Call for paper: Beyond AEC - Implication for co-operation among ASEAN+6,

Date: 7 September, 2015

Venue: Foreign Trade University, 91 Chua Lang Str.,Hanoi, Vietnam

Organizer and sponsor: Kobe University (Japan), Foreign Trade University (Vietnam)

This year marks a vital milestone in the cooperation among ASEAN countries: the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) with the goal of regional economic integration will realized. AEC envisages the four key characteristics: (a) a single market and production base, (b) a highly competitive economic region, (c) a region of equitable economic development, and (d) a region fully integrated into the global economy.

The AEC areas of cooperation include human resources development and capacity building; recognition of professional qualifications; closer consultation on macroeconomic and financial policies; trade financing measures; enhanced infrastructure and communications connectivity; development of electronic transactions through e-ASEAN; integrating industries across the region to promote regional sourcing; and enhancing private sector involvement for the building of the AEC. In short, the AEC will transform ASEAN into a region with free movement of goods, services, investment, skilled labour, and freer flow of capital. This great evolution will pose a number of opportunities as well as challenges for all the member countries as well as for neighbouring partner nations. In this context, this workshop strives to create a forum for discussions and debates about the forthcoming AEC and the consequences. The conference covers, but not limit to, the following themes:

-        Economic co-operation between ASEAN and Japan before and after AEC

-        Economic co-operation between ASEAN and China before and after AEC

-        Economic co-operation between ASEAN and India before and after AEC

-        Economic co-operation between ASEAN and South Korea before and after AEC

-        Economic co-operation between ASEAN and New Zealand before and after AEC

-        Economic co-operation between ASEAN and Australia before and after AEC

-        Labour market in ASEAN and ASEAN + 6 before and after AEC

-        Opportunity and challenges for ASEAN enterprises before and after AEC

-        Employment and employment effect in Vietnam under the impact of AEC

-        FDI in Vietnam/ASEAN under the impact of AEC

-        Human capital development in ASEAN under the impact of AEC

-        Vietnam/ ASEAN’s policies on FDI under the impact of AEC

-        Vietnam/ ASEAN’s policies on employment under the impact of AEC

-        Vietnam/ ASEAN’s policies on enterprises under the impact of AEC

- Keynote speakers include professor Inoue, professor Fujita, and professor Yasushi Ogata from Kobe University (Japan), Associate Professor, Dr. Tu Thuy Anh, Foreign Trade University, Vietnam and other well-known academics.

- Fee and Accommodation: Participation is free for properly registered academics and article authors. International travel and other expenses should be arranged by the authors. Participants without papers should bear all the expenses.

-Submission information:

Please submit full paper by 27 August, 2015 via email to thuy.m.nguyen3112@gmail.com. Registration for participation should be sent to the same email address by 31 August. Announcement of acceptance of papers and confirmation of participation with be made by 03 September, 2015.