1. Phnom Penh 5/7 February 2008 French Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia DREG Délégation Régionale pour l’Asie du Sud Est 29 Sathorn Tai Road Bangkok +66 2627 21 40

2. Phnom Penh, 20082 What for ? To work with multilateral and regional institutions To facilitate regional integration by academic mobility and promote cooperation with french institutions of Research To support trilateral cooperation

3. Phnom Penh, 20083 Three priorities Capacity Buiding Engineering Management Law Scientific Cooperation Health Emergent Deseases Animal Health Sustainable Development Tourism (ADB) in GMS area Agriculture Preservation of the Environment Fight againts human trafficking

4. Phnom Penh, 20084 Red Line : Research Two regional research networks :  TIC : STIC Asia www.ict-asia-France.orgwww.ict-asia-France.org  Biotechnologies (natural substances): BIO Asia Together with french research institutes :  IRD : Research Development Institute : Health, Minority issues,…  CIRAD: Agricultural Research Centre for Developing Countries: agroecological management, food safety and traceability and physiology of natural rubber production  CNRS: 2 International labs  …

5. Phnom Penh, 20085 Human and social sciences IRASEC Institut de Recherche sur l’Asie du Sud Est Contemporaine www.irasec.com 3 Priorities :  strategic and international relations issues,  development of the Indochinese peninsula,  Socioeconomic, politic and religious development Publishing: 12 books per year 60 french and asian researchers associated

6. Phnom Penh, 20086 The french cooperation’s regional network Ten bilateral cooperation departments (in each country of the area) The french cooperation agency (one regional office in Bangkok) Bilateral cooperationsRegional actions European Union (regional strategy EU-Southeast Asia)

7. Phnom Penh, 20087 Our multilateral partners ADB  French contribution to the Phnom Penh Plan;  GMS tourism Strategy (with technical assistance) ESCAP  UNCAPSA: Project on adding value to fresh and processed procedure through product certification;  Tourism: Project on human ressources training in tourism;  Project on the promotion of sustainable social protection strategies to improve access to health care;  ARTNeT: Support project for Trade research capacity building. UNODC Fight against Cross-border Trafficking. OIE Financial support of regional activities and Technical Assistance (a french veterinary is based in Bangkok to implement regional activities).

8. Phnom Penh, 20088 Bilateral actions networking FSP Synergie - Networking of bilateral training programs in management in Cambodia (URDSE), Laos (ONEPA), and Vietnam (CFVG) FSP ingénieur - Networking and strengthening of bilateral training programs for engineers in Cambodia (ITC), Laos (FINUL), and Vietnam (PFIEV), in cooperation with regional organisations (AIT, CIFT, NUS), and consortium of french Grandes Ecoles d’Ingénieurs.

9. Phnom Penh, 20089 Cooperation with AIT  Grants and scholarships for Masters in the field of management, engineering and technology, environment and development;  Bilateral student exchanges with France;  Research programs in cooperation with asian laboratories.

10. Phnom Penh, 200810 Trilateral Cooperation  With Singapore: Health (Avian influenza training with Pasteur Institute); ADETEF pour des formations de fonctionnaires à Singapour.  With Thailand : Regional Doctoral Scholarship : Golden Jubilee Program (TICA/TRF); Training for asean students in French Thai Innovation Centre; Regional Workshop on Food Safety and traceability.

11. Phnom Penh, 200811 Thank you ! Maurice SIVETON Regional Consellor, ASEAN, based in Bangkok maurice.siveton@diplomatie.gouv.fr