Following the 21st AFA Execom meeting in Bangkok, Thailand last December 22, 2007, AFA announced that it will hold its third general assembly in Korea on February 28 to March 3, 2008, to be hosted by the Korean Advanced Farmers’ Federation (KAFF).
AFA successfully conducted the regional consultation-workshop entitled “ASEAN at 40: Challenges to Asian Farmers Posed by the Charter and Economic Community Blueprint” last December 20-21 at KU Home in Bangkok, Thailand. It was hosted by Sor Kor Por or Farmers’ Federations’ Association for Development in Thailand. The consultation was part of AFA’s continuing efforts to […]
AFA attended the ASEAN+ Civil Society Conference (ACSC-3) held last 2-4 November 2007 at the Peninsula Excelsior, Singapore, entitled “Building an ASEAN People’s Agenda”.
AFA co-organized a panel session entitled “Towards Fair Trade in an Integrating ASEAN: Perspectives of Workers, Farmers and Informal Sector” held at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines last October 25, 2007. The pane l session was one of the concurrent panel sessions conducted during the 6th ASEAN Peoples’ Assembly (APA) with the theme […]
AFA co-organized a panel session entitled “Towards Fair Trade in an Integrating ASEAN: Perspectives of Workers, Farmers and Informal Sector” held at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City, Philippines last October 25, 2007. The panel session was one of the concurrent panel sessions conducted during the 6th ASEAN Peoples’ Assembly (APA) with the theme […]
The “Regional Consultation Workshop on Farmers’ Situation: Responding to Major Difficulties Faced by Farmers in Asia” was held last June 12-14, 2007 at the SEAMEO Innotech Center, Commonwealth Avenue, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, hosted by PAKISAMA.
The 20th AFA Execom Meeting was held last July 23 at the Ledesma Room of the Partnership Center, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, also hosted by PAKISAMA. The Execom meeting was held to discuss issues on AFA’s movement to full autonomy. Important decisions were made such as hiring of new staff, approval of job designs, office […]
The “Roundtable Discussion on Alternative Regionalism” was held last July 24, 2007 at the Ledesma Room of the Partnership Center, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, hosted by PAKISAMA. The roundtable discussion was organized by TAG, AsiaDHRRA, and AFA, and funded by Oxfam International and Agriterra. It brought together key advocates working on the ASEAN integration processes […]
