An Australian Government, AusAID initiative

Overview

Research projects approved by the Research Priorities Committee are contracted out to qualified economic research organizations (including public and private sector research institutions and qualified economics consulting firms) and individual researchers. It is expected that sub-contractors will come from ASEAN and Closer Economic Relations (CER) countries (i.e. Australia and New Zealand). However they will be encouraged, where relevant, to collaborate with and include research institutions and/or individuals from all East Asia Summit participants. In some specialist areas it may be pertinent for sub-contractors to involve team members, with professional experience, from non-EAS countries.

ASEAN member countries include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

EAS participants include the ASEAN Member Countries, Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand.

REPSF II ASEAN-Australia Development Cooperation Program The ASEAN Secretariat Jl. Sisingamangaraja No. 70A Jakarta 12110 Indonesia Tel. (62-21) 724-3372, 726-2991 Fax (62-21) 722-9028 Email Association of Southeast Asian Nations http://www.aseansec.org/

The Managing Contractor for the REPSF II is GRM International