The eighth ASEAN Framework Agreement on Competition (AFAC) Negotiation was virtually held on 21 February 2024.
The Meeting was held in plenary and attended by all ASEAN Member States (AMS), and the ASEAN Secretariat. The Meeting was chaired by Ms. Lolibeth Ramit-Medrano, Commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC), Chair of the AFAC Negotiation.
The Caucus for the fifth meeting of the Working Group on Competition for the ASEAN-Canada Free Trade Agreement (ACAFTA) Negotiations (Caucus for the 5th ACAFTA WGC) was virtually held on 19th February 2024.
The Sixth Meeting of the ASEAN-Canada Free Trade Agreement-Working Group on Trade in Services (ACAFTA-WGTIS) was held via video conferencing from 5 to 7 February, 2024. The meeting was attended by representatives from all ASEAN Member States, the ASEAN Secretariat Office and Canada. The two officials from Department of Trade, Ministry of Commerce, Myanmar have attended the meeting.
Introduction Course on WTO (Principles and General Rules)
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1. The opening ceremony of the Introduction Course on WTO (Principles and General Rules) was held in the conference hall, of the Department of Trade under the Ministry of Commerce, office No. (3) at Naypyitaw on February 5, 2024 from (13:00 to 13:30).
The 5th round of negotiation of the Working Group on Competition and Consumer Protection (WGCC) for the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement was held from 29th January to 2nd February 2024 in Hangzhou City, the People’s Republic of China.
The 1st Caucus of the 5thround of negotiation of the Working Group on Competition and Consumer Protection (WGCC) for the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement was virtually held on 25th January 2024.
Representatives from the Competition and Consumer Protection Sectors in ASEAN member States, China and the ASEAN Secretariat Office attended the meeting.
In honor of the Silver jubilee of the Civil Service Academy (Upper Myanmar), the 3rd Conference on Learning and Development to support Good Governance was held in the Yadanar Hall of Civil Service Academy (Upper Myanmar) from January 25 to 26, 2024.
The ceremony was attended by officials from the Union Civil Service Board, University Advisory Members, former trainees, thesis writers, the rectors and civil service personnels, and the current trainees from the different courses of the Civil Sercive Academy.
The Opening of the Course on Civil Service Law and Rules and Regulations
1. Following the guidance of the Union Minister for the Ministry of Commerce, the Trade Education Division, operating under the Department of Trade, is actively executing the Human Resource Development Plan.
2. The training course on Civil Service Law and Rules was conducted on January 22 and 23 (10:00 to 12:00) at the training hall of the Department of Trade, Ministry of Commerce in Nay Pyi Taw.
The Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the ASEAN Trade Facilitation Joint Consultative Committee (ATF-JCC) was held on 13 – 15 January 2024 in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
