1st Meeting of the GMS Urban Development Task Force
The first meeting of the GMS Urban Development Task Force was held on 12 July 2013 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The meeting objective was to operationalize the recommendation of the 18th GMS Ministerial Meeting regarding the establishment of the GMS Task Force on Urban Development by: reviewing, refining and finalizing the Terms of reference of the Urban Task Force; and developing its Work Plan. (The meeting agenda is Appendix 1). The first meeting of the Urban TF was chaired by H.E. Benghong Socheat Khemro, Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, Cambodia and co-chaired by Ms. Amy S.P. Leung, Director, Urban Development and Water Division (SEUW), Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank. It was attended by Urban TF members or representatives of Cambodia, People’s Republic of China (PRC), Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam and ADB