The main purpose of this project is to enhance services related to investment and trade facilitation among MLC countries contributing to the promotion of Cross-Border Economic Cooperation. The project aims at enhancing the connection of national development strategies and leveraging the preferential policies for cross-border economic activities through streamlining services and procedures for the collaborative facilitation of cross-border investment and trade. This study could assist the Mekong-Lancang countries to better facilitate and streamline services related to investment and trade through consultations and policies exchange among key policymakers and practitioners. At the end of the project, the study also enables investors to be aware of the potential cross-border economic zones that they can position their investments in the cluster areas with a supportive ecosystem, seamless investment and trade facilitation, and unobstructed logistics and free flows of goods, services, personnel, and capital.

The vision of this project is to enhance services related to investment and trade facilitation among MLC countries contributing to the promotion of Cross-Border Economic Cooperation. The project aims at enhancing the connection of national development strategies and leveraging the preferential policies for cross-border economic activities through streamlining services and procedures for the collaborative facilitation of cross-border investment and trade.