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between Brunei Darussalam, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore
Implementation Activities
The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (P4) has provided a framework on which relationships between the Parties can be strengthened.
2007
The Minister for Tertiary Education, Dr Cullen, announced the appointment of an Education Counsellor in Santiago in July, with a scheduled commencement date in mid-2007.
2006
In November 2006 Chilean President, Michelle Bachelet, visited New Zealand. Prime Minister Helen Clark and President Michelle Bachelet agreed on a business promotion initiative, improved science cooperation, and an expanded working holiday scheme.
On 21 November the two leaders announced a strategic alliance between NZTE and its counterpart, the Chilean Economic Development Agency. The aim is to promote the involvement of New Zealand businesses in Chile through investment, joint ventures and licensing agreements.
On 7 November the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs hosted a seminar on the P4, entitled "Beyond P4: The Outlook for Further Regional Integration in Asia-Pacific - A Latin-American Perspective NZIIA". Attendees included the Prime Minister, and various speakers from Latin-America.
New Zealand and Chilean science agencies agreed to organise a science and business colloquium.
New Zealand’s Working Holiday Scheme with Chile was doubled from 500 to 1000 places a year.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Foresty is developing a proposal to begin work under P4’s SPS chapter. The Director of Chile’s animal health and food safety agency, SENASA – Francisco Bahamonde – visited New Zealand in August 2006 to discuss collaboration in this area.
P4 Trade Mission: A trade mission led by NZTE to Chile in June 2006 including companies and institutions from the agri-tech, forestry and education sectors identified opportunities for sales of goods and services, technology transfer, consultancies and joint ventures.
2005
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise have worked actively since September 2005 to help raise awareness of the Agreement amongst the New Zealand business community including a series of seminars held around the country in November 2005.
A study has also been commissioned to investigate immediate and future collaborative business opportunities in Chile for New Zealand businesses.
In November 2005, a MAF delegation led by Assistant Director-General Dr Paul Reynolds engaged with a cross-section of Chile's agricultural industry. Highlights included Reynolds' keynote presentation on New Zealand agricultural policy settings to the annual Chile National Agriculture Day and calls on Agriculture Minister Campos and on the Director of the Agriculture Ministry's Office for Agriculture Studies and Policy (ODEPA - Sotomayor). Also of note were visits to the Universidad de Concepción and Universidad Austral (in Valdivia) and to the Osorno Agricultural Fair, where a "Kiwi Encuentro" (or meeting) hosted by Ambassador and NZTE Country Manager drew together the local New Zealand and Chilean agricultural community.
A Chilean science and technology delegation visited New Zealand in the week of 31 October 2005 to explore opportunities for collaboration in research science and technology as envisaged through the "strategic partnership" objectives of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership. The delegation met with a wide range of government, academic, research community and industry sector contacts. A day-long seminar was hosted by Victoria University where members of the delegation outlined Chile's ambitious plan to maximise the value of its major industries, including agritech and food production, through the rapid development and uptake of innovative technologies.
P4 Labour Memorandum of Understanding
New Zealand hosted the first cooperative activity under the Memorandum of Understanding on Labour Cooperation among the Parties to the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (‘the MoU’) from 20 to 22 March 2007. The workshop, titled “Delivering Economic Transformation through Effective Tripartite Relationships and Social Dialogue”, involved delegations from all P4 partner countries, and addressed the importance of communication, capacity, consensus and consultation in tripartite engagement. In keeping with the workshop’s tripartite theme, worker, employer, and government representatives were involved.
A meeting of senior labour officials took place in Geneva in June 2006. In March 2007 New Zealand hosted a workshop on 'Delivering Economic Transformation Through Effective Tripartite Relationships and Social Dialogue', with involvement by representatives from workers, employers and government from Brunei, Singapore, Chile and New Zealand
P4 Environment Cooperation Agreement
The first meeting of senior environment officials from Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore was held in New Zealand (Wellington and Rotorua) 12-14 September 2006. The meeting was an opportunity for officials to learn about the other countries' environment regimes, to identify environmental priorities for cooperation and set a framework for submitting project proposals to one another. New Zealand was nominated as secretariat for coordinating proposals and communications between the Parties until the next meeting, scheduled for early 2008.
During 2006 New Zealand undertook the following activities under the Environment Cooperation Agreement: New Zealand ran a workshop for Brunei government officials on conducting Environmental Impact Assessments;
New Zealand transport and environment officials met with Singapore officials to learn about transport management and vehicle registration systems in Singapore;
Singapore environment officials attended a study mission to New Zealand to learn about establishing a voluntary agreement with industry to manage packaging waste;
New Zealand has exchanged information with Brunei on multilateral environment agreements and waste management.
As a separate project, New Zealand hosted consultants from the Chilean Centre for Public Studies to learn about New Zealand's model of resource management.
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