Distr.: General 25 June 2015

Distr.: General
25 June 2015
Regional Conference/Forum for Freight Forwarders, Multimodal Transport
Operators and Logistics Service Providers
Bangkok, 25 June 2015
REPORT OF THE REGIONAL CONFERENCE/FORUM
FOR FREIGHT FORWARDERS, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT
OPERATORS AND LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS
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Table of Contents
I.
MAIN CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
CONFERENCE/FORUM ................................................................................................... 3
II.
SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS ................................................................... 4
A. Update on the latest work by UNESCAP with relevance to freight forwarders,
multimodal transport operators and logistics service providers .......................... 4
B. The implications of the ASEAN Economic Community to logistics industry .... 4
C. Supply chain resilience to external shock ............................................................ 6
D. Green freight and logistics ................................................................................... 6
E. Dialogue on resolving operational challenges ..................................................... 6
F. Good practices by national associations .............................................................. 7
G. Other matters ........................................................................................................ 8
III.
ORGANIZATION OF THE FORUM ....................................................................... 8
A. Opening statements .............................................................................................. 8
B. Organization and duration.................................................................................... 9
C. Attendance ........................................................................................................... 9
ANNEX I.
PROGRAMME OF THE FORUM ............................................................. 10
ANNEX II. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ......................................................................... 13
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I.
MAIN CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
CONFERENCE/FORUM
1.
The Conference/Forum was briefed on the work carried out by UNESCAP in the
field of infrastructure, facilitation and logistics, in particular relating to the
Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports, Regional Framework on Railway
Facilitation Issues, Sustainable Development Agenda, Integrated Intermodal
Transport and Logistics System, Development of Logistics Information Standards
and Framework for National Logistics Information Service Systems and the
application of Secure Cross-border Transport Model.
2.
The Conference/Forum reviewed the achievements and remaining challenges of the
implementation of regional commitments under the framework of the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and discussed the economic benefits of
ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and impact on freight forwarders in the
region. The Conference/Forum recognized the importance of full implementation of
the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity for the realization of potential benefits.
3.
The Conference/Forum recognized the importance of improving hard and soft
infrastructure quality especially among developing countries to reduce logistics cost
and enhance logistics services efficiency.
4.
The Conference/Forum highlighted the importance of improving logistics service
quality and professionalism through human resource capacity building; and noted
the benefits in establishing regional standards in certifications.
5.
The Conference/Forum underscored the importance of sustainable freight transport
and noted DHL’s approaches to achieving logistics supply chain resilience and risk
assessment.
6.
The Conference/Forum recognized the importance of active participation of
national associations in government forums as a way to promote dialogue, improve
awareness and enhance the role of the industry in policy development.
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II.
SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS
7.
The Forum comprised the following substantive topics.
A.
Update on the latest work by UNESCAP with relevance to freight forwarders,
multimodal transport operators and logistics service providers
8.
In this session, Mr. Yuwei Li, Director, Transport Division, UNESCAP, briefed the
participants on major initiatives by the secretariat since the Regional Forum of 2014.
9.
He updated participants with the latest development on the Intergovernmental
Agreement on Dry Ports. He also informed participants that UNESCAP can provide
capacity building to support countries in policy change pertaining to this agreement.
10. He stressed the importance of regional connectivity in the development of inter- and
intra-region trade and informed participants on regional common targets on railway
facilitation issues. He touched upon ASEAN and SAARC connectivity plans.
11. He briefed participants on United Nations Millennium Development Goals and the
importance of integrating “economic, social and sustainable development” in
transport policy planning.
12. He explained the concept and linkage between sustainable transport and integrated
intermodal transport in minimizing environment impact.
13. He informed participants that the “development of logistics information standards
and framework for national logistics information service systems” project would be
completed by the end of this year.
14. He briefed participants on development of feasibility study on pilot implementation
of the Secure Cross-border Transport Model along Bhutan-India transit corridor to
increase the efficiency and security of transit transport and reduce transit costs.
B.
The implications of the ASEAN Economic Community to logistics industry
15. This session is divided into three sub-sessions with presentations from the ASEAN
Secretariat, academia and industry service providers.
