March 10, 2007 a. what is your understanding of the main features of ASEAN FTAs? 1. ASEAN endeavored to push FTAs based on the notion that the member countries have a competitive advantage 2. The agreements contained in FTA look like the WTO agreements entered into by countries at the regional level
March 11, 2007 a. What are your experiences and observations with regards to bio-fuels in your countries? The governments of Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, and Indonesia have started to promote planting of crops which can be used for bio-fuels. In Korea, hydro-powered energy has long been used.
March 13, 2007 ASEAN Secretariat Jakarta, Indonesia We are leaders and members belonging to the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), together with AsiaDHRRA and partner CSOs, gathered here at Jakarta, Indonesia, for the “Regional Workshop on ASEAN: Firming Up Asian Farmers’ Campaign on ASEAN regional integration in Agriculture†, this 10-12th of […]
The 7th World Social Forum was held on January 20-26, 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya. It was attended by AFA through the representation of Esther Penunia, Secretary General. Through its participation in the forum, AFA was able to establish and strengthen contacts with farmers’ organizations in Africa and Latin America as well as with NGOs working […]
Women constitute majority of those represented in food and agriculture production and processing globally. Thus, it is critical to incorporate gender into the debates around food and agriculture in order to identify alternative proposals to the current flawed international trade rules.
The General Forum of Solidarity for Asian People’s Advocacy (SAPA)was held last Feburary 5-6 at the Windsor Suite Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. It was hosted by Forum-Asia. It was attended by the AFA Secretary General, the AFA Vice Chairperson, and the Sor Kor Por Secretary General. They were also joined by the AsiaDHRRA Secretary General […]
AFA attended the EU-ASEAN Strategy Meeting organized by the Asia-Europe People’s Forum last Feburary 7-8 in Sasa International House, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Bangkok, 8 February 2007 The undersigned civil society movements and organisations from ASEAN and Europe wish to express their strong concerns about the proposed EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA) slated to be concluded within the next two years.
