SCE III Meeting in Australia

The SOM Steering Committee on ECOTECH (SCE) meeting was convened in Cairns, Australia on 30th June, 2007. It was attended by over sixty representatives from twenty APEC economies (all except Papua New Guinea) and representatives of the Gender Focal Point Network (GFPN), Tourism Working Group (TWG), Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group (SMEWG), Electronic Commerce Steering Group (ECSG) and the APEC Secretariat.  Mr. Luis Quesada of Peru chaired the third SCE meeting of this year. He reiterated to members the importance of continuing to move forward on the reform agenda by considering the ongoing implementation of the SCE Fora Review recommendations and taking the SCE reform agenda to the next stage. With regards to the SCE Fora Review, the SCE Chair advised that almost all of the recommendations have now been implemented and thanked the Working Groups and SOM Taskforces for their hard work in implementing the recommendations.