Meeting of Heads of the Training Institutions and Regional Representative of AARDO

It is proposed to organize a Meeting of Heads of Training Institutions and Regional Representatives of AARDO during the triennium 2006-2008 to review the technical work programme of the current triennium as well as to discuss the technical work programme for the next triennium (2009-2011). Further, the meeting would seek advice of the training institutions as to how these training courses would be more effective for AARDO member countries. Besides, representatives of all the five regional offices of AARDO would participate in the meeting to contribute in the strengthening of technical work programmes of AARDO. All expenditure in this respect would he borne by AARDO.

On the recommendation of the Sub-Committee on Reform of AARDO, the 56th Session of the AARDO Executive Committee held in Amman, Jordan on 20-22 August 2007 had approved the formation of a Technical Programme Committee (TPC) comprising heads of the AARDO’s centres of excellence and other relevant institutions. The TPC was constituted to guide the Secretariat in the formulation of triennial work programme. The first meeting of the TPC was held at the AARDO Secretariat during 4-5 March 2008. The Committee discussed the following:

i)     Review of the technical work programme of the current triennium 2006-2008;

ii)    Ways and means to make the AARDO-sponsored training courses more effective for the benefit of AARDO member countries;

iii)    Comments/suggestions received from member countries as well as the regional offices on the work programme for the triennium 2009-2011, etc; and

iv)     Formulating suitable strategies and action plan on the operationalisation of some of the Articles of the New Delhi Declaration adopted by the Inter-Ministerial Summit on “Rural Development: Afro-Asian Perspective”.
 

H E Mr. Abdalla Yahia Adam, Secretary General, AARDO delivering his address during the Inaugural Session of the Technical Programme Committee at the AARDO Secretariat, New Delhi on 4th March 2008

The meeting was attended by thirteen (13) delegates – eight (8) from training institutions collaborating with AARDO located in Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, and Nigeria, and five (5) from the regional offices of AARDO. In addition, four (4) Special Invitees from India, namely, the Chairman, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, Ministry of Agriculture; Joint Secretary (TC), Ministry of External Affairs; Director, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade; and Director, National Academy of Agricultural Research Management attended the meeting. The Secretary General, AARDO chaired the meeting. The Assistant Secretary General, AARDO also attended the meeting.

During the meeting, the delegates discussed at length the work programme of AARDO for the current triennium as well as for the next triennium 2009-2011 and made invaluable suggestions which have been incorporated in the draft work programme for the triennium 2009-2011.