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The busiest day of SOM 2 and related meetings
Translated by Anh Kiet 17:47, 2017/05/11
Today is the busiest day within the framework of the second APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 2) and related meetings with 11 meetings and workshops hosted by APEC working groups and subcommittees.
The Human Resources Development Working Group (HRDWG) is hosting a Workshop on Labour Market Information in the Digital Age, a Workshop on Healthy Women, Healthy Economies and another Workshop on Action Plan of the APEC Education Strategy.

Meanwhile, the Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance (SCSC) and the Food Safety Cooperation Forum (FSCF) is co-organising a Workshop on Modernisation of Food Safety Control Systems. The SCSC is also holding a Wine Regulatory Forum Technical Meeting.
 
Participants in SOM 2 in Hanoi pose for a photo
Participants in SOM 2 in Hanoi pose for a photo

The Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI) Meeting and the PPSTI Sub-Group Meetings on Capacity Building, Innovation and Connectivity is taking place on the same day.

The Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI) is the host of a Workshop on Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises’ (SMEs) Integration into Global Value Chains in Services Industries - Fashion Design and a Trade Policy Dialogue (TPD) on Environmental Services.

Also on May 11, the 26th Automotive Dialogue (AD26) and the 11th Mining Task Force (MTF11) Meeting is continuing their second and third working day, respectively. These meetings and workshops are designed to prepare contents for SOM 2 slated for May 17-18.
 
 
Representatives of the APEC Group
Representatives of the APEC Group
The second APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 2) and related meetings yesterday included bilateral meetings held within the framework of the 26th Automotive Dialogue (AD26) and a Symposium on Promoting the Employment of Persons with Disability organised by the Human Resources Development Working Group (HRDWG) in collaboration with APEC Group of Friends on Disability Issues (GOFD).

The Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance (SCSC), the Food Safety Cooperation Forum (FSCF) and the Partnership Training Institute Network (PTIN) enter the second day of the Export Certificate Workshop.

SOM 2 and related meetings comprise 49 meetings, workshops and dialogues of committees and working groups of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, covering a range of spheres such as trade and investment liberalisation, business facilitation, human resource development, education, network economy, food safety, science, technology and creativity, mining, automobile industry and urbanisation.

At these events, APEC delegates are expected to speeding up the deployment of long-term cooperation programmes and plans in key areas and reach consensus on documents to be submitted to ministers for approval, laying a foundation for preparing contents and documents for the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting and APEC Ministerial Meeting in central Da Nang City in November 2017.
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