FAQs
This year’s Mekong Forum will highlight the importance of increasing long-term resilience and building back better. With all the policies and action plans on COVID-19 already in place, the forum will also discuss how existing cooperation frameworks can be synergized and conducted successfully in real situations. Using this opportunity, the forum shall create common understanding among stakeholders and underline the importance of capacity development, making future implementation complementary and effective, and in turn, helping to revitalize GMS economies for greater and lasting impact in the post COVID-19 world.
The Forum offers action-oriented ideas and proposed programs, including initiatives for the further development of the GMS; a network of participants engaged in and/or knowledgeable about development cooperation, policy dialogues, and post COVID-19 recovery and a platform for organizations and individuals who are seeking synergy complementary to existing cooperation frameworks in the GMS.
Members of the GMS countries, development practitioners, and executives or senior officials of development organizations especially those engaged at the regional (GMS/ASEAN) level are highly encouraged to join.
It is also open to those in the government sector, non-government and civil society, academic and research and/or training institutions, development organizations and other support agencies within the region.
To join the Forum, you may register here.
Joining the Forum is free. However, you are requested to pay for your own domestic and/or international travel expenses. MI will only shoulder the expenses of invited speakers and panelists.
Meals (2 coffee breaks and lunch) are provided for free on the day of the forum as well as during the Reception Dinner.
The Mekong Forum 2022 will be held at Pullman Khon Kaen Raja Orchid Hotel, Khon Kaen, Thailand. Participants (except invited speakers and panelists) are expected to arrange your own flights/transportation to and from Khon Kaen as well as accommodation.
MI will provide airport pick-up for guests and participants staying at selected hotels.
A Reception Cocktails will be held the day before the forum. Guests may come in smart casual attire. Please confirm with the Forum Secretariat if you are joining the Reception Cocktails.