Completed Activities

Opening Meeting

The opening meeting  of the ASIA-LINK project (Asialink/ASIE/B7-3010/2005/105-139)  was a three-way video conference meeting that successfully resolved logistic issues and personnel assignments of tasks needed for the successful completion of project goals. THe three way conference between Manila, Limoges and Birmingham took place last 22 November 2005, 6:00pm, Manila time (GMT+8). 

Core Seminar Series

 The Core Seminar Series, one of the main training activities of the project, was successfully conducted at the University of the Philippines from 24 April to 10 May 2006. It was attended by 64 participants, mostly from various UP autonomous campuses. A few of the participants came from private schools and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. A profile of the participants can be found here. The list of core seminar lecturers from various European universities can be viewed here.

 First Research Conference

The first research conference of the project was held while the Core seminar series was being conducted in Manila, during the months of April/May 2006.  The conference schedule and PDF copies of the research papers read can be found here.

2006 Research Mission  - Senior researcher visit to Limoges

The first research visit by a senior researcher from the Philippines, Professor Carlos Bautista, took place on 16 March to 16 April 2006. His visit to Limoges basically laid the groundwork for more collaboration in research with other European universities in the consortium: University of Birmingham and University of Poitiers. The research agenda of the project as outlined in the ASIA-LINK terms of reference were firmed up through brainstorming sessions with UNILIM faculty. By the end the visit, research topics were match with the research personnel of the project (junior and senior researchers from the Philippines and professors from partner European universities). Tentative titles were also given to put more focus on the topics. Research assignments of the Junior researchers who are scheduled to visit UNILIM, Birmingham and Poitiers from July to September 2006 and in 2007 were discussed with the Limoges faculty during his visit. The planned colaborative paper with Dr Rous and Dr Tarazi on bank systemic risk was started during the visit. A major portion of the visit was consumed by the empirical work done for the paper. Several econometric exercises were done with co-authors after data have been obtained from UNILIM’s databases. Also towards the end of the visit, a joint paper on banking efficiency with Dr Laetitia Lepetit and doctoral students from UP and UNILIM was planned. 

2006 Research Missions of 4 Junior researcher to Limoges, Poitiers and Birmingham

Four junior researchers visited three European universities to do research and meet with co-researchers and faculty advisers. They are Jocelyn Trinidad and Jose Santos Dacanay in Limoges, Daniel Borja in Poitiers and Alma dela Cruz in Birmingham. Their 3-month visits covered the period from July to October 2006. The papers they co-authored with their European colleagues were presented in the mid-term workshop held last 19-20 Sept 2006 in Limoges, France.

The Mid-term Research Workshop and Mid-term Evaluation Meeting

The midterm research workshop and mid-term evaluation meeting held last 19-20 Sept 2006 in Limoges, France successfully concluded. Preliminary drafts of the papers were presented in the workshop for comments by participants. Full text of the drafts will be made available soon. Click here for the abstracts.

PHOTOS 

2006 Research Mission  - Senior researcher visit to Poitiers

The  research visit by the second senior researcher from the Philippines, Dr. Joel Yu, concluded with two work-in-progress with co-authors, Dr Daniel Goyeau and Dr. Carlos Bautista. The topics of the papers are on time varying market risk and on monetary policy. His visit to Limoges and Poitiers was from the middle of September to the middle of October 2006 

2007 Research Missions of Researchers to Limoges, Poitiers and Birmingham

Four junior researchers visited UNILIM, Univ of Poitiers and Univ of Birmingham between April to July 2007 to conduct collaborative research. They are Jessica Los Banos and Assad Baunto in Limoges, Ma Genelyn Sarte in Poitiers, Thea Josefina Santos and Jose Florendo in Birmingham. A senior researcher, Dr. Arthur Cayanan, also visited Birmingham during this period to complete his research.

Final Research Conference

The final research conference was held in EDSA Shangrila Hotel, Manila on 27 August 2007. The papers presented in the conference can be found here.

 Echo Seminars

Several echo seminars have been conducted in Manila, Los Banos, Iloilo, Cebu and Baguio.

Project Duration

This ASIA-LINK project has a two year lifespan. It began in 15 September 2005 and is expected to be completed by 15 September 2007. Today is