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I am an Asian NGO Leader, I rose to the challenges of the times. I heed to the call and spirit of my generation for a just, free, empowered, sustainable, developed and happy rural Asia. I draw inspiration and courage from the community of rural people I serve and from the support of my family, [...]

By PETER EINARSSON
The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) agriculture agreement is coming up for its first renegotiation. Whether or not the ‘new round’ of the WTO becomes reality, members have committed themselves to revisit the agriculture rules. In an article based on a longer study, Peter Einarsson gives an overview of the agreement and reviews the [...]

The Asian NGO Leader’s Dialogue (ALD) started in 2003 as an expression of NGO leaders’ shared commitment to sustainable rural development. Participants are NGO leaders representing diverse cultures, ideas, and experiences, as well as different generations. Since it started, the ALD has provided a venue for dialogue and exchange among NGO leaders on issues relating [...]

Miren Larrea has recently concluded her two-month Exposure Program to Asian countries and has gone back to her beloved Basque country. Her exposure program is in line with WRF’s broad plan to establish parternships with farmers’ groups in Asia.
Mirren’s major objectives, firstly, was to gain a deeper understanding of Asian rural realities and country development [...]

AsiaDHRRA remains committed to its vision of “Asian rural communities that are just, free, prosperous, living in peace and working in solidarity towards self-reliance.”
To contribute to this long term vision, it aims to play the role of a promoter and catalyst of relationships with various partners through the people to people dialogue and exchange approach; [...]

AsiaDHRRA Article entitled ‘Human Resources Development in Asia. Nurturing leaders from within’ has been published this month in the printed magazine capacity.org and on the website
Capacity.org is a web magazine and web portal intended for practitioners and policy makers who work in or on capacity development in international cooperation in the South.
The site is accompanied [...]

Members and officers of Japan Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (JaDHRRA) met with the secretary general and other staff of AsiaDHRRA at Osaka on July 10, 2006, The meeting is part of a possible strategic planning process for the local DHRRA. Defining the role of JaDHRRA in the context of [...]

Available for download is the 2005 AsiaDHRRA Annual Report in PDF format. A limited quantity of the printed copies are also available in our office.
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AsiaDHRRA elected a new set of ExeCom members during the 6th General Assembly held in Taiping, Malaysia on June 20-22, 2006.
Marimuthu Nadason – Chairperson
Dr. Sung Lee – Vice Chairperson North Asia
Jaybee Garganera – Vice Chairperson Southeast Asia
Sil Vineth – Vice Chairperson Mekong Region
Dwi Astuti – Women Representative
Wenchi Huang – Women Representative

The AsiaDHRRA network successfully held its 6th General Assembly in Taiping, Malaysia on June 20-22, 2006.
Among the highlights of the event are the presentation of 4 case studies on the Models of PO-NGO Partnerships in Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan); a levelling-off on the PO autonomy process especially as it relates to AFA and AsiaDHRRA and [...]

The AsiaDHRRA Secretariat together with the new chairperson, Marimuthu Nadason conducted its regular midyear assessment and planning activity from July 18-21, 2006 in Manila, Philippines. Taking off from the clear mandates and action points identified during the recently concluded 6th General Assembly of the network, the secretariat together with its new chairperson discussed operational strategies [...]

Lany V. Rebagay, AsiaDHRRA program officer presented a paper o­n “Empowering and Engaging Rural People with the Market” in a seminar workshop sponsored by FAO and hosted by VECO last May 8-12, 2006 in Bali, Indonesia.
The seminar was attended by about 50 participants representing various NGOs, development groups, market players and actors, and support service [...]

The following is the Declaration adopted during the INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON WTO, FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND ALTERNATIVES TO GLOBALIZATION organized by Asia Pacific Network for Food Sovereignty (APNFS), Asian Farmers Network for Sustainable Development (AFA), Asia Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (AsiaDHRRA) and International South Group Network (ISGN) held at Boys [...]

AFA represented by Tri Heru Wardoyo, Esther Penunia and AsiaDHRRA represented by Marlene Ramirez participated in the recently concluded First Farmers’ Forum in conjunction with IFAD’s 29th General council Meeting held from 13-16 February 2006 at Palazzo dei Congressi, Rome, Italy. Around 55 representatives of farmers’ organizations from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the [...]

AsiaDHRRA visited the Lao Community Development Association (LCDA) last February 10-11, 2006. A dialogue with the leaders of LCDA and an exchange on the situation of the local NPOs in Lao took place. During the visit, preparations related to the conduct of a forum among local NPOs was discussed. It was agreed that a mapping [...]