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Workshop on Developing an Inclusive
Strategic Plan for CAPSA and the Fifth Session of Technical Committee,
7-9 December 2009, Bogor, Indonesia
In April of this year, at ESCAP’s 65th Session, the Commission
adopted Resolution 65/4. This resolution, based on the results of
CAPSA’s Governing Council meeting a month earlier, called for CAPSA to
be strengthened. The Council also suggested the Centre continue its
focus in the Asia-Pacific region but on the broader, more encompassing
issues of food security and sustainable agriculture in a climate-change
environment. To most effectively assist CAPSA’s strengthening and to
make the process more inclusive, a two-day Workshop entitled “Developing
an Inclusive Strategic Plan for CAPSA” was held in Bogor, Indonesia, on
7 – 8 December 2009.
Mr. Keith Hargreaves was the facilitator for this two-day workshop.
CAPSA goals, strategy, work plan and timeline were discussed. Thirty-one
participants from 13 countries (including 5 Technical Committee members)
participated in the workshop. At the end of the Workshop, it is expected
that CAPSA will have a framework for a strategic plan addressing 21st
century issues and will be better positioned to respond to key
challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region, particularly those related to
food security and sustainable agriculture in a climate-changing
environment.
Some presentations were made by participants representing their
institutions, such as: Indonesian Benelux Chamber of Commerce (INA), PNG
National Agricultural Research Institute, Pakistan Agricultural Research
Council, French Agricultural Research Centre for International
Development, Philippines Bureau of Agricultural Research; and Wageningen
University and Research Centre.
The third day meeting was to validate the process and resulting
elements of the new CAPSA with the relevant Technical Committee.
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