16. Ms. Megasari Widyaty, Head of Infrastructure Division, ASEAN Economic
Community Department, ASEAN Secretariat, presented an overview of the ASEAN
Economic Community (AEC) and highlighted its achievements, progress-to-date
and remaining challenges in policy implementation and further economic
integration. Participants were briefed on Nay Pyi Taw Declaration on ASEAN
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Community’s Post-2015 Vision which was adopted at the 25th Summit on 12
November 2014. She pointed out the importance of logistics and informed
participants on ASEAN Roadmap for the Integration of Logistics Services (RILS)
to achieve greater and significant integration of logistics services within ASEAN.
She briefed participants on the development of ASEAN Single Shipping Market
and the Implementation of ASEAN Single Aviation Market and highlighted the
benefits of AEC to logistics industry and the advantages of multimodal transport.
She also presented the ASEAN Transport Strategic Plan 2016-2025.
17. Ms. Melanie Milo, Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East
Asia (ERIA) presented some of the key results and recommendations of studies that
ERIA has undertaken to analyze the impact of AEC measures on the ground, with
particular focus on logistics service providers. She first discussed the positive
impact of improved trade facilitation on economic growth and intra-ASEAN trade.
She noted the improvement in ASEAN Member States’ implementation scores for
customs modernization and the National Single Window over the period 2011-2014,
as well as the still significant gap between the front runners and the tail enders. She
identified resource constraints as one of the major reasons for the implementation
gap among ASEAN’s newer Member States. She also presented the progress of
services liberalization and its impact on logistics within the air, maritime, rail and
telecommunication sectors. Finally, she highlighted the regulatory issues related to
logistics and trade facilitation, such as the importance of coherent and efficient
regulations, the benefits of competition within the market, and the necessity of
appropriate regulation to prevent monopolistic behavior in certain sectors.
18. Mr. Alvin Chua, President, Federation of Malaysian Freight Forwarders (FMFF)
presented the impact of AEC from Malaysian freight forwarders perspective. He
explained various initiatives and strategies taken by the Malaysian authority,
including Malaysia’s Master Plan to improve and strengthen the logistics sector to
cement Malaysia’s position as the preferred logistic gateway. He outlined
challenges such as protectionism, lack of integration within physical and
institutional connectivity. He highlighted positive initiatives in human resource
capacity building and the benefits of Customs border control akin to the ATA
Carnet system in Greater Mekong Sub-region countries.
19. Mr. Kettivit Sittisoontornwong, President, Thai International Freight Forwarders
Association (TIFFA) presented the impact of AEC from Thai freight forwarders
perspective. He briefed participants on ASEAN economic potential and highlighted
Thailand’s position as a regional hub for connectivity. He highlighted the benefits
of AEC including free flow of investments, skilled labor and bigger market for
more business opportunities. He outlined the challenges of Thailand in view of
AEC including political instability, lack of research and development, skill gap,
monetary policy etc.
20. Mr. Masaharu Nozawa, Executive Director and Secretary General, Japan
International Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA), presented the impact of AEC
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from a non-ASEAN/Japanese freight forwarders perspective. He stressed the
importance of Japan-ASEAN trade relationship, highlighted key roles of Japanese
freight forwarders play in the flourishing trade between Japan and ASEAN. He
explained the benefits of AEC to Japanese manufacturers based in ASEAN member
states. He also informed participants on the expanding Japanese agriculture and
alimentation industry exports to ASEAN.
C.
Supply chain resilience to external shock
21.
In this session, Mr. Tobias Larsson, Director Resilience 360, DHL Customer
Solutions and Innovation introduced DHL risk assessment on supply chain
resilience program and DHL Incident Monitoring Database. He explained the
research methodology and different variables included in the index calculation. He
presented different case studies as examples.
D.
Green freight and logistics
22.
Mr. Roland Haas, Program Director, GIZ Thailand, delivered a presentation on
green freight and logistics initiative funded by Germany in the ASEAN region. He
highlighted the adverse impact of transport towards environment. He outlined the
concept of green freight and key strategies which may contribute to greener freight
and logistics. He provided examples of GIZ support for country level activities as
well as future technical cooperation projects. He stressed the importance of capacity
building and increase green transport awareness in the society.
E.
Dialogue on resolving operational challenges
23.
