First Meeting of the Project Steering Committee

The First Meeting of the Project Steering Committee (PSC) was held in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, on 15 March 2013, following the 40th session of the ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation (AWGIPC).

At this meeting, the PSC, the body responsible to oversee and validate the overall direction and policy of the project, approved the ECAP III Phase II Overall Work Plan 2013-2015 and Annual Work Plan 2013, prepared by the Project Management Team (PMT).

The PSC meeting was co-chaired by Ms Pajchima Tanasanti, Chair of the ASEAN Working Group on IP Cooperation (AWGIPC), on behalf of ASEAN and Mr Antonio Berenguer, Head of Trade and Economic Section, EU Delegation in Bangkok, on behalf of the European Union. It was attended by representatives of the ten ASEAN Member States, the ASEAN Secretariat, the European Union Delegation in Bangkok and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in its capacity as implementing agency.