EAF

The East Asia Forum (EAF) is an international organization established following a proposal in the reports of the "East Asia Vision Group" (EAVG) and the "East Asia Study Group" (EASG) which were established at the request of the ASEAN+3 Summit. The Korean government took the initiative in establishing the EAF and held the 1^st East Asia Forum on December 14-16, 2003 in Seoul, Korea. While the Network of East Asian Think-tanks (NEAT) aims to promote the networking of think-tanks and act as a source of research information among ASEAN+3 countries in order to assist building an "East Asian Community", EAF assembles business, academia and government representatives at the Track 1.5 (semi-governmental) level from ASEAN+3 countries and provides a knowledge base for regional integration in East Asia.