThe objective of the consultation is to share member countries’ experiences as it relates to health impact assessment (HIA) and special ...

Greater Mekong Subregion Working Group will hold a meeting on “Connecting the Railways in the Greater Mekong Subregion” project on November 28, 2017 in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi.The project aims to realize a regional rail network, completion of the missing rail links is the ...

2018 PROGRAM DATESThe 2018 program will be conducted in South Korea, Sri Lanka, and USA (San Francisco, New York, and Washington DC) with a flexible small grant award of US $5,000 provided.November 20, 2017 (Monday, 11:59pm PST): Application deadlineJanuary 2018: Selection finalizedApril 14 – 29, 2018: South Korea ...

New agritech accelerator Mekong Agriculture Technology Challenge (MATch) is now officially open to applicants.Application will be available at www.match.mekongbiz.org until the end of December 2017.MATch’s mission is to transform the Mekong region’s agricultural industry into a leading global supplier of safe and nutritious food for ...

The forum titled “The study on sustainable development and management of the Mekong river, including the impacts of mainstream hydropower projects and the update of preliminary design guidance, and sustainable hydropower development strategy in the lower Mekong basin” will beThe 2nd MRC regional stakeholder forum, ...

At the invitation of President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang, President of the United States of America Donald J. Trump paid a state visit to Hanoi, Vietnam, from November 11 to 12, 2017.[] 14. The leaders noted that, as a partner of ...

The 24th MRC Council and 22nd Development Partner Consultative Group meetings will be held at Pattaya Resort in Chonburi Province of Thailand on November 28-30, 2017.The meeting will discuss a number of organizational matters including (i) cooperation between MRC and Dialogue Partners, Development Partners and ...

This week a regional workshop, hosted by Mekong Region Land Governance, will explore the challenges of large-scale agricultural investments to suggest solutions supportive of sustainable and pro-poor development, as well as economic growth.[] The workshop will bring together about 100 representatives from government, private sector, research ...

The fourth edition of MySociety’s The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference will be held on 18 and 19 April 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.Individuals and organisations are welcome to submit abstracts or workshop proposals of no more than 300 words by 2nd February 2018.Submissions are encouraged ...

Myanmar will be hosting the eighth meeting on indigenous medicine in the Greater Mekong Basin in the coming week, according to a senior health ministry official.The meeting will be held in Yangon and an exhibit on indigenous medicine and related products in the Greater Mekong ...