Colloquium on "Role of NGOs and Academia in Achieving the MDGs in Asia" Venue: Room B108, AIT Conference Center
Date: 25th February 2009, Wednesday
Time: 13:30-16:30 H
The ASEAN Regional Center of Excellence on MDGs at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) will present a research colloquium titled – "Role of NGOs and Academia in Achieving the MDGs in Asia". The colloquium coincides with the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO).
The event coincides with the CONGO Board Meeting which will be held at AIT during 23rd – 25th February 2009.
Tentative Program for the colloquium is as follows:
- Welcome by the Director of the MDG Center, Prof. Jayant Routray (Panel Chairman)
- Inauguration of the colloquium by AIT President, Prof. Said Irandoust
- Brief Remarks by CONGO President, Mr. Liberato Bautista
- Presentations
- The MDG Challenges of the NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations) by Dr. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad, Assistant Professor, Regional & Rural Development Planning , SERD, AIT
- MDGs and Decent Work: an ILO Perspective by Ms. Anna Biondi, Deputy Director, Bureau of Workers’ Activities, ILO
- World Food Program Perspective on MDGS
- Short DVD Presentation from Church World Service on MDG and Water
- Panel discussion
- Concluding remarks by the Panel Chairman
All faculty members, students and staff are invited.