Amb. Elizabeth P. Buensuceso, Permanent Representative of the Philippines to ASEAN, met with officials from the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) namely Mr. Izuru Kobayashi (second from left), ERIA's Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Ponciano S. Intal Jr. (left), ERIA's Senior Economist and Dr. Melanie Milo (right) ERIA's Economist.They discussed research activities of ERIA including possible initiatives in 2017 when the Philippines assumes the Chairmanship of ASEAN.