Pasig City, Philippines – AsiaDHRRA, represented by its Secretary General, Ms. Marlene Ramirez, and Program Manager, Mr. Nonoy Villas, participated in the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Rural Devleopment and Poverty Reduction (SOMRDPE) Special Meeting to Develop the Framework Action Plan on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication (2016-2020) on 16-17 April 2015 at Crowne Plaza Hotel, in Ortigas Center, Pasig City.
Ms. Ramirez was also invited to present civil society’s perspectives, as an ASEAN affiliated CSO, on the emerging challenges in poverty reduction and how these could impact on the new RDPE framework action plan. In her presentation, Ms. Ramirez emphasised the importance of investing in human resource development, in strengthening rural peoples’ organizations and re-affirmed the view of RDPE leaders that the key components of the current RDPE FAP remains valid for the next cycle. ­
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AsiaDHRRA is among the regional entities affiliated to ASEAN.