The Asian Productivity Organization used the GDLN to enable its new Secretary-General Mr. Shigeo Takenaka to address participants from more than a dozen member countries at the Multi-Country Study Mission on Media and Productivity held in Bangkok.
World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn hosted a global dialogue with representatives from civil society organizations (CSOs) via the Global Development Learning Network ahead of the BankÕs Annual Meetings. Representatives from more than 30 organizations from Brazil, Egypt, Nigeria, Georgia, Japan, and The Netherlands took part in the conference.
The Asian Productivity Organization commenced their six-day seminar on Participatory Microcredit held September 20-26 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia with a videoconferencing session connecting the Mongolian Distance Learning Center with the TDLC in Tokyo and the Asian Institute of Management in Manila.
Students from Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS) had the chance today to discuss the current state of global development with Mr. Vinay Bhargava, the World Bank’s Director of Operations and International Affairs, in a videoconference between the university and the TDLC in Tokyo.