CIRDAP and its partners, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Lao PDR, organized an Expert Consultation Workshop on Asia-Pacific Integrated Rural Development and Sustainable Resource Management in the 21st Century: Strategic Actions at the Regional and the National levels from 6th to 7th October 2023 in the Grand Luang Prabang Hotel, Luang Prabang, Lao PDR. The event was inaugurated at 9:00 a.m. Laos’s time on 6th October 2023. The workshop provided a forum for relevant experts and stakeholders to address the current challenges of the rural population in Asia and the Pacific, particularly emphasizing Integrated Rural Development and Sustainable Resource Management in the 21st Century.
The DG of CIRDAP, Dr. Cherdsak Virapat, provided the welcome address at the onset of the workshop. The opening addresses were provided by Mr. Anosack Phengthimmavong, Deputy Director General, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR; Prof. Dr. Ir. H. Rokhmin Dahuri, President of Indonesia Aquaculture Society, Advisor of Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Republic of Indonesia; and Former Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Republic of Indonesia and Professor in Coastal and Ocean Management, IPB University, Indonesia; Dr. Jie Huang, Director General, Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA); Mr. Suriyan Vichitlekarn, Executive Director, Mekong Institute (MI); Mr. Wimon Punkong, Representative, Executive Director, International Institute for Trade and Development (ITD), Thailand; and Dr. Nathaniel Don Marquez, Executive Director, Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC), Philippines.
There were eleven presentations by the Honorable Experts and team of Excellences at the workshop on different thematic topics such as Sustainable Resource Management; Transformation of Global Frameworks, Conventions, and Multilateral Treaties; Climate Change; Disaster Risk Reduction; Agriculture Farm Business and Income Generation; Land and Resource Governance; Upland-Coastal-Ocean Management; Village Administration; Gender Equality; ICT and digitalization; IRD Models in Asia Pacific and their potentials. Mr. Somboon Laoprasert, CIRDAP Expert of the Team of Excellences from Thailand, moderated the panel presentations and Discussion.
After the presentations, a brainstorming session was held in the two groups to discuss and identify the actionable strategies and plans at the regional and national levels for collaborative efforts to improve the situations in Asia and the Pacific region. The participants also discussed and came up with several pilot projects for implementation. The Consultation workshop ended with the presentation of the outcome of the brainstorming session by Dr. Muhammad Israr, IRD Expert, and Prof. Dr. Mohammed Helal Uddin, Director (Research), CIRDAP, at 1:00 pm on 7th October 2023.
Contact:
Ms. Hurain Jannat, Communication Officer
Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP)
Email: communication_officer@cirdap.org
