This joint statement was issued at the 2nd GMS Environment Ministers' Meeting on 29 January 2008 in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

The GMS Working Group on Environment 2nd Semi-Annual Meeting (WGE SAM-2) was held on 28 November 2007 via videoconference at ADB resident missions in Cambodia, PRC, Lao PDR, Thailand, Viet Nam and ADB Headquarters as the host. WGE representatives from Myanmar extended their apologized for not being able to attend the meeting. The participants list is attached as Appendix 1. It was recognized that it was the first time videoconferencing was tried for a WGE meeting and some basic meeting rules were established to enable a smooth discussion.

This brief summarizes how the partnership of the Asian Development Bank and the countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion has been instrumental to the development of the GMS.

This Midterm Review of the 10-year Strategic Framework of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS–SF) (i) assesses whether the GMS–SF is still relevant and appropriate, considering the progress made and the changing regional and global environments; and (ii) puts forward recommendations to improve its overall impact.

This is the summary of proceedings from the 13th Annual Meeting of the Working Group on Environment (WGE AM-13) held on 13 -15 June 2007 in Guilin, Guangxi Province, People’s Republic of China.

The RPTCC-6 meeting was held to undertake the following: (i) confirm the FG-4 agreements and recommendations on the next steps and timelines of priority RPTCC studies and activities; (ii) discuss updates on the ongoing and proposed technical assistance to the RPTCC; (iii) review, refine and set the milestones for preparation of the proposed MOU on the power trade road map and Action Plan on Energy; and (iv) brief GMS representatives on the experiences in developing other regional energy markets.

The Eleventh Meeting of the Subregional Transport Forum (STF-11) was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 8-9 May 2007.

This publication summarizes the outcome of the Eighth Meeting of the Working Group on Human Resource Development held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 9-11 May 2007.

The 6th Meeting of the Regional Power Trade Coordination Committee (RPTCC-6) was held to undertake the following:

This is the summary of proceedings from the 8th Meeting of the Subregional Telecommunications Forum of the Greater Mekong Subregion held in Bangkok, Thailand on 29-30 May 2007.