Chairperson Sudaporn Sittisathapornkul, together with other AFA leaders, joined other representatives from civil society organizations of women and men migrant workers from the formal, informal and labor sectors, small-scale farmers, fishers, indigenous peoples, agricultural workers, consumers, academe and non-government organizations from the ASEAN region in the “Regional Conference on the Impact of Financial and Economic Crisis on Vulnerable Sectors of the Region: Civil Society Voices and ASEAN” held in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 28-29, 2009.
AFA Vice Chairperson Muzakkir made a presentation entitled “Impact of Financial Crisis on Small-scale Men and Women Farmers in SEA Countries,” while AFA Chairperson Sudaporn Sittisathapornkul gave the closing remarks.
AFA Treasurer Vicente Fabe delivered the report on the workshop on agriculture, while AFA Secretary General Esther Penunia facilitated the first workshop and helped in drafting the conference statement.
At the end of the event, the CSO Conference Recommendations and Jakarta Action Plans were crafted.
The Jakarta Action Plans had four parts: for the agriculture sector; for the labor and migration sector; for strengthening regional economic coordination; and for democratizing CSO participation in the improvement and implementation of the roadmap for an ASEAN community 2009-2015.
The CSO Conference Recommendations to effectively address the impact of the global financial crisis on the vulnerable sectors in the Asian region were presented to ASEAN and other intergovernmental bodies.
AFA co-organized the conference with AsiaDHRRA, UNIAPRO/ASETUC, ASEAN, Oxfam HK and GTZ.
Conference statement, action plans, presentation materials, final participants list, photos and other related readings are available at: http://financialcrisisasia.blogspot.com
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