Nay Pyi Taw, December 22 The Foreign Economic Relations Department and the Asian Development Bank jointly organized an online meeting for the Tripartite Portfolio Review Mission with the aim to assess progress and challenges of ADB-financed projects in Myanmar via Video Conference on 22 December 2020. This meeting was co-chaired by Dr. Aung Moe…
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2020 December 23, Nay Pyi Taw Public-Private Dialogue for the implementation of Regional Comprehensive Partnership (RCEP) Agreement was virtually commenced in collaboration with the Foreign Economic Relations Department under the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations and the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) on 23 December, 2020. U…
22 December 2020, Nay Pyi Taw U Than Aung Kyaw, Director General of Foreign Economic Relations Department delivered a remark today at the online signing ceremony of Exchange of Notes (EoNs) between the Embassy of Japan, UNICEF and WFP for the two projects funded by Japanese Government. Director General expressed sincere appreciation to the Government…
2020 December 11th, Nay Pyi Taw Mid Term Review Meeting of Myanmar-UNICEF Country Programme (2018-2022) was virtually held on 11th December, 2020. At the meeting, U Than Aung Kyaw, Director General, Foreign Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Mr. Marcoluigi Corsi, Deputy Regional Director, UNICEF East Asia & Pacific Regional Office…
2020 November 26, Nay Pyi Taw Annual Review Meeting of UNFPA 4th Country Programme was virtually held on 26 November, 2020. At the meeting, U Than Aung Kyaw, Director General, Foreign Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations and Mr. Ramanathan Balakrishnan, UNFPA Representative for Myanmar made the opening address. Dr. San…
Nay Pyi Taw, November 24 U ThanAungKyaw, the Director General of Foreign Economic Relations Department received Ms. Aler Grubbs, the Mission Director of USAID today at 10:30 AMvia Video Conferencing. During the meeting, the Director General briefed the recently lunchedDevelopment Assistance Policy (2020) and the progress of implementation for the ASEAN Single Window andthe ASEAN-Wide…
July 22-27, Nay Pyi Taw The Virtual ASEAN Senior Economic Official Meeting (SEOM 3/51) and related meetings were held on 22– 27 July 2020 by Video Conferencing Facilities. CLMV SEOM Meeting, the meetings of free trade partner with ASEAN such as Australia – Newzeland, China, India, Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong and also the meeting…
(12-6-2020) The 5th Meeting of the Project Steering Committee for Institutional Strengthening and Policy Dialogue Support (My Governance) Project was held on 12th June, 2020 from 13:00 to 14:30 at Office No.1, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Nay Pyi Taw with video conference system. The project has been implementing by GoPA Worldwide…
28th May 2020, Nay Pyi Taw The first video conference capacity building workshop on Pandemic (COVID-19) Policy, Trade and Economic Cooperation was held from 27th to 28th May 2020 with the collaboration of Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations (MIFER), Australian Aid and Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). U Than…
2020 May 21, Nay Pyi Taw The Virtual Seventy Sixth Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) meeting was held on 21 May, 2020. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Md Nazmul Quaunine, Bangladesh Ambassador to Thailand, Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of UNESCAP was co-chaired…
2020 May 20, Nay Pyi Taw The Virtual Thirtieth Meeting of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Trade Negotiating Committee was held on 15, 18 and 20 May 2020 respectively. The Meeting was chaired by Mr. Iman Pambagyo, Director-General for International Trade Negotiation, Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia, and Mr.…
2020 May 19, Nay Pyi Taw ASEAN- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) High Level Policy Dialogue was held on Tuesday, 19 May 2020 from 9:30 to 12: 00 hours via Video Conference. The senior officials exchanged the views on the area of trade and investment that to contribute to…
2020 April 28 , Nay Pyi Taw ASEAN Senior Economic Official Meeting ( SEOM 2/51) and Related Meetings were held on 27- 28 April 2020 by Video Conferencing Facilities. The meetings with ASEAN and China, Japan, Korea , Plus 3 and Canada were also held back to back with ASEAN Senior Economic Official Meeting.…
2020 April 24, Nay Pyi Taw The third round of the twenty-ninth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Trade Negotiating Committee Virtual Meeting was held on 24 April 2020 at 10:00 AM. The Meeting was chaired by Iman Pambagyo, Director-General for International Trade Negotiation, Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia, and Han Koo Yeo,…
