EADN ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
EADN is a partner of the GDN. The EADN Steering Committee nominates its representative to serve on the GDN Board of Directors. The first representative was Dr Kyung Tae Lee, President of the Korean Institute of International Economic Policy who served until late 2001 when he became the Korean ambassador to the OECD. The EADN Steering Committee then nominated Dr Chalongphob Sussangkarn, President of the Thailand Development Research Institute, to represent EADN. After Dr. Chalongphob’s term ended in December 2005, Dr. Carolina G. Hernandez was selected to represent EADN on the GDN Board of Directors for a period of 3 years.
EADN Regional Coordinator and
Secretariat
Dr Chia Siow Yue, Director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
(ISEAS) in Singapore is the founding Regional Coordinator of EADN and
her institute served as the EADN Secretariat. When Dr Chia retired as
Director of ISEAS and moved to the Singapore Institute of International
Affairs (SIIA), the EADN Secretariat was relocated to SIIA.
At its 10 October 2003 meeting, the EADN Steering Committee accepted Dr
Chia's proposal to rotate the EADN Regional Coordinator and Secretariat
on a periodic basis among the EADN member economies. It was agreed that
each Regional Coordinator and Secretariat would henceforth serve a five-year
term. The new Regional Coordinator and Secretariat would be appointed
on a competitive basis. The eligibility criteria and terms of reference
were drawn up with the guidance of the GDN Director. The call for proposals
were posted on the EADN and GDN websites and EADN country coordinators
were asked to canvass among their member institutes for possible candidates,
who would have to submit proposals to the EADN Secretariat. A selection
committee comprising the GDN Director, the EADN Regional Coordinator and
the Asian Development Bank Chief Economist agreed to accept the proposal
from Dr Chalongphob Sussangkarn of the Thailand Development Research Institute.
The EADN Steering Committee endorsed the appointment
of the new Regional Coordinator and Secretariat at a special meeting on
10 July 2004. The transfer to the Thailand Development Research Institute
was thus effected on 1 September 2004.
EADN Steering Committee and Country
Coordinators
EADN is governed by a Steering Committee comprising of the Regional Coordinator
(Chairman) and country coordinators. The Steering Committee meets once
a year during the EADN Annual Forum. In between, communications and decisions
are by email. The Steering Committee assists the Regional Coordinator
with the governance of EADN.
Country coordinators are nominated by member institutes of their respective
countries during the Second EADN Forum in June 2000 and serve an indefinite
term. They assist the Regional Coordinator in disseminating information
from the EADN Secretariat and GDN, process applications for EADN membership,
and identify resource persons and researchers for GDN and EADN research
projects.
Members of the EADN Steering Committee are:
Chairman and Regional Coordinator:
| Dr. Chalongphob Sussangkarn |
| Thailand Development Research Institute |
| Email: chalongp@tdri.or.th |
Country Coordinators:
| Cambodia: | Dr Larry Strange |
| China: | Dr
Zhang Yunling Institute for Asia-Pacific Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Email: zhangyl@isc.cass.net.cn |
| Hong Kong: | Dr Simon Shen Hong Kong Policy Research Institute Email: simonshen@cuhk.edu.hk |
| Indonesia: | Dr Carunia Mulya Firdausy Centre for Economic and Development Studies Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). Email: firdausy@cbn.net.id |
| Korea (South): | Dr Chinhee Hahn Korea Development Institute Email: chhahn@kdi.re.kr |
| Lao PDR: | Dr. Leeber
Leebouapao National Economic Research Institute Email: leeberleebouapao@yahoo.com |
| Malaysia: | Professor Ragayah
bte Haji Mat Zin Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Email: rogayah@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my |
| Myanmar: | Professor Kan Zaw Institute of Economics, Yangon Email: iey@mptmail.net.mm |
| Philippines: | Dr
Josef T. Yap Philippine Institute for Development Studies Email: jyap@mail.pids.gov.ph |
| Singapore: | Dr
Chia Siow Yue Singapore Institute of International Affairs Email: chiasy@singnet.com.sg |
| Thailand: | Dr. Chalongphob
Sussangkarn Thailand Development Research Institute Email: chalongp@tdri.or.th |
| Vietnam: | Dr
Vo Tri Thanh Central Institute of Economic Management Email: votrithanh@ciem.org.vn |