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The ExeCom met in Taiping, Malaysia for its regular governance activity. It was warmly hosted by Marimuthu Nadason, of DHRRA Malaysia and Vice-Chairperson for Southeast DHRRA cluster. Key organizational decisions were taken especially with regards the 5-year strategic planning process, its resource development plans, and upcoming major network events. Alongside the organizational agenda was the [...]

AsiaDHRRA had the opportunity to be part of the program during the 5th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication (SOMRDPE) meeting in Manila from 12-14 October 2005. AsiaDHRRA’s presentation which took place in an open session on October 13 at the The Manila Peninsula Hotel, Makati City was coordinated through the [...]

AsiaDHRRA in co-sponsorship with AFA and the APFNS (Asia-Pacific Network for Food Sovereignty) will be organizing an International Conference during the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Hongkong. It will highlight alternative models on agricultural trade cooperation on December 14-15 in Hongkong.
The activity is part of the whole week of civil society’s activity during the WTO-MC6. The [...]

Regional Conference on Civil Society Engagement in the ASEAN, 3-5 October 2005, Bangkok, Thailand
We, the undersigned Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) coming from member nations of ASEAN, have gathered at the Regional Conference on Civil Society Engagement in the ASEAN in Bangkok, Thailand to interact with key ASEAN officials, share our views, discuss our concerns and [...]

In line with the staff development thrust of the network, AsiaDHRRA sends two of its senior staff as Chief Technical Advisors (CTA) for Agriterra in the CTA annual advisory meeting on November 13-21, 2005 in Arnhem, Netherlands. The meeting aims at improving advisory skills of CTA and liaison officers for the benefit of Rural-based Producers’ [...]

PhilDHRRA successfully held its19th General Assembly with the theme “Reflecting and Reshaping the Network towards sustainable rural development” in November 8-9, 2005 in Cebu Grand Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines, hosted by PhilDHRRA-Visayas.
The assembly approved PhilDHRRA’s financial sustainability plan which was an output of a serious consultation and planning with the 73 NGO members of the [...]

AsiaDHRRA was tapped by the Regional Network for Indigenous Peoples (RNIP) to organize and coordinate a week-long training in Pontianak, Kalimantan, Indonesia aimed at preparing community development facilitators and IP leaders to link community needs with available local resources and opportunities from NGOs, government institutions and other agencies. The workshop sessions focused on Community Organizing, [...]

InDHRRA celebrated its 30th year anniversary in July 21-23, 2005. The anniversary was meaningfully as a community immersion activity in Lorejo Village, in Jogjakarta. True to the spirit of Musyawarah, series of dialogues took place focusing on the issues of agrarian reform, food security, women concerns, and other rural development issues, challenged by the [...]

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By Shui Tsai 
My first contact with AsiaDHRRA was the Farmers’ Exchange Visit in Taiwan in 2003. At that time, I had the opportunity to meet people from different countries. During the FEV, I learned a lot from them because they shared information with me on how they contribute to help farmers in their respective countries. [...]

By Ryoko Tsuboi
Time passes so fast. Since I started this training program, a year and some months have passed and now I am looking back my stay here in AsiaDHRRA. Honestly, I don’t think I could get enough things that I need to run JaDHRRA as a secretariat staff. But still there were many things [...]

The AsiaDHRRA ExeCom and Secretariat conducted a Strategic Planning in March 20-22 in Manila Philippines. The leadership defined the network’s strategic objectives and priority thrusts for the next five years (2005-2010). The key achievements of the network the past five years and the strength it has gained as an organization gave the leaders impetus [...]

JaDHRRA in partnership with PhilDHRRA and AsiaDHRRA conducted a study tour last March 11-18, 2005. It was participated by sixteen (16) students and professors from two Japanese universities (Kobe and Otemon Gaukin University). Thematically, their interests were on health, education, and agrarian reform.
The group visited various rural communities in Sorsogon, Albay, and Camarines Sur. [...]

AFA held its 11th Executive Committee (ExeCom) last March 9-10, in Chiang Dao district, Chiang Mai province of Thailand, right after the Thailand FEV. The ExeCom decided to register AFA in the Philippines, and approved project concept papers on

AFA’s WTO advocacy work for year 2005
sustaining the sustainable rice campaign through mainstreaming of the systematic [...]

Forty-four participants from ten Asian countries participated in the 6th Farmers’ Exchange Visit (FEV), conducted by AFA and AsiaDHRRA and hosted by SorKorPor (SKP) Thailand last February 28 to March 9, 2005.
The first part of the FEV was the first celebration of AFA Day, held February 28, at a village in Sattahip, Chonburi, Thailand. [...]