24th April 2008, Wawasan Open University, Kuala Lumpur
The 9th Malaysia Plan was launched in Parliament in March 2006, the five-year developmental plan that charts strategies and implementation programmes for Malaysia for the period of 2006 – 2010. Two and a half years later, Malaysia stands right at the mid-point of this 5 year plan. The Mid-Term Review document will be tabled to the Cabinet at the end of April, and presented to Parliament officially in June.
The Centre for Public Policy Studies, together with Wawasan Open University, will jointly organize the “Mid-Term Review of the 9th Malaysia Plan Open Forum”, as we believe it is important to examine how far we have come in achieving the goals set out in the 9th Malaysia Plan. Whilst the 9MP contains 5 strategic thrusts, this forum will focus in particular on three areas that have recently emerged as pressing issues to examine, especially in light of the results of the 12th General Elections. We will examine strengthening institutional and implementation capacities, especially transparency and accountability issues, economic competitiveness, and addressing socio-economic inequalities: trends in income inequality and distribution.
The forum will be a convening platform for key experts and people involved in the execution of various aspects of the 9th Malaysia Plan to reflect and review development, successes and failures up to this point. We welcome civil society, the private sector, Government officials, policy makers, academicians, researchers and political party members to join us in what we hope will be a constructive and fast-moving discussion on Malaysia’s developmental progress, and where the country is headed towards.
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