2020 April 22, Nay Pyi Taw The second round of the twenty-ninth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Trade Negotiating Committee Virtual Meeting was held on 22 April 2020 at 10:00 AM. The Meeting was chaired by Iman Pambagyo, Director-General for International Trade Negotiation, Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia, and Han Koo Yeo,…
2020 April 20, Nay Pyi Taw The first round of the twenty-ninth Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Trade Negotiating Committee Virtual Meeting was held on 20 April 2020 at 10:00 AM. The Meeting was chaired by Mr. Iman Pambagyo, Director-General for International Trade Negotiation, Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia, working in collaboration…
9-11 March 2020 U Aung Htoo, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Commerce and delegates attended the 26th ASEAN Economic Ministers Retreat Meeting which was held in Danang, Viet Nam on 9-11 March 2020. At the meeting, the Ministers endorsed Viet Nam’s priority economic deliverables for its Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2020, discussed on the priorities of…
(5-3-2020 ၊ Nay Pyi Taw) Cooperation Dialogue between the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the Swiss Confederation was held at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations in Nay Pyi Taw on 5th March 2020. The dialogue was co-chaired by U Than Aung Kyaw, Director General of Foreign Economic…
The Annual Consultation Meeting between the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations and Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) was held on 25 February 2020 at M Gallery Hotel, Nay Pyi Taw. The meeting was led by U Than Aung Kyaw, Director General of Foreign economic Relations Department and H.E. Mr. Christian Lechervy, the Franch…
U Than Aung Kyaw, Director General, Foreign Economic Relations Department received Mr. Newin Sinsiri, Country Director, Myanmar Resident Mission (MYRM), Asian Development Bank at the Foreign Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations office in Nay Pyi Taw this morning. During the meeting, they discussed matters relating to the implementation of Mandalay…
The 34th PMU Meeting on Regional Development Project for Poverty Reduction Phase I (MY-P1) and 8th PMU Meeting on Regional Development Project for Poverty Reduction Phase II (MY-P17) chaired by U Than Aung Kyaw, Director General for Foreign Economic Relations Department was held at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, today. The meeting…
The Foreign Economic Relations Department and Development Assistance Coordination Unit (DACU) Secretariat is very pleased to provide you with this package of presentations, concept notes and documents produced as part of our recent 2nd Myanmar Development Effectiveness Forum. We wish to once again thank you all for your participation in the 2nd Myanmar Development Effectiveness Roundtable and look forward…
The signing ceremony for Letter of Understanding (LoU) regarding the WFP Country Strategic Plan (2018-2022) between the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and WFP was held on 13th December 2019 at Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Nay Pyi Taw. Before the witness of H.E U Bharat Singh, Deputy Minister…
The signing ceremony for the Extension to the Memorandum of Understanding concerning Development Cooperation between the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations Department of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway was held at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Nay Pyi…
On 23 October 2019, U Than Aung Kyaw, Director General of the Foreign Economic Relations Department (FERD) of the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations (MIFER) received Mr. Walter Zucconi, incoming Country Director of the Italy Agency for Development Cooperation(AICS) office in Yangon. On that occasion, FERD and AICS discussed potential AICS assistance to…
Development Assistance Coordination Unit-DACU’s Regular Meeting15/2019 was held on October 29, 2019 at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Nay Pyi Taw. The meeting was attended by U Set Aung, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Planning and Finance and Secretary of DACU, members of the DACU, Technical Advisory Group and senior officials…
Nay Pyi Taw, October 25 Review meeting of Myanmar-UNICEF Multi-Year Work Plan (2018-2019) for the preparation of Multi-Year Work Plan (2020-2021) under Country Programme (2018-2022) was held at Park Royal Hotel, Nay Pyi Taw this morning. At the meeting, U Than Aung Kyaw, Director General of Foreign Economic Relations Department under Ministry of Investment and…
