Myanmar in ASEAN: Regional Cooperation Experience

Abbreviations, ASEAN Organizational Structure

Abbreviations ADB Asian Development Bank AEGDM ASEAN Expert Group on Disaster Management AEM ASEAN Economic Ministers AEMM ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting AFDM ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting AFMM ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting AFPFL Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom Party AFTA ASEAN Free Trade Area AIA ASEAN Investment Area AIC ASEAN Industrial Complementation AICO ASEAN Industrial Cooperation AIDC Asian Industrial Development Council AIEDP Asian Institute for Economic Development and Planning AIJV ASEAN Industrial Joint Ventures AIP ASEAN Industrial Projects AMBDC ASEAN-Mekong Basin Development Cooperation AMM ASEAN Ministerial Meeting APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation APIAN APEC International Assessment Network APII Asia Pacific Information Infrastructure ARF ASEAN Regional Forum ASA Association of Southeast Asia ASC ASEAN Standing Committee ASCLA ASEAN Subcommittee on Labour Affairs ASCOE ASEAN Subcommittee on Education ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEM Asia-Europe Meeting ASM ASEAN Summit Meeting ASOD ASEAN Senior Officials on Drug Matters ASOEN ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment 00 Myanmar Prelims 16/12/04, 3:34 PM 15 ASEM Asia Europe Meeting ASPAC Asian and Pacific Council ASY ASEAN Subcommittee on Youth ATFOA ASEAN Task Force on AIDS BSPP Burma Socialist Programme Party BWS Burmese Way to Socialism CBMs confidence-building measures CEPT Common Effective Preferential Tariff CER Australia and New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement CMI Chiang Mai Initiative CMLV Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam COCI (ASEAN) Committee on Culture and Information COSD (ASEAN) Committee on Social Development COST (ASEAN) Committee on Science and Technology CSO Central Statistical Organization DEFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia ECAFE Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East EEAU East Asian Analytical Unit (DEFAT) EPG Eminent Persons Group ESCAP Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN) EC European Commission EU European Union FDI foreign direct investment FTA free trade area GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GEL General Exclusion List (of products under CEPT) GSP Generalized System of Preferences HPA Hanoi Plan of Action HRD human resource development IAI Initiative for ASEAN Integration ICT Information and Communications Technology IPR Intellectual Property Rights IL Inclusion List (under CEPT) IMF International Monetary Fund ISI import-substituting industrialization IT information technology MERCOSUR Common Market of the South MFN most-favoured-nation xvi ABBREVIATIONS 00 Myanmar Prelims 16/12/04, 3:34 PM 16 NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NBIP non-binding investment principles NIEs newly industrializing economies NLD National League for Democracy NTB non-tarriff barrier NTM non-tariff measure OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development PBEC Pacific Basin Economic Council PECC Pacific Economic Cooperation Council PMC Post-Ministerial Conference PPP purchasing power parity PTA Preferential Trading Arrangement RTA regional trade agreements SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SADC South Africa Development Community SC Standing Committee SEANWFZ Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone SEATO Southeast Asia Treaty Organization SEE state economic enterprises SEOM Senior Economic Officials Meeting SL Sensitive List (of products under CEPT) SLORC State Law and Order Restoration Council SME small- and medium-enterprise SMEWG Small and Medium Enterprise Working Group SOE state-owned enterprise SOM Senior Officials Meeting S&T science and technology SPDC State Peace and Development Council TAC Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (ASEAN) TEL Temporary Exclusion List (under CEPT) TFP total factor productivity TILF trade and investment liberalization and facilitation TRIMs Trade-Related Investment Measures TRIPs Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights TRQ tariff-rate quotas UNDP United Nations Development Program USDA Union of Myanmar Solidarity and Development Association WTO World Trade Organization ZOPFAN Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality ABBREVIATIONS xvii 00 Myanmar Prelims 16/12/04, 3:34 PM 17 ASEAN SUMMIT AEMM AMM AFMM SEOM AFDM Others ASC SOM Committees Sub-committees/ Working Groups Working Groups Working Groups Sub-committees/ Working Groups Sub-committees/ Working Groups ASEAN Secretariat AEMM : ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting AMM : ASEAN Ministerial Meeting AFMM : ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting SEOM : Senior Economic Officials Meeting ASC : ASEAN Standing Commitee SOM : Senior Officials Meeting AFDM : ASEAN Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting Source: www.aseansec.org FIGURE I ASEAN Organizational Structure 00 Myanmar Prelims 16/12/04, 3:34 PM 18 Secretary-General Bureau for Economic Integration Trade Policies Tariffs, Non-Tariffs Customs Standards & Conformance IPR Liberation of Services Tourism External Trade Investment Industry SMEs Legal Bureau for Resources Development Human Development Labour Civil Service Social Policies Health Education Natural Resources Agriculture/Fisheries Forestry Environment Culture...