Mr. Sandeep Raj Jain, Officer-in-Charge, a.i., Transport Facilitation and Logistics
Section, Transport Division, UNESCAP, introduced the participants to the role of
UNESCAP as a regional intergovernmental body and invited participants to share
their views on country level operational issues.
24.
Bangladesh: Participants from Bangladesh informed the Conference/Forum that
separate licenses are required for providing freight forwarding services and customs
services. E-manifest can be submitted at Chittagong port. However, the port and
customs e-systems are not connected.
25.
Cambodia: Participants from Cambodia expressed concern on cargo security and
safety during transportation. They also informed the Conference/Forum on lack of
bonded warehouses at border check-points and despite the introduction of
ASYCUDA systems, customs procedures remain cumbersome and not entirely
paperless.
26.
Indonesia: Participants from Indonesia informed the Conference/Forum of high
logistics cost and the lack of hard and soft infrastructure particularly in the eastern
provinces. Participants then informed the Conference/Forum of new government
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policy on logistics reform which include harmonization of regulations, improve
hard and soft infrastructure, education and fiscal issues.
27.
Malaysia: Participants from Malaysia expressed concern on potential tariff hike by
Port Klang which will affect terminal charges. They also raised the issue on the
time gap in VAT recovery which may impact freight forwarders’ cash flow.
28.
Myanmar: Participants from Myanmar informed the Conference/Forum of
challenges in operations due to poor infrastructure. Lack of cold storage and bonded
warehouses and documentations fraud. Participants stressed the lack of
understanding of freight forwarders role within the public sector and requested
UNESCAP to involve in raising public awareness through education.
29.
Nepal: Participants from Nepal informed the Conference/Forum of the limitation of
warehousing and facility and service issues at Inland Container Depot in Raxaul.
Participants also requested UNESCAP to provide training to Nepalese freight
forwarders to improve their human resource capacity especially in multimodal
transport.
30.
Thailand: Participants from Thailand informed the Conference/Forum of that
freight forwarders are not recognized as a “legal entity” by the Thai Customs law
which leads to additional layer of administrative processes. Participants stressed the
unfair regulation pertains to VAT. They explained that VAT on international ocean
cargo is collected from freight forwarders but not from ship liners.
31.
Viet Nam: Participants from Viet Nam expressed desire to increase cooperation
with UNESCAP and other regional organizations to improve the overall quality of
logistics situation.
32.
Mr. Edouard Chong, Economic Affairs Officer, Transport Facilitation and Logistics
Section, Transport Division, UNESCAP informed participants on the release of
Policy Briefs on Container Deposit and Block Exemption on UNESCAP website.
Participants were invited to provide feedback within a month’s time before the
official publication.
F.
Good practices by national associations
33.
Bangladesh: Participants from Bangladesh informed the Conference/Forum of the
reorganization of licensing systems. The national freight forwarders association also
cooperated with the government to standardize rules and regulations for freight
forwarders to increase service quality. Participants expressed interests to set up
training institute modelled on SLA institute in Singapore and requested UNESCAP
for training assistance.
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34.
Cambodia: Participants from Cambodia informed the Conference/Forum of
improved collaboration between the Ministry of Transport and CAMFA and
reported increasing focus on training to improve service quality within the industry.
35. Singapore/FIATA: Participants from Singapore, speaking on behalf of FIATA,
informed the Conference/Forum of the conditions to apply for financial assistance
from FIATA Foundation to train trainers.
36. Indonesia: Participants from Indonesia informed the Conference/Forum of new
certification body to upgrade human resource capacity development within the
industry. The association provided recommendations to the government on policies
related to the freight forwarding sector.
37. Malaysia: Participants from Malaysia informed the Conference/Forum that FMFF
was invited by Ministry of Transport to participate in logistics roadmap meeting.
Participants also reported that human resource grant was made available by the
authority to improve human resource capacity. Members of FMFF must now
comply with strict conditions to ensure professionalism and quality service
provided by FMFF members. Examples of conditions included: a minimum of
MYR100k asset, insurance liability, at least two persons who have completed
training course etc.
38. Thailand: Participants from Thailand informed the Conference/Forum of TIFFA’s
involvement in improving training standards for the industry with the help of the
Thai government. The new TIFFA office has better training facility which can
accommodate more students and deliver higher standards of training.
G.
Other matters
39.
