EVENTS
The Research Institutes Network (RIN) meeting was held online for the second time with all member institutes due to the situation of the COVID-19. In this year, the RIN secretariat reported important RIN activities such as the RIN annual meeting, launched of the RIN website, and RIN online workshops. The ERIA experts presented the report on ERIA’s research projects in FY2021 and the result of ERIA’s recent survey to participants. All participants discussed various topics from ERIA’s research activities to economic issues facing by each country and this region under the COVID-19 pandemic.
| MC: | Mr. Atsusuke Kawada, President, Bangkok Research Center, JETRO Bangkok/IDE-JETRO |
| Chair: | Dr. Hank Lim, Chairperson of RIN |
| Opening Remarks Prof. Hidetoshi Nishimura (President, ERIA) Dr. Hank Lim (Chairperson of RIN) |
| Brief Self-Introduction by New Representatives Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia Yangon University of Economics (YUE), Myanmar The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Philippines |
| Report on RIN Activities from the Secretariat Mr. Atsusuke Kawada, President, Bangkok Research Center |
| Report on ERIA’s Research Projects in FY2021 Prof. Fukunari Kimura, Chief Economist, ERIA Presentation from ERIA’s Recent Research The Impact of COVID-19 on Business Activities and Supply Chains in the ASEAN Member States and India Dr. Keita Oikawa, Economist, ERIA |
| Discussion - New Agenda for Post COVID-19 - by all the participants |
| Wrapping-up Dr. Hank Lim (Chairperson of RIN) |
| Request for Nomination for the Asia Cosmopolitan Awards Ms. Yukako Idehara, Planning and Coordination Manager, ERIA |
| Closing Remarks Prof. Hidetoshi Nishimura (President, ERIA) |
