05 May 2016 - On April 28, Philippine Ambassador to Portugal Philippe J. Lhuillier of the Philippine Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal, the current Chair of the ASEAN Committee of Lisbon Portugal (ACLP), welcomed around 40 participants representing more than 20 Portuguese businesses to the 2nd ASEAN-Portugal Forum on Strengthening Economic and Business Partnerships at the Camões Institute in Lisbon, Portugal.
The forum is a major activity of the ACLP, with the first edition held in Porto in November 2015 under the Chairmanship of Indonesia. The forum featured a presentation on the ASEAN Economic Community followed by country presentations on Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia.
The forum’s objective is to raise awareness in the Portuguese business sector of the business and economic opportunities offered by the member countries of ASEAN in order to convince them of the benefits and potentials of doing business in that part of the world.
The ACLP is comprised of the Embassies of Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, the only three ASEAN countries that have resident Embassies in Portugal. Recognizing a need to raise the profile of ASEAN within Portugal, the three Embassies agreed to establish the ACLP to enhance and complement the Embassies’ respective efforts towards advancing the interests of ASEAN and provide a formal platform and mechanism by which ASEAN can be promoted within Portugal. END
