Dr.Morihiko Hiramatsu, best known as the initiator of the “One Village, One Product (OVOP)” movement, visited the TDLC on October 25,2006 to speak at a distance learning session organized by the APO and GDLN. Ever the salesman, Dr.Hiramatsu came equipped with “village products” such as shochu and shiitake, for which Oita is famous, and gave an enthusiastic lecture on the merits of OVOP.
“Mobilizing Rural Community and Stakeholders”, a workshop on Community Driven Development (CDD) organized by the World Bank Tokyo Office and JANARD was held at the TDLC on April 21,2006. The third session in the series brought together Japanese NGOs and representatives from the Asia Foundation to exchange views on their experience in community development projects.
Policy makers, community leaders and NGO members will tackle issues such as targeting poverty groups, defining poverty and appropriate use of funds through the newly launched “ASEAN-World Bank TDLC Learning Program on Rural Poverty Reduction and Development”. The series follows up on various joint activities carried out by ASEAN and the World Bank to “mainstream” social development into the national development agenda. Scheduled to run from July 2005 until April 2006, it will cover 3 themes chosen in response to learning needs identified by ASEAN members: (1) Community Driven Development, (2) Understanding Poverty from a Holistic View, and (3) Analysis, Transparency and Accountability/Impact Assessment of Poverty Reduction Programs.
The objectives of the course are to improve and enhance the knowledge and managerial skills of city officials in selected Chinese cites and enhance the training capacity of local partners, mainly the China National School of Administration (CNSA) and Guizhou Provincial Schools of Administration, through DL approaches.
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