One of the functions of the Organization, is to collaborate with the appropriate international and regional organizations, including UN agencies, the national bodies, governmental or non-governmental, both in the developed and developing countries, for purposes of taking action to accelerate agriculture and rural development in the member countries.

With this objective in view, AARDO has entered into Memoranda of Understanding with various international/regional organizations/Ministeries such as Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Republic of Korea; Arab Organisation for Agricultural Development (AOAD),Sudan; Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA); Mulungushi University, Zambia; Centre on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development for the Near East (CARDNE), Jordan; International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet), Malaysia; National School of Agriculture (NSA), Morocco; National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), and National Institute of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NIMSME), India; Egyptian International Centre for Agriculture (EICA), and Desert Research Centre (DRC), Egypt; Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Nigeria; Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India; Rural Development and Cooperative Division, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, Government of Bangladesh, and Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Comilla, Bangladesh; Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Lebanon; and Ahfad University for Women (AUW), Sudan.

 

AARDO is also pursuing the matter to collaborate with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the African Development Bank, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), International Cooperation Development Fund (ICDF), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Arab Fund, Islamic Development Bank, etc. The responses are still awaited for and it is hoped that the financial collaboration would materialize during the triennium 2012-2014. After the considerable realization of AARDO Vision regarding the doubling of training and capacity building programmes and the realization of a considerable amount of arrears, AARDO's endeavour in the triennium 2012-2014 should be the realization of financial collaboration with IFAD, the African Development Bank and the activation of AARDO Development Fund. It is hoped that the economically abled member countries would contribute to the Fund.

During the triennium 2012-2014, it is proposed to have more active collaboration with these and other international organisations through participation in each others meetings and exchange of information.

Collaboration with International Cooperative Alliance (ICA)

AARDO has been collaborating with International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) and participating in the meetings organized by ICA, viz. Regional Consultation, Cooperative Ministers' Conference, etc. ICA has also been participating in activities of AARDO and their representatives attended the workshop organised by AARDO in the past. As cooperative movement is one of the very important activities concerning rural development, collaboration with ICA during the triennium 2012-2014 would continue.