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The most tragic incident of November 26 which lasted 60 hours in Mumbai has left us all shattered and sent a shock wave across the world. Naturally, we all are concerned with the current trend of violence and its extremely brutal form. Read more...
Last 1 September, the ANGOC Secretariat was extremely honoured by the visit of one of its founders, Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, widely known for his outstanding work in empowering grassroots communities in Sri Lanka and founding the Sarvodaya movement. Dr. Ari, himself a Ramon Magsaysay laureate, was in town to attend the Asia Forum held in commemoration of the Ramon Magsaysay Foundation’s 50th anniversary. ANGOC seized this rare opportunity for staff to be inspired by the wisdom of Dr. Ari.
The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) annually honours exemplary Asian leaders in their respective fields with its namesake Award, also dubbed Asia’s Nobel Prize. The Asia Forum was held last 28-29 August, gathering past and present awardees in Manila, in celebration of the RMAF’s golden jubilee. The forum was by-invitation only, bringing together laureates and partners, including ANGOC, to engage in dialogue on current regional issues including but not limited to poverty, environment, and peace as well as explore solutions based on what participants can do collectively. ANGOC contributed to the discussions by highlighting the importance of access to land, sustainable agriculture, and climate change mitigation.
Two past awardees have been ANGOC members – Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne of SARVODAYA and Rev. Toshihiro Takami of the Asian Rural Institute.
(ACC-21) led by ANGOC former Vice-Chair Michio Ito, Fr. Francis Lucas, Don Marquez, and Faina Diola (then still representing ACC-21) participated in the symposium. Read more...
A sustained role for the Catholic Church of intervening in issues that concern the rural poor was one of the recommendations that came out of the Second National Rural Congress (NRC-II) held on 7-8 July 2008 in San Carlos Seminary, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. The NRC-II was organized by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), whose support for populist causes has been a decisive factor to the success of many advocacy campaigns. Read more...
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is seeking to improve its relations with civil society organizations (CSOs), and held a workshop last 20 June 2008 in Jakarta to learn from the experience of the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in dealing with these groups.
Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, ASEAN Secretary-General, said at the start of this workshop that “ASEAN needs the support [of] civil society to facilitate the transformation of ASEAN into a people-oriented organization.” The ASEAN’s efforts to re-style itself were apparently inspired by its ongoing collaboration with the WB in assisting the cyclone victims in Myanmar.
Around 50 representatives of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from 12 countries in the East Asia Pacific region including ANGOC members – Star Kampuchea (Cambodia), CANGO (China) and PhilDHRRA (Philippines), as well as a senior World Bank (WB) staff and a representative from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) participated at the East Asia Pacific World Bank-CSO Regional Workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia last 18-20 June 2008.
The CSOs proposed specific recommendations to the World Bank on four major areas, namely: (1) the Food Crisis in the Region; (2) the World Bank’s Regional Strategy in the East Asia Pacific Region; (3) Modalities of Engagement between CSOs and the World Bank; and (4) Youth Unemployment and Job Creation. On food crisis in the region, CSOs recommended to determine whether the food crisis is caused by the unavailability of food or by imperfect food distribution policy. On the World Bank’s Regional Strategy in the East Asia Pacific Region, specific recommendations under three themes were put forward in support of Middle Income Countries, Low-income Countries and Fragile States, and Knowledge Sharing.
The ANGOC-APAARI-GFAR Regional Workshop (16-18 April 2008, Bangkok): ANGOC has been appointed the first Consortium Secretariat of the NGO Association for Agricultural Research in the Asia-Pacific (NAARAP) and thus would like to bring its members to the Consortium. ANGOC members have been tasked to send applications to ANGOC Vice-Chairman Ms. Rohini Reddy. ANGOC Chair Fr. Francis Lucas emphasized the ANGOC Network’s need to come up with proposals for the Consortium.
An ADB-CSO dialogue held at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Headquarters, Mandaluyong City, Philippines, last 11 June 2008, provided Bank staff the opportunity to listen to civil society perspectives on access to land and food security issues. NGO representatives from the 6 countries under Land Watch Asia presented the results of their Country Studies, describing issues and challenges impinging on land access in their respective countries and suggested modes of engagement with ADB on such issues. Read more...
Land Watch Philippines Workshop 24-25 January 2008, U.P. Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
Participants to a Land Watch Meeting held in the Philippines last 24-25 January 2008 adopted a program for advocacy detailing inter-sectoral action plans to promote access by basic sectors in the country to land, water and other natural resources. The Land Watch Philippines Intersectoral Meeting on Land and Water Access of the Rural Poor was jointly organized by ANGOC and the Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas (PhilDHRRA), the two country focal points for Land Watch in the Philippines. Read more...
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The
2nd Philippine-Japan NGO Symposium on “Empowering the Poor for
Poverty Alleviation towards MDGs: Partnership Building between Japanese and
Philippine NGOs” was held last July 17-19, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. This event
was co-organized by the Japan Philippine NGO Network (JPN), the
Philippine-Japan Partnership Network (PJP), and the Asian Community Center
