OECD Southeast Asia Regional Forum
The OECD holds its Southeast Asia Regional Forum annually, bring together policy makers from Southeast Asia and OECD member countries, international and regional organisations, experts, and business representatives, in order to share experiences and explore common policy issues and selected topics.
The meeting of the Steering Group of the OECD Southeast Asia Regional Programme usually takes place back-to-back with the Forum, alongside other activities such as business network meetings and workshops on issues of importance to the region.
High-level meetings
2022 SEA Ministerial conference
9-10 February 2022, Seoul, Korea
Hosted by Korea, the OECD Southeast Asia Regional Programme brought together ministers and high-level officials from OECD, ASEAN and other countries around the theme of “A Human-centred Future: Partnership for a smarter, greener and more inclusive ASEAN”. The event celebrated the achievements of the OECD Southeast Asia Regional Programme to date and looked forward, identifying the digital, environmental and social challenges faced by the region due to the COVID-19 pandemic. How can governments transform these into opportunities and build a human-centred future?
Read the Ministerial Statement | Agenda
SIDE EVENTS:
- Building an inclusive ASEAN through human-centred, sustainable and resilient partnerships (4 Feb 2022)
- Gearing up for a Post-Pandemic World: Designing Policies for an Innovative Sustainable Recovery in East and Southeast Asia (8 Feb 2022)
- Promoting Agile Regulatory Governance for Innovation in Southeast Asia (8 Feb 2022)
- Nudging consumers toward greener choices (8 Feb 2022)
- Better Together: Enhancing Development Co-operation for a sustainable COVID-19 Recovery (10 Feb 2022)
- Supporting Green Recovery: Towards Green Growth in Southeast Asia (11 Feb 2022)
2021 OECD Southeast Asia Regional Forum
20 May 9:00 - 13:00 CET / 14:00-18:00 ICT
The OECD Southeast Asia Regional Programme, in collaboration with the Government of Thailand, hosted its annual Regional Forum focussing on Human Capital Development in Southeast Asia: Fostering Competitiveness to Build Back Better was held virtually and provided a timely opportunity for representatives and policy-makers from Southeast Asia and their OECD peers to rethink policy options for enhancing human capital development to strengthen resilience and competitiveness in the region. Representatives emphasised on the transformative impact of digitalisation on education and skills in order to build back better and ensure resilient recovery. Participants also discussed policy measures to support the reform on the education system in order to close the learning gap among children and youth and to improve skills of adults to adapt to the changing working environment.