AsiaDHRRA is holding its 12th General Assembly today. Originally planned to be conducted in Vietnam, the GA is being held virtually due to the Covid19 pandemic. VietDHRRA is hosting the event, with support from the Board and the AsiaDHRRA Secretariat.
This year’s GA takes stock of the milestones of the 2016-2020 Strategic Action Plan and will approve the 2021-25 Strategic Plan of AsiaDHRRA. It will also be a venue for AsiaDHRRA to reflect on the implications of the Covid19 pandemic on its rural development and poverty eradication programming in the region.
It will serve as venue to reflect on lessons learned and milestones of the Regional Cooperation to Empower Rural Development Organizations (ReCoERDO) in Asia, its 4-year EU cooperation under the Framework Partnership Agreement. Likewise, the synthesis of its 4-year programming on Farmers’ Fighting Poverty (FFP) with AgriCord. It hopes to communicate the results of its major programs through impact story harvesting (ISH) both at household and organizational levels.
The GA, which gathers rural development NGOs (DHRRAs) and partner people’s organizations, also aims to generate inputs related to the drafting of the ASEAN Framework and Action Plan on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication 2021-2025, and the first ASEAN Rural Development Masterplan. AsiaDHRRA is assisting the ASEAN secretariat in this task and key recommendations from CSOs can be considered in the drafting process.