Nay Pyi Taw, 3rd October 2019 U Than Aung Kyaw, Director General for Foreign Economic Relations Department (FERD) of Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations received Ms. Lee Youn Soo, Chief Representative of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on 3rd October 2019 at 15:00 pm at the Office Building No (1), Nay Pyi Taw.…
Nay Pyi Taw, September 30, 2019 Members of the Development Assistance Coordination Unit (DACU) hosted a meeting with Myanmar’s Development Partners, including representatives from the Cooperation Partners Group (CPG), Local Resource Center (LRC) and INGO Forum on the 30th of September 2019 at the Park Royal Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw. Opening the event, H.E…
Nay Pyi Taw, September 18 The signing ceremony for the extension of Memorandum of Understanding on the services provided under the “Institutional Strengthening and Policy Dialogue Support” Project between Foreign Economic Relations Department (FERD) and GOPA Consultants was held at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Nay Pyi Taw. The ceremony was…
Nay Pyi Taw 18 – 9 – 2019 Preparatory Meeting of Country Visit for Monitoring and Evaluation to ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2025 Implementation led by U Than AungKyaw , Director General of Foreign Economic Relations Department was held on 18 September 2019 at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations , Office No…
13, September 2019 The status of Myanmar’s participation in Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was presented to Members of Parliament led by Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations on 13-9-2019 at Learning Centre Room, Hluttaw Compound. The meeting was attended by 63 persons in total including…
The Development Assistance Coordination Unit (DACU) held a regular meeting on July 22, 2019 at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations in Nay Pyi Taw. On that occasion, H.E. U Set Aung, Deputy Minister of Planning and Finance and DACU Secretary along with representatives from the Foreign Economic Relations Department (FERD) and…
July 2,2019,Nay Pyi Taw Development Assistance Coordination Unit-DACU’s Regular Meeting 9/2019 was held on July 2,2019 at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Nay Pyi Taw. The meeting was attended by U Thaung Tun, Union Minister of the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations and Vice-Chair of DACU, U Set Aung, Deputy…
Nay Pyi Taw, June 27 The signing ceremony for Exchange of Notes on rendering assistance to Myanmar by Japan was held at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Nay Pyi Taw. The ceremony was attended by Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations U Thaung Tun, Deputy Minister for Planning and…
24June 2019 A consultation workshop was held on Monday, June 24, 2019 in Kempinski Hotel, Nay Pyi Taw in order to seek the views of Senior Union-level Officials regarding Myanmar’s key development challenges, and to identify areas where the World Bank Group should concentrate its future support in order to have the greatest impact in…
Members of the Development Assistance Coordination Unit (DACU) met with representatives from the World Bank Group at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations (MIFER) on 19 June 2019 in Nay Pyi Taw to discuss the proposed consultation process and other necessary preparations that will inform the drafting of the World Bank Group’s new…
U Than Aung Kyaw, Director General of Foreign Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations attended the High Level Dialogue on ASEAN-Italy Economic Relations held in Hanoi, Vietnam on 6 June 2019. At the meeting, Director General participated as a speaker for the topic on “Tools for Economic Cooperation: Public Private Partnership,…
The signing ceremony for Exchange of Notes on rendering assistance to Myanmar by Japan was held at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Nay Pyi Taw. The ceremony was attended by Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations U Thaung Tun, Deputy Minister for Planning and Finance U Set Aung, Deputy Attorney…
The Hand-over Ceremony for the Supply and Installation of IT Equipment to the Foreign Economic Relations Department (FERD) of the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations (MIFER) as part of the project titled “Support to ODA Coordination in Myanmar: Capacity Development of Donor Coordination (CAD-MM) – AID 11087” was held on the 30th of…
Nay Pyi Taw, April 29, 2019 U Than Aung Kyaw, Director General of Foreign Economic Relations Department (FERD) received Mr. Yang Dong Woo, the Commercial Attaché of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations in Nay Pyi Taw on 29th April 2019 at 9 : 00…
The 4th Meeting of the Project Steering Committee for Institutional Strengthening and Policy Dialogue Support (My Governance) Project was held on 9th April 2019 from 13:30 to 16:00 at Amara Hotel, Nay Pyi Taw. The project has been implementing by GoPA Worldwide Consultant Group with the support of European Union. The meeting was co-chaired by…
