In 1998, Ministers welcomed the Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) 1998 Report on Economic and Technical Cooperation (ECOTECH) activities and called for the report to be submitted annually. The focus of this year’s report is on enhancing coordination of ECOTECH activities and improving the effectiveness of economic and technical cooperation activities.

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Evaluation of the ECOTECH Projects and Activities Implemented in 1999
• Improving Coordination of ECOTECH Activities
• Highlights of Projects Flowed Out from Initiatives Endorsed by Leaders in Kuala Lumpur in 1998
• Implementation of the Guidance on Strengthening Management of APEC ECOTECH Activities
• ESC New Initiatives
• Self Review by Working Groups, ATC, PLGSME Self-Reviews
• Conclusion
• Annexes