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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, [...]