No other matter was raised.
III. ORGANIZATION OF THE FORUM
A.
Opening Statements
40. Mr. Yuwei Li, Director, Transport Division, UNESCAP, opened the session by
providing an overall introduction of the functions of the Transport Division,
UNESCAP. He highlighted the dominant role of transport in facilitating
international trade. He briefed participants on the importance of maritime transport
and socio-economic contribution of Asian Highway and Trans-Asian Railway.
41. He stressed the importance of improving human resource capacity building by
establishing regional guidelines, standards and recognition in logistics related
training courses. He informed participants of UNESCAP Foundation Course mainly
targeting at assisting freight forwarders based in developing countries.
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42. He highlighted various cooperations between UNESCAP and industry stakeholders.
He cited an example where UNESCAP and TIFFA collaborated in testing the use of
e-seal and satellite positioning system to increase container security during
transportation.
43. He drew participants’ attention to the release of Policy Briefs on Container Deposit
and Block Exemption on UNESCAP website as requested by the
Conference/Forum in 2014.
44. He also expressed appreciation to FIATA for its close collaboration with
UNESCAP in organizing this annual event in the past nine years and to TIFFA for
hosting arrangements.
B.
Organization and duration
45.
UNESCAP Regional Conference/Forum for Freight Forwarders, Multimodal
Transport Operators and Logistics Service Providers was organized by UNESCAP
at the United Nations Building in Bangkok on 25 June 2015. The Forum was
organized in conjunction with the FIATA RAP Field Meeting on 24 June 2015.
46.
The programme of the Forum is provided in Annex I.
C.
Attendance
47.
The list of the participants is provided in Annex II.
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ANNEX I. PROGRAMME OF THE FORUM
Programme
0900–0915
Opening session.
0915–0945
Updating of the latest work by UNESCAP with relevance to freight
forwarders, multimodal transport operators and logistics service
providers.
UNESCAP secretariat will provide a brief on recent work of relevance to the
industry in the region, including:
Latest developments on the Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports;
Regional connectivity;
Regional framework on railway facilitation issues;
Sustainable development agenda;
Integrated intermodal transport and logistics system;
Development of logistics information standards and framework for national
logistics information service systems;
Application of Secure Cross-border Transport model in Bhutan and India in
cooperation with ADB and TIFFA.
Mr. Yuwei Li, Director of Transport Division, ESCAP.
0945–1045
The implications of the ASEAN Economic Community to logistics
industry.
1. Presentation from ASEAN Secretariat
2.
The ASEAN Secretariat will provide an update on overall implementation of
ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), highlighting overall plans,
achievements and way forward.
Ms. Megasari Widyaty, Head, Infrastructure Division, ASEAN.
3. Perspective of research institute
4.
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia will present the academia’s
perspective on the subject.
Ms. Melanie Milo, Economist, ERIA.
1045-1100
Coffee Break
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1100–1200
Industry perspective
ASEAN and non-ASEAN industrial stakeholders will share their opinions on
possible country-level benefits and challenges for local service providers.
Mr. Alvin Chua, President, Federation of Malaysian Freight Forwarders and
Selangor Freight Forwarding and Logistics Association.
Mr. Kettivit Sittisoontornwong, Thai International Freight Forwarders Association.
Mr. Masaharu Nozawa, Executive Director & Secretary General, Japan International
Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA).
Open floor for questions, discussions and interaction between policy makers,
academia and industry stakeholders.
Lunch Break
1300-1345
Supply chain resilience to external shock.
Logistics is one of the most important components within a supply chain.
However, it is increasingly vulnerable to external disruptions. This session
will examine the roles of logistics in supply chain resilience to external
shock. How do service providers react to unforeseeable disruptions? Can
these external risks be mitigated?
Mr. Tobias Larsson, Head, DHL Resilience 360.
1345-1400
Green Freight and Logistics.
Green Freight and Logistics present a significant opportunity for cost savings
along the whole transport supply chain. It also reduces local and global air
pollution. GIZ (The German International Cooperation) will introduce its
Green Freight and Logistics action plans and measures in several ASEAN
Member States under the ASEAN-German Technical Cooperation “Cities,
Environment and Transport.”
1400-1515
Dialogue on resolving operational challenges.
