ACTIVITIES

The principal objective of AARDO has been the promotion of understanding among member countries for better appreciation of each others' problems. It has always been AARDO's endeavour to facilitate joint efforts to restructure rural economy and revitalise social life in Afro-Asian countries. To realise these objectives, AARDO has been implementing a number of concerted programmes on triennial basis.

The technical programmes covering the triennium 2006-2008 are based on the needs of the member countries. While formulating these programmes, views of the member countries are invited and subsequently discussed by the Technical Committee. The views of the Technical Committee are thereafter submitted to the Executive Committee/AARDO Conference for final approval. In addition, the recommendations of various workshops and seminars are also taken into consideration before finalising the technical programmes. The technical work programmes to be implemented from January 2006 for the new triennium 2006-2008 have already been approved by the 15th General Session of the AARDO Conference held in Damascus, Syria on 15-17 September 2005.

During the triennium 2006-2008, all out efforts would be made to consolidate the existing activities of AARDO, namely, training programmes, workshops, seminars, deputation of experts, development  pilot projects and dissemination of information and, at the same time, initiate new programmes such as new training courses, regional level workshops/seminars and study visits, action research studies, meeting of heads of training institutes and regional representatives to discuss and review technical programmes, etc. AARDO is hopeful in securing cooperation of member countries as well as international and regional organisations and donor agencies in implementing programmes of the new triennium. The technical activities, broadly classified into the following parts, are as follow :

 

Human Resource Development (HRD)