Tenth Meeting of the GMS Subregional Transport Forum back-to-back with Final Meeting on the GMS Transport Sector Strategy Study: Summary of Proceedings

Abstract

The Tenth Meeting of the Subregional Transport Forum (STF-10) was held in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 22-23 March 2006. The Meeting was jointly organized by the Ministry of Communications Transport Post and Construction (MCTPC) of the Government of Lao PDR and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Immediately before STF-10, a meeting to review and finalize the revised draft report of the GMS Transport Sector Strategy Study (TSSS) was held on 21 March 2006. The objectives of STF-10 were: (i) to adopt and endorse the strategy and recommended set of investment and technical assistance projects contained in the TSSS final report, as reviewed and finalized by the meeting on the TSSS held on the first day; (ii) to review progress of priority subregional initiatives/projects in the transport sector; (iii) to initiate the translation of the strategy and recommended interventions in the TSSS into a workable and monitorable plan of action for the STF; and (iv) to discuss other transport-related activities and developments in the GMS Economic Cooperation Program. The Meeting Agenda is attached as Appendix 1.