There are five Regional Offices set up by AARDO, three in Africa and two in Asia. The main objectives of establishing the Regional Offices, as decided by the 3rd General Session of AARDO Conference held at Seoul, R O Korea during April 1968 endorsing the decision of the Seventh Session of the Executive Committee of AARDO (March 1967), are as under:

i)     Promotion of the interest of AARDO in the member countries of the region and other countries of the region;

ii)     Enrolment of new members of AARDO from among those countries of the region which have not yet joined;

iii)     Assisting in the execution of approved work programmes including organisation of seminars, workshops and conferences in the countries of the region;

iv)     Identifying the problem areas in the countries of the region and submitting recommendations to the Headquarters of AARDO for implementation of projects/conducting studies in the countries of the region;

v)     Representing AARDO at national and international meetings, seminars, conferences and workshops in the home country or the neighbouring countries as may be directed by the headquarters; and

vi)     Functioning as data bank for information required by headquarters and disseminating information regarding AARDO’s activities.

As far as maintenance of the regional offices is concerned, host countries’ liabilities are to provide adequate office space and its maintenance to enable the Honorary Regional Representative to carry out his/her responsibilities. AARDO Headquarters provides a lump-sum amount (one time payment) not exceeding US $11,000 on initial set up of the regional office, pays an annual honorarium of US $2,000 to the Regional Representative, and an annual maintenance grant of US $1,000 to the Regional Office. Realising the importance of the Regional Offices for promoting the cause of AARDO in the respective regions, budgetary provisions have been made for their strengthening.

The complete addresses of the Regional Offices including the name of Honorary Regional Representatives who are heading them are as under :

REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE FAR EAST

Mr Sang-Mu Lee

Honorary Regional Representative of AARDO for the Far East
#1313, Anyang Geonseol Tower

1112-1, Bisan-dong, Dongan-gu

Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do

Seoul 431-050, REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Tel:     82-31-440-9080
Fax:    82-31-440-9088
Email: fero@hanafos.com

REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST

Engr. Wasifi Hassan Srehiehn
Honorary Regional Representative of AARDO
Ministry of Municipal Affairs 
Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
P O Box 1799
Amman, JORDAN

Tel:     962-6-5930136
Fax:    962-6-672135/5930135

REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE NORTH AND EASTERN AFRICA

Mr. Mohamed Tawfik Mahmoud

Under Secretary for Social Development, and

Honorary Regional Representative of AARDO
Ministry of Social Solidarity
Gomma El-Tehrir Square 
Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Mogamma El Teheir Squre, Cario, EGYPT

Tel:     20-2-5684934
Fax:    20-2-5720628

REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE SOUTHERN AFRICA

Ms Meselina Muchindu Hampango

Director, Youth, Department of Youth Development, and

Honorary Regional Representative of AARDO
Ministry of Sport, Youth and Child Development
Government of the Republic of Zambia
Government Complex, Kamwala

P O Box : 50700
Lusaka, ZAMBIA

Tel:     260-1-253871
Fax:    260-1-254693

REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN AFRICA

Mr. Robert Kuwornu

Director,  Policy, and

Honorary Regional Representative of AARDO
Ministry of Local Government and 

Rural Development, Government of the Republic of Ghana
P.O. Box M-50
Accra, GHANA

Tel:     233-21-682020,663668
Fax:    233-21-682011