Nay Pyi Taw, April 10 The signing ceremony for Exchange of Notes on rendering assistance to Myanmar by Japan was held at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Nay Pyi Taw. The ceremony was attended by Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations U Thaung Tun, Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and…
U Than Aung Kyaw, Director General of Foreign Economic Relations Department received the delegation led by Mr. Fumio Suzuki, Director General of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), New Energy and Power Finance Department II at Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations at 4:00 PM on 8-4-2019. They discussed matters relating to the Project…
Nay Pyi Taw, 1st April 2019 The meeting on Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF)was held on 1st April 2019, from 10:00 am to 12:00 am at Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Office Building No. (1), Nay Pyi Taw between Korea EXIM Bank and line ministries led byU Than Aung Kyaw, Director General for…
U Than Aung Kyaw, Director General of Foreign Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations and a delegate attended the Second Meeting of the ASEAN Senior Economic Officials for the Fiftieth ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (SEOM 2/50) and Related Meetings held on 4-8 April 2019 at Lao Plaza Hotel in Vientiane Capital,…
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi attended a Hand-over Ceremony of the Financing Agreement between Myanmar and the European Union for Enhancing the Education and Skills base in Myanmar held at the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations in Nay Pyi Taw. The Hand-over Ceremony was also attended by Dr. Myo Thein Gyi,…
U Than Aung Kyaw, Director General, Foreign Economic Relations Department attended the 35th High Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration (35th HLTF EI) Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand on 12-13 March 2019. The meeting was attended by 30 participants including HLTF-EI Leaders and delegates from ASEAN member states and responsible person from ASEAN Secretariat. The…
Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations and China International Development Cooperation Agency – CIDCA, jointly organized meeting on the facilitation of implementation of Chinese Government aid projects at the office (1), the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic and Relations in Nay Pyi Taw on 14-3-2019 at 3:00 pm. The total of 35 delegates…
Collaboration with Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and Foreign Economic Relations Department, Socialization Meeting of Regulatory Management System was held on 8th March 2019 at Aureum Palace Hotel, Nay Pyi Taw. The meeting was attended by over 30 participants including researchers from ERIA, country authors from Myanmar, officials from concerned…
U Than Aung Kyaw, Director General for Foreign Economic Relations Department(FERD) of Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations received Ms. Lee Ji Sun ,Program Manager, World Friend Korea Volunteers (WFK Volunteers)Program of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on 7th March 2019 at 2:00 pm at the Office Building No (1) Nay Pyi Taw. During…
The Consultation on 3-year Myanmar-Thailand Development Cooperation Programme (2019-2021) (Draft) was held from 25-2-2019 to 27-2-2019 at M-Gallery Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw. During the meeting, the matters relating to the cooperation plans in five sectors; Agriculture, Education, Public Health, Economic and Financial Development and Community Development Sector were discussed by the representatives from Myanmar and Thailand, focusing on; (a) Programmesand their Objectives (b)Strategies and activities…
U ThanAungKyaw, Director General for Foreign Economic Relations Department of Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations received Senior Deputy Representative Mr. KIM Jihoon of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on 22nd February 2019 at 1:15 pm at the Office Building No (1) Nay Pyi Taw. During the meeting, they cordially exchanged views on matters…
On February 19, 2019, a signing ceremony of FAO Country Programming Framework between the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) was held at Kempinski Hotel, Nay Pyi Taw. U Set Aung, Deputy Minister for Planning and Finance, Dr. Mya Lay Sein, Deputy Minister for Health and…
Investment and Foreign Economic Department of Communications, Department of Foreign Economic Relations, Director-General U Than Aung Kyaw and officials have attended the meeting for Investment and Industrial Development Committee which was held at the court of Parliament, chamber number I-8.
Japan-Myanmar inter-Governmental Consultation on TVET meeting