ARC holds final activities of SDC/AVRDC-ARC HRDP IV

The Asian Regional Center is actively preparing for the final activities of the Human Resource Development Project for the Mekong Region Phase IV (HRDP IV) sponsored by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and managed by AVRDC-ARC. The activities will all be held in Bangkok, Thailand on 14 to 17 May 2007.

An Impact Assessment Workshop will be held on 14-15 May 2007 which will gather the economists and project staff from collaborating NARS to discuss, present and finalize the results of the impact assessment activities done in 2006. This will be followed by a 1-day Regional Seminar with the theme – Beyond Capacity Building: Promoting Sustainability. The seminar will include presentations from the collaborating partners on the development, promotion, adoption and adaptation of vegetable growing techniques and the impact of the HRDP IV interventions in the project areas of HRDP IV. Guest speakers from extension agencies in Thailand and Myanmar will also share their experiences in working with resource-poor farmers.

HRDP IV will then be culminated with the Final Steering Committee Meeting (SCM) on 17 May 2007 which will enable all HRDP IV collaborators, SC members and partners to review and discuss the impact and major lessons learned from the implementation of HRDP IV.