APEC Australia 2007

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is an inter-governmental forum facilitating economic growth and prosperity, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region, and operates on the basis of non-binding commitments, open dialogue and equal respect for the views of all participants regardless of the size of their economy.

From January to September 2007 Australia hosted a series of APEC meetings focusing on areas of interest to the nation, with over 100 days of ministerial, officials-level and business-group meetings held across the country.

The APEC Australia 2007™ year culminated with the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting (AELM) in early September, the most significant international gathering of an economic kind that Australia has hosted. The AELM took place in an informal, relaxed retreat setting in which leaders addressed issues of strategic importance that affect the region. At the conclusion of discussions, leaders issued the APEC Economic Leaders Declaration, which contained the shared views of leaders and set the strategic directions for APEC for the next year.

The APEC 2007 website is no longer active, however it was archived on 26 October 2007 by the National Library of Australia's Pandora Project and is now available at http://pandora.nla.gov.au/apps/PandasDelivery/WebObjects/PandasDelivery.woa/wa/tep?pi=64638