Bali, Indonesia (The Brunei Times/ANN) - Heads
of investment agencies from the 10 Asean (Association of Southeast Asian
Nations) member countries have expressed their commitment to working together
in promoting the region as an investment destination.
This the representatives hope would be more
effective than solely relying on campaigns to promote individual countries to
prospective investors from outside Asean.
During the inaugural Asean Investment Forum
here in Bali, Indonesian Vice Minister of Trade Bayu Khrisnamurti who chaired
the forum said that all member states have agreed to cooperate in what he
described as a common platform of regional promotion.
"They are all very excited, and they are
all looking forward to have this cooperation in promoting Asean as a region
together. That was the sentiment that has been shared in the table
earlier," he said.
The forum is organised as a platform for heads
of investment agencies in the region to exchange valuable experience and
information concerning the concept as well as practice in investment promotion
and facilitation among the Asean member states in the hope that the cooperation
strengthens relationships and boosts investment in the region.
"Through this forum, we realised the
potential of promoting Asean as a region to investors as opposed to promoting
each countries individually can greatly benefit each Asean member states,"
he said.
"Of course, learning from the experience
of Asean, we are still in the very early stages as this is the first such
meeting to be held. We have however seen the usefulness of this cooperation,
and shared the best practices during the discussion," he added.
He said that Wednesday's discussion will be
followed up at the next Asean Investment Forum to be held at the 20th Asean
Summit in Cambodia next year.
During the closed-door forum held at the Bali
International Convention Centre, investment agency heads from Asean member
states discussed and shared their best practices on investment promotion,
investment servicing, after-care investment and contemporary investment issues,
such as incentives, co-investment and public-private partnership (PPP).
The forum aims to build the capacity of the
investment agencies in enhancing the investment climate in the region towards
the creation of free flow of investment in order to achieve an Asean single
market and production base as part of the regional grouping's commitment to the
Asean Economic Community (AEC) 2015.
The forum was officially launched by
Indonesia's Minister of Trade and Chairman of Indonesia Investment Coordinating
Board (BKPM) Gita Wirjawan.
Representing Brunei during the forum were
officials from the Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB).
Al-Haadi Abu Bakar in Bali//The Brunei Times |
ANN
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