There are five Regional Offices set up by AARDO, three in Africa and two in Asia. The main Goal, Vision, and Mission of establishing the Regional Offices, as decided by the 3rd General Session of AARDO Conference held at Seoul, R O Korea during April 1968 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.

Besides, the following additional responsibilities were entrusted to the Regional Offices by the the 15th General Session of AARDO Conference held in Damascus, Syria on 15-17 September 2005 in order to enable them to enhance their regional level activities :

.             networking with centres of excellence engaged in research and development in the region;

.             initiating post-training evaluation and providing a feedback to the Headquarters at regular intervals;

.             identifying the problems relevant to the socio-economic development confronting the region and suggesting the appropriate technical activities to address them;

.             organizing Human Resource Development activities at regional levels;

.             undertaking study visits including farmers visits;

.             undertaking action research; and

.             supervising and monitoring development pilot projects.

The regional offices are regularly organising their Coordination Committee meetings since 2006 to identify the regional level activities and accordingly conducted the activities in their respective regions.

The Regional Offices also sent proposals to the AARDO Secretariat for inclusion in the technical work programmes for the triennium 2009-2011 and the same were incorporated in.

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
Dr 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
Eng. Nart Nawraz Bakir Naguer

Director of Planning and Development
Honorary Regional Representative of AARDO
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
P O Box 830084
Amman 11183, JORDAN

 

Email : aardomero@yahoo.com
Tel: 962-6-5930136
Fax: 962-6-672135/5930135


REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE NORTH AND EASTERN AFRICA
 

Mr. Mohamed Tawfik Mahmoud
Honorary Regional Representative of AARDO
for North and Eastern Africa
Ministry of Social Solidarity
Government of Arab Republic of Egypt
19 El Maraghy Street,
Agouza, Giza
Cairo, EGYPT
 

Email : rashwan1958@yahoo.com
Tel: 20-2-5684934
Fax: 20-2-5720628

REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE SOUTHERN AFRICA
Mr Collins A Mulonda
Acting Director, 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
 

Email : collinsmulonda@yahoo.com

Tel: 260-1-232588
Tele fax: 260-1-225053

REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WEST AFRICA
 

Mr. Ransford Agyepong Dankyira

Chief Rural Planning Officer

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

 

Email : ransee2@yahoo.com
Tel: 233-21-682020,663668
Fax: 233-21-682011