The purpose of this session is to share experiences on a range of operational
issues, to discuss possible solutions and identify actions for the associations
and UNESCAP to facilitate the resolving of issues.
To follow up: Focus points will be collected from freight forwarders,
transport operators and logistics service providers.
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1515 –1530
Coffee break
1530 –1630
Good practices by national associations.
In this session, representatives of the national associations report the key
initiatives and efforts the associations have made to enhance the role of the
associations to help develop the industry and promote cooperation of
members since the UNESCAP Regional Conference/Forum of Freight
Forwarders, Multimodal Transport Operators and Logistics Service
Providers held in June 2014.
1630-1645
Other matters.
The meeting is open for other matters of interest of the participants under this
session.
1645-1700
Closing remarks.
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ANNEX II.
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
BANGLADESH
Mr. Amirul Chowdhury, Senior Vice President, Bangladesh Freight Forwarders
Association (BAFFA), Chittagong – 4100.
Mr. Helaluddin Akbar, Managing Director, GSA Cargo Limited, Dhaka.
Mr. Badrul Haque Chowdhury, Director (Member of the Board of Director), Bangladesh
Freight Forwarders Association, Interlink Logistics and Distribution, Dhaka.
Mr. Mohammed Obaidul Haque, Managing Director, N.H. Logistics Ltd., Dhaka.
Mr. Adnan Md. Iqbal, Director, Globe Forwarding and Freight Ltd., Dhaka.
CAMBODIA
Mr. Chanthy Sin, President, Cambodia Freight Forwarder Association, Phnom Penh.
Ms. Sopheak Ou, Vocational Director, Cambodia Freight Forwarder Association, Phnom
Penh.
Mr. Chanrithea Vong, Customer Service and Operation Manager, Linehaul Express
(Cambodia) Co., Ltd., Phnom Penh.
CHINA
Ms. Huang Qun, General Manager, Beijing JMCONZ Transportation Consulting Co.,
Ltd., Beijing.
Ms. Anqi Song, Legal Consultant of Sinotrans and CSC Holidays Ltd. Co., China
International Freight Forwarders Association, Beijing.
Mr. Yi Wanquan, Oversea Development Manager, Addicon Logistics (China) Co., Ltd.,
Shenzhen.
INDIA
Mr. Debashis Dutta, Chairman, Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India,
Chembur.
Mr. Kamat, Honorary Secretary, Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India,
Chembur.
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INDONESIA
Mr. Yukki Nugrahawan Hanafi, Chairman, Indonesian Logistics and Forwarders
Association (ILFA), North Jakarta.
Mr. Theonugroho Samuel Kumaat, Deputy Secretary General, Indonesian Logistics and
Forwarders Association (ILFA), North Jakarta.
JAPAN
Mr. Masaharu Nozawa, Executive Director and Secretary-General, Japan International
Freight Forwarders Association, Tokyo.
Mr. Yasufumi Tomita, Director, Japan Freight Forwarders Federation, Tokyo.
MALAYSIA
Mr. Seng Wah Alvin Chua, President, Federation of Malaysian Freight Forwarders, Port
Klang. (ESCAP Resource Person).
Mr. Krishnan Chelliah, Deputy President, Federation of Malaysian Freight Forwarders,
Penang.
Mr. Rahem Karim, Committee Member, FMFF, Port Klang.
Mr. Tuan Sun Cheok, Council Member, FMFF, Port Klang.
Mr. Kean Jin Yeoh, Council Member, FMFF, Port Klang.
Mr. Kiat Beng Keng, Council Member, FMFF, Port Klang.
Mr. Seo Tet Chong, Council Member, FMFF, Port Klang.
Mr. Liong Chuan Khoo, FMFF, Port Klang.
Mr. Vijayan Muniandy, Top Square
Mr. Nam Heng Eng, Gulf Cargo Express Sdn Bhd
Mr. Ah Chye Lim, Industrial Forwarding & Shipping Sdn Bhd
Mr. Soo Boon Teng, Globe Express Logistics Sdn Bhd
Mr. Chek Foong Mok, TML Shipping, Malaysia.
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MYANMAR
Ms. May Oo Khaing, Board of Director, Myanmar International Freight Forwarders’
Association (MIFFA), Yangon.
