Discussion on government financial grants supporting cooperative businesses
The Rural-Urban Market Link (RUML) team and their cooperative beneficiaries participated in a briefing on the Kadiwa Financial Grant Assistance Program conducted by the Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) on 15 November 2024. The meeting revolved around the possibility of providing grants from the DA to support RUML’s cooperative beneficiaries, including shared insights from Yello […]
Addressing Youth’s significant role on poverty eradication in the region and agents of change towards resilience
AsiaDHRRA’s Secretary-General, Ms. Marlene Ramirez, participated in the 13th ASEAN Public-Private-People Partnership (PPPP) Forum on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication organized on 12 November 2024 at Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. AsiaDHRRA, with its work and contribution towards enhancing the socio-economic well-being of the rural people’s organizations (RPOs) in the region, moderated Session 5, provided […]
Intersectoral workshop eliminating the Worst Forms of Child Labour
AsiaDHRRA attended an Intersectoral Workshop on the ASEAN Roadmap for Eliminating the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2025 on 4-6 November 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand. The event is also a Follow-Up to the ASEAN Declaration on Prevention of Child Labour, including Worst Forms of Child Labour, and gathered representatives from the International Labor Organization […]
Second batch of capacity-building workshop on conflict-sensitive agricultural investment promotion planning initiative
AsiaDHRRA conducted the second batch of learning workshops to enhance the capacities of the provincial governments of North Cotabato and Bukidnon on 5-6 November 2024. The activity is under the project “Strengthening the Implementation of Regional and Local Peace and Development Agendas (SPADe),” supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit’s (GIZ). As SPADe project’s service […]
Round-table discussion to facilitate co-creation of knowledge on Agroecology
AsiaDHRRA and the Southeast Asia Regional Initiatives for Community Empowerment (SEARICE) jointly organized an online discussion on “Facilitating Co-creation of Knowledge on Agroecology” on 25 October 2024 via Zoom conference. The event gathered project and DHRRA partners, farmers’ organizations, and the academe to review draft policy proposals based on farmer-led research case studies coordinated and […]
Learning and interactive validation with stakeholders by RUML team
The Rural-Urban Market Link (RUML) project recently organized an interactive and learning validation event themed “Empowering Partnerships, Enhancing Market Linkages” on 21 October 2024. Consortium partners, namely GlowCorp, AgriCooPH, AsiaDHRRA, FSSI, NATCCO, PhilDHRRA, and PhilSSA, gathered to explore lead stores in Novaliches, Quezon City and conducted an interactive discussion with PhilSSA’s network partners, the Kabuhayan […]
Conclusion of the third batch of workshops on policy advocacy and constructive engagement to end child labor
AsiaDHRRA, in coordination with its project partner organizations, has concluded the third batch of Training of Trainers on Capacity Development, Policy Advocacy, and Constructive Engagement on 30 September – 2 October 2024 in Mabini, Davao de Oro. The workshop is part of the RISE-UP Project under the initiative Harnessing CSO Capacities in Eliminating Child Labor […]
Provincial learning workshop enhancing the capacities of technical working group on investment planning and investment promotion
AsiaDHRRA is organizing the first batch of learning workshops on drafting a provincial “Gender and Conflict-Sensitive and Climate-Smart Investment and Investment Promotion Planning (GAIIP)” on October 1-3, 2024, at Matina, Davao City. The activity is under the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit’s (GIZ) project on “Strengthening the Implementation of Regional and Local Peace and Development […]
Reflecting on regional collaboration opportunities to support smallholder farmers’ participation in carbon markets
AsiaDHRRA’s Secretary-General. Ms. Marlene Ramirez participated in a regional workshop on “Mobilizing Investment for Resilient and Low Emission Agrifood Systems in Asia through Carbon Markets” organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 16-18 September 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand. Ms. Ramirez joined the panel in Session 7, which discussed strengthening […]
First batch of workshop on policy advocacy and constructive engagement to end child labor
AsiaDHRRA concluded the first batch of “Training of Trainers on Capacity Development on Policy Advocacy and Constructive Engagement” on 11-13 September 2024 in Cotabato City, supporting its initiative to eliminate child labor in agriculture, the RISE-UP Project. The workshop was participated by rural people’s organizations (RPOs), Fagayugoy de Melitedted Libun deb Kuya (FAMELIK), and indigenous […]
