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Appendix II: Opening Statement by the Secretary-General of Thai Board of Investment Mr. Satit Sirirangkamanont Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: it is my great honour to open and welcome you to the united nations industrial development organization expert group meeting on foreign direct investment in Southeast Asia. This conference, jointly implemented by UNIDO and the Thailand board of investment, will examine the experiences and future policy implications for attracting FDI among developing countries. We are all aware that foreign direct investment is one of the most crucial drivers of industrial development, competitive industrial performance, and the capacity to trade among developing countries. in this challenging era of globalization, the nations of Southeast Asia have been particularly effective in competing for and attracting FDI. The successful Asian development experience, and the central part played by FDI in-flows and their linkages to domestic investment, holds significant lessons for other developing regions. The Asian experience will continue to develop policy coherence that is well-attuned to prevailing economic conditions and articulated by policy-makers according to local, regional, and global investment dynamics. Therefore, the assumed outcomes of this EGM are as follows: First, to meet the needs of developing countries for improvement of national policy, strategies and regulatory frameworks for industrial development promotion. Second, to build institutional capacities in developing countries with respect to making available strategies for integrating their industrial sectors, through FDI, with global production networks. and, third, this EGM will create a global public good in the form of publication of its deliberations, conclusions and policy messages. While examining such specific themes as “Foreign direct investment & multinational enterprises in Southeast Asia” “Intra-regional FDI, regional trade, and investment” and, “Capital markets and FDI in Southeast Asia”. This EGM will most importantly provide a free-ranging, specialized dialogue among experts and policy-makers on FDI-related matters and their effects on industrial development strategies. 58
This type of deep information exchange and knowledge sharing will assist the participating policy-makers to facilitate and promote FDI co-operation among developing countries. This EGM falls within the service delivery framework of UNIDO’s corporate strategy and priorities for 2004-2007, so, in many ways, we are at the beginning of a long road forward. As such, this meeting is aimed at assisting developing countries in several key ways: To match their FDI performance to their FDI potential; and to match their industrial capacity to their industrial complexity. The overall objective of this EGM is to enable policy-makers and government officials to work with members of the FDI policy community from Southeast Asia, as well as from other developing regions, to use advanced investment and manufacturing policy analysis, research, instruments and modalities to become more competitive in attracting FDI, as well as to maximize the impact of FDI in-flows on industrial growth trajectories. Our discussions these next few days will help to meet the needs of developing countries for improvement of national policy strategies and regulatory frameworks for investment and industrial promotion. just as critically, this EGM will improve the quality of UNIDO advisory and enabling services by advancing a “state-of-the-art” policy for FDI and expanding the links among UNIDO, practitioners and policy-makers. Last week, I was honoured to be among the speakers at the international investment promotion forum in Tianjin, china, where I outlined the strategy and construction of the board of investment. Joining speakers from UNIDO and other ADI experts, I was able to highlight the wide-ranging role the BOI has played for almost four decades of developing foreign and domestic direct investment in Thailand. We are very eager to openly share our experiences – both positive and negative – to assist our regional neighbours, as well as other countries, to develop their own relevant national economic agendas. So, ladies and gentlemen, I am especially pleased that Thailand has the opportunity to serve as the host country for the next three days of stimulating, effective, and necessary discussion. Once again, I want to welcome you to this expert group meeting -- and to Thailand. Thank you. 59
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