Ms. Ohn Mar Maw, Board of Director, Myanmar International Freight Forwarders’
Association (MIFFA), Yangon.
NEPAL
Mr. Rajan Sharma, President, Nepal Freight Forwarders Association, Kathmandu.
Mr. Prakash Singh Karki, 1st Vice President, Nepal Freight Forwarders Association,
Kathmandu.
Mr. Rajendra Sangraula, General Secretary, Nepal Freight Forwarders Association,
Kathmandu.
PHILIPPINES
Mr. Erich Herreros Lingad, Chairman, Federation of Forwarders Associations in the
Philippines, Inc. (FEDFAP), Paranaque City.
SINGAPORE
Mr. Stanley Lim, Chairman, Singapore Logistics Association, Singapore.
Ms. Ng Soo Hwa, Executive Director, Singapore Logistics Association.
Mr. Loganathan Ramasamy, Chief Operations Officer, ST Logistics Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
Mr. Woei Liang Choong, Head Supply Chain, Singapore Technology Synthesis Pte. Ltd.,
Singapore.
Mr. Ern Huey Elisha Junior Tan, Manager (SCMS-ILMS), Singapore Technology
Synthesis Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
Mr. Wei Liang William Tan, Manager (SLFS-ILMS), Singapore Technology Synthesis
Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
Mr. Thomas Sim, Group CEO, International Freight Consultants (S) Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
Mr. Gerry Tan, Managing Director, Griffin Kinetic Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
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SRI LANKA
Mr. Dinraj Fernando, Director/CEO, Dinlanka Logistics (Pvt.) Ltd., Colombo.
THAILAND
Mr. Kettivit Sittisoontornwong, President, Thai International Freight Forwarders
Association, Bangkok. (Also as ESCAP Resource Person).
Mr. Suwit Rattanachinda, Chartered President/Director, Thai International Freight
Forwarders Association, Bangkok.
VIET NAM
Mr. Phong Linh Philip Hua, Director, Addicon Logistics Management, Ho Chi Minh City.
Mr. Gek Soon Dixon Oh, Managing Director, Eagle Trading and Logistics Co., Ltd. Ho
Chi Minh City.
Mr. Phuong Nguyen Le, Executive, Vietnam Airlines, Hanoi.
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ORGANIZATION
International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA)
Mr. Francesco Parisi, President, Glattbrugg, Switzerland.
Mr. Daniel Bloch, Manager Region Asia Pacific, Glattbrugg, Switzerland.
Mr. Chris Kanter, Chairman Regional Asia Pacific, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Ms. Tasya Nova Karina, Executive Assistant to FIATA Chairman Region Asia Pacific,
Jakarta, Indonesia.
Mr. Babar Badat, Senior Vice President, Transfreight Corp (Pvt) Ltd., Karachi, Pakistan.
GIZ Thailand
Mr. Roland Haas, Programme Director, c/o Pollution Control Department, Bangkok
10400 (Also as ESCAP Resource Person).
Mr. Friedel Sehlleier, Climate Change Advisor, Bangkok.
Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network
Ms. Monica Zavagli, Wildlife TRAPS Project Officer, TRAFFIC, The Wildlife
Trade Monitoring Network, Bangkok.
RESOURCE PERSON
Ms. Megasari Widyaty, Head, Infrastructure Division, ASEAN Economic Community
Department, ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Mr. Tobias Larsson, Director, DHL Customer Solutions and Innovation, Deutsche Post
DHL, Troisdorf-Spich, Germany.
Mr. Roland Haas, Programme Director, c/o Pollution Control Department, Bangkok.
Ms. Melanie Milo, Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
(ERIA), Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia.
Mr. Seng Wah Chua, President, Federation of Malaysian Freight Forwarders, Wisma
Sffla, Port Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Mr. Masaharu Nozawa, Executive Director and Secretary-General, Japan International
Freight Forwarders Association, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
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Mr. Kettivit Sittisoontornwong, President, Thai International Freight Forwarders
Association, Bangkok.
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UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Mr. Yuwei Li, Director, Transport Division.
Mr. Sandeep Raj Jain, Officer-in-Charge, a.i., Transport Facilitation and Logistics
Section, Transport Division.
Mr. Edouard Chong, Economic Affairs Officer, Transport Facilitation and Logistics
Section, Transport Division.
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