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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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