25 November 2021 – AsiaDHRRA presents in the Technical Consultation on the Development of the ASEAN Masterplan on Rural Development, via online.
The development of an ASEAN Master Plan on Rural Development is being proposed to provide a cohesive guiding framework for ASEAN’s rural development and poverty eradication agenda, one that contributes to and is shaped by the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development.
During the 16th SOMRDPE Meeting held in November 2019 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, the concept note on the master plan was 
adopted by the meeting. Subsequently, the concept note was endorsed by SOMRDPE, and was noted by the 11th AMRDPE.
adopted by the meeting. Subsequently, the concept note was endorsed by SOMRDPE, and was noted by the 11th AMRDPE.
Following the mandate given by the SOMRDPE, the ASEAN Secretariat and AsiaDHRRA have been working closely to mobilise resources towards developing the draft master plan. A team of senior experts were commission with the support from The Asia Foundation, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and GIZ, to analyse key ASEAN frameworks and work plans as well as other regional and global frameworks, towards developing the elements of the draft master plan.
