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Improving Governance and Accountability through Research: The Role of East Asian Think Tanks in the Policy Process
November 12-13, 2002
Seoul, South Korea
Introduction

Session I: Think Tanks in East Asia: Who They Are and What They Do

Session II: Think Tanks as Participants in the Policy Process

Session III: The Role of Think Tanks in Improving Governance and Deepening Democracy

Agenda

Participants
List of Participants


CAMBODIA
Mr. LAO Mong Hay, Head of the Legal Unit, Centre for Social Development

CHINA
Mr. LIU Junning, Senior Fellow, Institute for Chinese Culture Research
Mr. MAO Yushi, Chairman, Unirule Institute of Economics
Mr. Juntao Wang, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
Mr. XIA Yeliang, Associate Professor, School of Economics,Peking University

GEORGIA
Mr. Ghia Nodia, Chairman of the Board, Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy, and Development

GHANA
Mr. E. Gyimah-Boadi, Executive Director, Ghana Center for Democratic Development

INDONESIA
Mr. Nanang Pamuji Mugasejati, Research Fellow, Center for Security and Peace Studies,Gadjah Mada University

KOREA
Mr. Jong-Chun Baek, President, Sejong Institute; President, Korean Association of International Studies
Mr. Haksoon Baik, Fellow, Sejong Institute
Mr. Taik-Young Hamm, Professor of Political Science, Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University
Mr. Chang Soo Jin, Fellow, Sejong Institute
Mr. Kun-Hyung Kang, Director, The Institute of Peace Studies, Department of Political Science, Cheju National University
Mr. Byung-Kook Kim, Director, East Asia Institute
Ms. Jin-Young Kim, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Diplomacy, College of Social Sciences, Pusan National University
Mr. Eui-Young Kim, Professor, Kyung Hee University
Mr. Myun-Woo Lee, Fellow, Sejong Institute
Mr. Kahn-Chae Na, Professor, Department of Sociology, Chunnam National University
Mr. Kie-Duck Park, Vice-President, Sejong Institute
Mr. Un Chul Yang, Fellow, Sejong Institute

MONGOLIA
Mr. Damba Ganbat, Executive Director, Political Education Academy

PHILIPPINES
Mr. Jose Luis MC Gascon, National Institute for Policy Studies
Mr. Noel M. Morada, Executive Director, Institute for Strategic and Development Studies

TAIWAN
Mr. Szu-chien Hsu, Researcher, Taiwan Thinktank
Mr. Raymond Wu, Trustee and Convener, Strategic and Security Studies Program Chinese Eurasian Education Foundation
Mr. Alvin, Yuan-ming Yao, Research Program Coordinator, Chinese Eurasian Education Foundation
Mr. Wan-ching Yen, Researcher, Taiwan Thinktank

THAILAND
Ms. Thawilwadee Bureekul, Director and Research Specialist, Research and Development Department, King Prajadhipok's Institute
Ms. Ryrat Suwanraks, Assistant to the President, Thailand Development Research Institute

TURKEY
Mr. Dogu Ergil, President, Center for the Research of Societal Problems

UNITED STATES
Mr. Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Mr. Marc F. Plattner, Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy
Mr. Thomas W. Skladony, Senior Program Officer, International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy