Follow-up on AIT/UNITAR ASEAN Regional Round Table on MDGs
Professor Vilas Wuwongse, Vice President for External Relations recently met with Mr. Nico Barito, Senior Fellow, UNITAR (also member of the AIT Center in Indonesia Steering Committee and AIT Institute-level Advisory Board) to follow-up on the proposal for the hosting of a Regional Round Table for ASEAN Countries at AIT on MDG Education and Training. As communicated earlier, AIT's offer to host the event was welcomed by the Executive Director of UNITAR, the Secretary General of AICESIS, the UN-NGO-Coordinators and other key advisors of this project.
Professor Vilas and Mr. Nico discussed modalities of the Round Table, agenda items to be included, partners and collaborators who could be invited, and also the expected outcomes of the event. Professor Vilas has been in touch with the Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand, and received positive initial feedback from the Department regarding their engagement in the initiative.