Myanmar to host 42nd ACF Summit in November

• 6 December 2016
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After being admitted as the 8th member of the ASEAN Constructors Federation (ACF) earlier this year, Myanmar will chair the 42nd ACF Council Meeting in Yangon on 17-19 November 2016.a

The Myanmar Construction Entrepreneurs Association (MCEA), which represents the building industry in Myanmar, is now preparing to chair the upcoming 42nd ACF Council in Yangon. The association’s admission into the ASEAN constructors club was declared at the 41st council meeting in Bangkok, Thailand this June, the result of two years of protracted negotiation with the association.

According to the ACF Secretariat, the tentative schedule for the next 42nd ACF Meeting in Yangon will discuss various issues, projects and progress inside the association. The delegation will also meet with the Myanmar minister responsible for oversight of the construction industry to seek business opportunities in the building industry there.

Talks will also provide updates on some key projects from the 41st council meeting including the ACSTST Program, an effort to train construction workers in ASEAN to single standards; the Train the Trainer program which trains workers to a single standard that costs around USD15, 000 per module; and the ACF Directory, which will list all the companies registered with each ACF member countries in ASEAN.

The ASEAN Constructors Federation was established on 30 May 1985 and has been holding two annual council member meetings a year for 31 consecutive years wherein council members discuss business matters arising in the ASEAN construction industry.

Its eight constructors associations representing the private construction-related companies in ASEAN are: Cambodia Constructors Association (CCA), Indonesian Constructors Association (ICA), Master Builders Association of Malaysia (MBAM), Philippine Constructors Association (PCA), Singapore Contractors Association Limited (SCAL), Thai Contractors Association (TCA), Vietnam Association of Construction Contractors (VACC) and Myanmar Construction Entrepreneurs Association (MCEA).

The MCEA was established in 1996 and became a civil society social association registered with the nation’s Ministry of Home Affairs. Initially established with 150 members, it has grown to currently include 1,650 members.

Laos has also indicated its interest to join the ACF, but could only attend the 41st meeting as an observer. While the Thai Contractors Association (TCA) has been assigned to bring Laos into the federation, it is expected that this landlocked nation will become the ninth member following the expected establishment of its own national contractor association.

Brunei Darussalam’s membership seems to need more time since it does not have a contractors association and has not yet expressed great interest in joining the federation.

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