A. INTRODUCTION
The 12th ASEAN
Summit held in Cebu City in January 2007 declared the Declaration on the
Acceleration of the Establishment of an ASEAN Community by 2015”. In this
context, ASEAN economic ministers have instructed The Office of the ASEAN
Secretary to prepare the ASEAN Economic
Community (AEC) Blueprint.
The Blueprint will include
the establishment of a Single Market and
Production Base, Regional Competition Policy, Regional equitable economic
development, and Full integration with the global economic.
The mission of this ASEAN
Economic Community is to improve the economic activities and cooperation among
ASEAN countries and develop their competitiveness in the global economic
setting. AEC is also expected to play a strategic role in the global economy by attracting the
developed countries to support the development of the AEC. Therefore, the
establishment of AEC will open more opportunity for business, education,
employment, and human resource development of the ASEAN member countries to
participate in the regional and global market.
The AEC provides a much greater economic framework for its members to
further explore every opportunity that is available. Indonesia. for example.
has a large labor force that can be of service to other ASEAN countries, like Singapore
and Malaysia, whose capital investments can create employment in their
respective countries and with
better in other ASEAN countries.
However, the establishment
AEC also presents some threats to ASEAN member countries, like Indonesia.
Admittedly, Indonesia has a huge amount of labor force which is generally unskilled and is not well prepared
to compete with other ASEAN countries. Much more, unskilled labor is not
included in the liberalized item of the ASEAN integration. Therefore, the
Indonesian government urgently needs to respond by uprading the quality and competitive skills
of its human resources. Further more, Indonesia is rich in natural resources
but foreign skilled labor dominate the managerial positions. ASEAN Free Trading
Area (AFTA) 2015 might be a nightmare if the government, businessmen and the
community are not well prepared to manage and control the flooding of skilled
labor from other ASEAN countries, such as Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, etc.
to Indonesia.
The AEC is only a year
ahead. How prepared are we in terms of planning for an integration and at the
same time being competitive in education, skilled labor, human resources,
economic products, business and management services? In some aspect we say, Yes
and some, we say, No.
Through this seminar, the
speakers and presenters will share with us, the why and the how of member countries in preparing for the
opportunities and the answers to the challenges ahead.. Truly through the AEC,
the member countries will be able learn their respective strengths and
weaknesses, and together they will be able to harness their creativity and
innovation to work together for economic prosperity in the region.
The committee envisioned
this seminar as a sharing of significant
programs and initiative that will help speed up the awareness of ASEAN member
countries, particularly Indonesia being able to see the opportunities and the
threats the AEC 2015.
Good Luck.
Participant Target
Lecturers, students, NGO’s, proffesionals, and entrepreneurs.
The Important Dates
In relation to the seminar, the important dates are
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Final date for full paper submission : April 15,, 2014
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Notification for full paper acceptance : April 10, 2014
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Early Birds Registration : April 15 - 20, 2014
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Payment full amount : April 10 – 24, 2014
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Conference Date : April 28-29, 2014
Venue
Seminar will be held at: Kendari, Indonesia
Paper Submission Requirements
1.
Original
2. Paper
that still related to the topic are welcome.
3. Abstract
is written in English, 100-300 words, 1 spaced using 12 fonts, Times New
Roman in Word format (.doc, .docx)
4. Paper
is 6-8 pages.
5.
Papers should be submitted through the following e-mail address : aec_si@yahoo.com
6.
Accepted papers must be presented at the seminar.
7.
Papers should be written in 1.5 spaced using 12 fonts, Times New Roman in Word
format (.doc, .docx). Name the file is “UHO-SI-Author name”.
CALL FOR PAPER TOPICS
The
article is preferred on ASEAN Economic Community 2015 : opportunities and
threats in aspects : Human Resource, Education
and Employment, Productions and Operations Management, Entrepreneurship
Development and Small-Medium Enterprise, Finance and Banking, Rural
Development, Sustainable Development
Other Academic Benefit
1. All selected papers will be published in international
proceeding (only for presenter)
2. The best three papers in every topic will be selected
