Annex 1

22 October 2001

4:00 to 8:00 PM

Registration

Day 1: 23 October 2001

Session 1: Opening Ceremony

At the Premises of Orient Group Satellite Network Technology Co., Ltd.

9:00 to 10:15 AM

Chair: Zhang Fengtong
President, China Broadcasting and Television School, Beijing Welcome Address

Introduction of Organising Committee and Participants

Key Note Address
Zhang Baowen

Vice-Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of China

Opening Message presented by
Gammal Mohmed Ahmed
FAO Representative, China

Opening Message from R.B. Singh, Assistant Director General and Regional Representative, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Presentation by Zhu Xiaozheng
All China Women’s Federation

Vote of Thanks

10:15 to 10:30 AM

Refreshment Break

10:30 AM to 12:00

Chair: Zhang Fengtong
President, China Broadcasting and Television School, Beijing
Presentation of Technical Papers:

10:30 to 11:00 AM

FAO Secretariat Resource Paper
Asian Rural Women as Clients for Distance Learning Programme
Revathi Balakrishnan
Regional Rural Sociologist and Women in Development Officer
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

11:00 to 11:20 AM

Resource Paper
Distance Learning Resources for Rural Women: An Overview of
Year 2000 FAO Consultation
Cristina Padolina
Chair, Year 2000 Meeting
Commissioner for Educational Commission
Government of the Philippines

11:20 to 12:00 AM

Discussions
Facilitator: Uma Coomaraswamy

Closing of Session 1

12:00 to 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 to 1:45 PM

Break

Session 2: City Hotel Beijing

Election of Meeting Officers
Chair, Vice-Chair,
Rapporteur and Drafting Committee
Adoption of Consultation Agenda

1:45 PM to 4:50 PM

Chair: Harun ur Rashid
Presentation of Resource and Country Papers

1:45 to 2:00 PM

FAO Secretariat Resource Paper
FAO Links with China Agricultural Broadcasting and Television School
Malcolm Hazelman
Senior Officer, SDRE
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

2:00 to 2:15 PM

Bangladesh
Chair: Tong Yuee, China

Harun ur Rashid
Community Development Library
Bangladesh

2:15 to 2:30 PM

Bhutan
Choki Lhamo Dorji
Ministry of Agriculture
RGB, Bhutan

2:30 to 3:00 PM

Discussion
Facilitator: Uma Coomaraswamy

3:00 to 3:15 PM

Refreshment Break

3:15 to 4:15 PM

China Presentations

3:15 PM

Guo Zhiqi
Vice President
China Agricultural Broadcasting and Television School

3:30 PM

Tong Yuee
Expert on Women’s Education
Department of Sci-Tech and Education of MOA

3:45 PM

Zhou Linhua
Jiangsu Provisional Broadcasting and Television School

4:00 PM

Lu Xuelan
Sichuan Provincial Agricultural Broadcasting and Television School

4:15 to 4: 30 PM

Discussion
Facilitator: Mohd Raza Rashid

4:30 to 4:40 PM

Briefing by Organisers

Dinner Hosted by Hon. Vice Minister for Agriculture, Government of China

Day 2: 24 October 2001

Session 3

9:00 to 12:00 AM

Chair: Harun ur Rashid, Bangladesh
Vice Chair: Mussaret Anwar Sheikh, Pakistan
Presentation of Resource and Country Papers

9:00 to 9:10 AM

Synthesis of Day 1 and Agenda for Day 2

9:10 to 9:40 AM

Resource Paper
International Linkages to Promote Distance Learning for Rural Women
Uma Coomaraswamy
Vice-Chancellor, Open University of Sri Lanka

9:40 to 9:55 AM

India
S.P. Gupta
Director, Communication Centre
G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology

9:55 to 10:10 AM

Mongolia
Oyunchimeg Dugernyamaa,
Non-formal Distance Learning Programme
Ministry of Education

10:10 to 10:25 AM

Refreshment Break

10:25 to 10:45 AM

Discussions
Facilitator: Malcolm Hazelman

10:45 to 11:00 AM

Pakistan
Mussaret Anwar
Professor, Rural Development
Allama Iqbal Open University

11:00 to 11:15 AM

Philippines
Felix Librero
Vice Chancellor
University Of Philippines Open University

11:15 to 11:30 AM

Discussion
Facilitator: Malcolm Hazelman

11:30 to 12:00 AM

Resource Paper
ICT Potential for Rural Distance Learning Programme
Mohd Razha Rashid
CDE, Universiti Sains Malaysia

12:00 to 1: 30 PM

Lunch

1:30 to 1:45 PM

Sri Lanka
Gamini Kulatunga
Open University of Sri Lanka

1:45 to 2:00 PM

Thailand
Paisan Pollawan
Bangkok Non-formal Education Centre 4
Ministry of Education

2:00 to 2:15 PM

Discussion
Facilitator: Cristina Padolina

2:15 to 2:45 PM

Resource Paper
Multimedia Education for Agriculture and Rural Development
Professionals
Senh Wardhwa
Joint Director for Women’s Programme
Ministry of Agriculture, India

2:45 to 3:00 AM

Discussion
Facilitator: Uma Coomaraswamy

3:00 to 3:15 PM

Refreshment Break

3:15 to 3:45 PM

Resource Paper
Regional Linkages for Improving Rural Women’s Access to
Distance Learning
Cristina Padolina
Philippines Educational Commission

3:45 to 4:00 PM

Discussion
Facilitator: M. Hazelman

4:00 to 4:15 PM

Briefing by organisers

Day 3: 25 October 2001

9:00 to 9:15 AM

Day 2 Synthesis and Agenda for Day 3

Session 4

Chair: Harun ur Rashid, Bangladesh
Vice Chair: Mussaret Anwar Sheikh, Pakistan
TCP project framework

9:15 to 10:15 AM

General Session
Discussion
Facilitator: Felix Librero, Philippines

10:15 to10: 30 AM

Refreshment Break

Session 5

Chair: Harun ur Rashid, Bangladesh

10:30 to 10:45 AM

Report Outline and Recommendation
Briefing: Felix Librero, Philippines, Rapporteur
R. Balakrishnan, Cristina Padolina, Uma Coomaraswamy

Chair: Harun ur Rashid, Bangladesh
Vice Chair: Mussaret Anwar Sheikh, Pakistan

TCP Project Framework
General Session
Discussion
Facilitator: Felix Librero, Philippines

12:15 to 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 to 5:00 PM

Field Visit

Day 4: 26 October 2001

Session 5

Chair: Harun ur Rashid, Bangladesh
Vice Chair: Mussaret Anwar Sheikh, Pakistan

9:00 to 9:15 AM

Day 3 Synthesis and Day 4 Agenda

9:15 to 10:15 AM

Small Group Sessions
Potential Follow up Actions
Country Specific Discussion

10:15 to 10:30 AM

Refreshment Break

10:30 to 11:45 AM

General Session
Potential Follow up Actions
Country Specific Discussion
Country Specific Discussion

11:45 to 12:00 PM

Multimedia Presentation of CABTS (Optional)

12:00 to 1:30 PM

Lunch

Session 6

Chair: Harun ur Rashid, Bangladesh

1:30 to 2:30 PM

Presentation and Adoption of Report

2:30 to 2:45 PM

Closing of Consultation: Vote of Thanks