{"id":95520,"date":"2023-08-15T09:54:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itd.or.th\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=95520"},"modified":"2023-08-24T15:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T08:15:42","slug":"event_06092023en","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.itd.or.th\/en\/event\/event_06092023en\/","title":{"rendered":"Southeast Asia Trade and Development Forum 2023 \u201cConquering the Polycrisis Challenges\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The International Institute for Trade and Development (ITD) was officially inaugurated on May 1, 2002, during the Mid-Term Review Conference of UNCTAD X, hosted by the Thai Government. ITD is now a government entity operating as a public organization affiliated with the Ministry of Commerce, Thailand. With the mission of being a center of research and training on international trade and investment issues, ITD regularly works with the Royal Thai Government, UNCTAD, other international organizations and institutes. As one of our hi-lighted academic activities, ITD is honored to announce our annual\u00a0Southeast Asia Trade and Development Forum 2023<\/em>\u00a0on the theme of\u00a0\u201c<\/u><\/em>Conquering the Polycrisis Challenges<\/u><\/em>\u201d<\/u><\/em>\u00a0which is being held on September, 6th<\/sup>\u00a02023.<\/p>\n

Our world has recently faced a period of significant global change and crisis. Not only, an acceleration of climate change, extreme weather events and environmental degradation, but we are living in a middle of a global pandemic, a war in Europe, geo-political tensions, high inflation and a cost-of-living crisis, energy supply and trade disruption, and food insecurity. These multiple and overlapping crises is what we define its term as \u201cpolycrisis\u201d (a new global buzzword). The World Economic Forum\u2019s Global Risks Report 2023\u00a0uses the term, to explain how, \u201cpresent and future risks can also interact with each other to form a \u2018polycrisis\u2019 \u2013 a cluster of related global risks with compounding effects, such that the overall impact exceeds the sum of each part\u201d. These interconnected challenges and crises are not being experienced by countries in isolation, but they are problems of the global commons, which cannot be solved by individual countries.<\/p>\n

In light of the complex and interconnected challenges facing the global and regional economy, Southeast Asia (SEA) Trade and Development Forum aims to facilitate a constructive discussion on the impact of multiple crises on international trade and explore potential strategies. During this forum, experts, policymakers, and stakeholders from SEA come together to share insights, exchange ideas, and develop collaborative approaches to mitigate the adverse effects of the polycrisis on international trade. The key areas of focus include:<\/p>\n