( Live Stream of the event from HERE )

The 4th CALD-ALDE Meeting took place on November 12-15, 2010  in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and brought together delegates from Asian and European countries in order to discuss the current state and prospects of the world economy.  Hosted by the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (PGRM), and with the support of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF), the gathering carried the theme “Reinvigorating the Global Economy: Successes and Lessons from Asia and Europe.”  

The objectives of the meeting were to :

• To assess the state and prospects of the global economy in the aftermath of the recent global financial crisis;
• To discuss the repercussions of the various policies adopted by governments of European and Asian countries in response to the crisis;
• To understand the issues and problems associated with global economic governance and international trade and how to address them;
• To examine the different proposals to prevent, lessen the possibility, or mitigate the effects of an economic crisis of such scale in the future; and
•  To identify specific policy recommendations, drawing from the experiences of countries in Asia and Europe, on how respond to global economic crises and how to promote sustainable and equitable economic development.