Building APIAN

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Building the APEC International Assessment
Network (APIAN)
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Building APIAN

• APIAN (APEC International Assessment Network) A
  collaborative, independent project among
  participating APEC Study Centers to track and
  assess the design and execution of select
  initiatives of APEC (the Asia Pacific Economic
  Cooperation forum).
• APIANs goal
• to enhance knowledge among government officials
  and the public about APEC
• to encourage the fulfillment of APECs objectives
  and commitments
• to identify ways for APEC to improve its
  performance

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APEC Study Centers

• Research centers typically based in leading
  universities or public policy institutes
• Established to enhance public awareness of APEC,
  assist member nations to participate in APEC, and
  foster cooperation in the Asia Pacific
• Founding members of APIANscholars at APEC Study
  Centershail from nations throughout the Pacific
  Rim.

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APEC Enhancing Security and Cooperation)

• APEC represents an ambitious effort to build a
  regional, multilateral institution that pulls
  together the nations of the Asia Pacific.
• APECs aim
• to construct a Pacific community of nations
• to enhance dialogue and understanding among the
  nations and peoples of the region
• to increase commercial exchange
• to encourage cooperation on a range of common
  problems

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APEC Initiatives)

• APEC has generated a series of official
  declarations addressing
• trade integration
• financial stability
• environmental protection
• technical cooperation
• labor rights
• educational training
• Through multilateral cooperation on these vital
  development issues, APEC aims to foster a more
  cooperative and fluid security environment

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Moving from Pledges to Reality)

• Despite APECs importance, it lacks a
  comprehensive, independent effort to track and
  evaluate its progress.
• Without public debate, APEC officials are not
  held accountable
• Without independent, scholarly input, APEC is
  deprived of critical feedback
• Without effective information, the scholarly
  community and the public are largely ignorant of
  and skeptical toward APEC

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APIANs Vision

• To enhance knowledge about APEC
• To increase awareness about the regions progress
  and problems
• To serve as a model of international action
  through public-private partnerships
• To build a collaborative network of researchers

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Collaboration

• A network of APIAN Issue Coordinators will
  coordinate Issue Expert Teams working on
  specific initiatives.
• Issue Experts will provide periodic reports in
  their areas of expertise.
• These collaborators will develop their own
  sources of information and draw on the work of
  related efforts, such as
• Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)
• Pacific Trade and Development Conference (PAFTAD)
• APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC)
• APEC Secretariat

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Annual Policy Reports

• APIAN will publish annual policy reports
  addressing select APEC initiatives, including
• findings and recommendations
• best practices
• areas needing improvement
• obstacles faced by countries
• areas where assistance could be offered
• The prestige of APIANs participants ensures that
  APIAN policy reports will gain wide circulation
  and attention among APEC leaders, government
  officials, academics and policy experts, the
  private sector, the media, and the general
  public.

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Milestones

• APIAN collaborators have agreed on standardized
  survey methodology for their evaluations and
  presentations.
• The first APIAN policy report was published and
  disseminated at the APEC Leaders Meeting in
  Brunei in November 2000.
• APIAN policy reports, are becoming a familiar
  feature of APEC summits.

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For More Information

• APIAN Project Director Dr. Richard Feinberg,
  rfeinberg_at_ucsd.edu
• IGCC Director Dr. Peter F. Cowhey,
  pcowhey_at_ucsd.edu
• APIAN project web sitelthttp//www-igcc.ucsd.edu/
  research/intl_political_economy/apian.htmlgt
• APECLIT, a database of publications about APEC
• http//www.tdm.com.su/apecsimple.htm
• The International Consortium of APEC Study
  Centers http//www.arts.monash.edu.au/ausapec/con
  sorti.index.htm

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