9th ADB Business Opportunities Fair

Regional Cooperation and Operations Coordination Division

Southeast Asia Regional Department

By: Pinsuda Alexander, Economist (Regional Cooperation)

14 March 2018
 Regional Cooperation and Integration:
Subregional Groupings in Southeast Asia

ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations

BIMP-EAGA Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth
Area
BIMSTEC Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation
CAREC Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
GMS Greater Mekong Subregion
IMT-GT Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Growth Triangle
PIF Pacific Islands Forum
SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
 Subregional Program Strategies and Sector Strategies
Sector Strategies Include:
transport, tourism, agriculture,
environment, urban development,
health (under development)

http://imtgt.org/

http://greatermekong.org/strategy

Focus on
• regional infrastructure
https://www.adb.org/ connectivity
countries/subregional- • economic corridors
programs/bimp-eaga
• spatial planning
 Ongoing Technical Assistance Projects
Amount
Ctry TA No. Title Sector ($ 1,000)

REG 7561 Strengthening the Coordination of the GMS Program (Supplementary) Multisector 5,950.00

REG 8240 Supporting Regional Project Development for Association of Southeast Asian Finance 10,300.00
Nations Connectivity (Supplementary)

REG 8814 Advancing Regional Cooperation and Integration through Brunei Darussalam– Public sector 1,700.00
Indonesia–Malaysia–Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area and Indonesia– management
Malaysia–Thailand Growth Triangle (Supplementary)
REG 8836 Building Capacity for Enhanced Connectivity in Southeast Asia Transport 1,500.00
(Supplementary)

REG 8977 Knowledge Development Support for Southeast Asia (Supplementary) Public sector 3,500.00
management
REG 9416 Sustaining the Gains of Regional Cooperation in the Greater Mekong Public sector 2,000.00
Subregion management
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 Contact
Ms. Pinsuda Alexander
Economist (Regional Cooperation)
Email: palexander@adb.org