【Policy Research Network of Contemporary Southeast Asia(PRN-SEA) – Research Report Webinar Series #3】

The GRIPS Alliance is holding a series of four webinars in March to report the outcomes of the joint research under the “Policy Research Network of Contemporary Southeast Asia ” (PRN-SEA) project, which has been conducted in collaboration with universities and research institutes in Southeast Asia such as the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Indonesia and the Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University Singapore.

※For more information about the PRN-SEA, please refer to the following URL;

 https://www.grips.ac.jp/en/news/20200304-6342/

This time JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development will host the third webinar to report on the interim results of its research project on the trends and future of development assistance in Southeast Asia.

Please join us and watch the webinar.

○Date and Time: Thursday, 25 March 2021 at 12:30-14:00, Japan time

○Format of the Webinar: Zoom webinar (For free)

○Language: English (Simultaneous interpretation to Japanese is available) 

○Theme: “Changing Landscape of Development Cooperation in Southeast Asia”

○How to access the webinar:

Register from JICA HP: https://www.jica.go.jp/jica-ri/news/event/20210325_01.html

or from following registration form:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7xjvyxdmQuGODKi947IoAQ

※For more information, please refer to the following website, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development, the host of the webinar:

https://www.jica.go.jp/jica-ri/news/event/20210325_01.html

○Abstract:

The landscape of international development cooperation (ODA and South-South cooperation (SSC)) in Southeast Asian region is changing. It is due to the intensification of great power rivalry in the region. Under regional cooperation initiatives such as the Belt and Road initiative (BRI), Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP), and the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), China, Japan, the United States, and India are strengthening their development cooperation for the enhancement of infrastructure connectivity, sustainable development, and regional stability and security. Development cooperation now emerges as a main tool for great power diplomacy.

In the face of growing activism of extra-regional powers, Southeast Asian countries are facing a challenge of securing their ownership, or “ASEAN centrality”, in drawing their own picture of sustainable and balanced development of the whole region. Keenly aware of the importance to meet this challenge, some countries in the region are invigorating their activities as donors of development cooperation. 

In this webinar, we would shed light on the realities of development cooperation in Southeast Asian region with an emphasis on the analysis of SSC by the “emerging donors” in the region. Specifically, Thailand’s endeavor to be a more active regional provider of development cooperation, Indonesia’s recent move to establish its streamlined aid agency (Indonesian AID), and Vietnam’s emergence as a provider of SSC to neighboring states, are discussed.  

○Program:

1) Opening Remarks　12：30

Mr. Hiroaki Shiga

Executive Senior Research Fellow, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development

https://www.jica.go.jp/jica-ri/experts/shiga-hiroaki.html

2) Report on the Joint Research (Speakers) 12:40 ~13：40

“Vietnam’s SSC toward neighboring countries”

Dr. Nguyen Huy Hoang

Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, Vietnam

https://cseas.nsysu.edu.tw/p/405-1018-186573,c17315.php?Lang=zh-tw

“A lesson learned from the establishment of the Indonesian AID”

Dr. Yulius Purwadi Hermawan

Parahyangan Catholic University, Indonesia https://scholar.google.co.id/citations?user=jbnAov8AAAAJ&hl=en

“Thailand: Moving forward to be an active regional provider of development cooperation”

“In pursuit of ASEAN Centrality in Development Cooperation”

Dr. Siriporn Wajjwalku

Thammasat University, Thailand

 http://www.polsci.tu.ac.th/nw_polsci_en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65:2014-06-20-09-37-46&catid=17:2014-06-27-03-01-21&Itemid=143

3)Q&A Session (Moderator) 13:40~13:55

Mr. Ryutaro Murotani

Head, Office for Peacebuilding, Governance and Peacebuilding Department, Japan International Cooperation Organization

4)Concluding Remarks 13:55

Mr. Hiroaki Shiga

Executive Senior Research Fellow, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development

https://www.jica.go.jp/jica-ri/experts/shiga-hiroaki.html

For any questions on the webinar, please contact Tahara(ditas-rsunit@jica.go.jp) of JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development. For questions about PRN-SEA, please contact Sunahara (c-sunahara@grips.ac.jp) or Kondo(a-kondoh@grips.ac.jp) of GRIPS Alliance Secretariat.

※You can watch the 1st webinar recording of this series on “Great Power Rivalry and Maritime Order in Southeast Asia” via GRIPS YouTube Channel.