On Wednesday 23 October 2013, at 09.30, Foreign Minister Emma Bonino and the Foreign Minister of Myanmar (Burma), Wunna Maung Lwin, will open the conference on “Myanmar, The New Asian Frontier” at the Farnesina. The event is supported by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economic Development and organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Osservatorio Asia
The event will be followed by a bilateral meeting by the two ministers, after which a press conference will be held.
The conference will be a chance for representatives of the institutional and business communities of Italy and Myanmar to discuss opportunities for bilateral collaboration in various industrial sectors in a country experiencing renewed economic dynamism. Sectors include energy, mechanical engineering, infrastructure, timber, agriculture and tourism. Participants will also examine legislative issues affecting investment, as well as sustainable development in line with the OECD guidelines. The former European Union Envoy to Myanmar, Piero Fassino, and the Director of the OECD Development Centre, Mario Pezzini, will take part in the opening session.
Online accreditation system. Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the event should:
complete the interactive form available at http://mae.accreditationsystem.info/ITA/Indice.asp
attach all required documentation (if not already submitted) to the form, in digital format
Required documentation:
a letter from your media organisation
for foreign journalists in Italy: a note verbale issued by the Embassy in Rome of your media organisation’s country.
If you are unable to complete the online accreditation procedure, please send your application by fax to the Foreign Ministry’s Press and Institutional Communication Service (tel. 06/3691.3432 – fax 06/3691.2122)
Accredited journalists, photographers and TV crews should use the rear entrance to the Ministry at “via della Macchia della Farnesina”, which will be open from 08.45 until 09.15 on Wednesday 23 October 2013.
