5 December 2000 | |
Participants' arrival | |
6 December 2000 | |
8:30 AM | Registration |
9:00 | Opening session |
Meeting called to order: Dr Revathi Balakrishnan | |
Welcoming remarks | |
Mr Dong Qingsong, Deputy Regional Representative FAO RAP | |
Opening remarks | |
Dr R B Singh | |
Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative | |
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific | |
Participants' introduction | |
Election of meeting officers | |
Chair: Dr Ma Cristina D Padolina | |
“Consultation vision, purpose and objectives” | |
Statement by | |
Dr Revathi Balakrishnan | |
Regional Rural Sociologist and WID Officer | |
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific | |
Special keynote address | |
“Empowering rural women through distance learning” | |
Prof Abdul Waheed Khan | |
Director, Development and Training | |
The Commonwealth of Learning, Canada | |
10:15 – 10:30 | Discussion |
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break |
11:00 | “Distance education for rural learners: FAO vision for action” |
Secretariat paper | |
Mr Scott McLean | |
Visiting Expert from SDRE/GILF | |
Agriculture Extension, Education and Communication for | |
Development Service, FAO/Rome | |
11:30 – 11:45 AM | Discussion |
11:45 AM | Bangladesh: Country paper |
Ms Ripa Walie | |
Education Promotion Manager | |
Education and Export Promotion Unit | |
The British Council | |
Bangladesh | |
12:15 – 12:30 PM | Discussion |
12:30 to 2:00 | Lunch |
Hosted by Dr R B Singh | |
Assistant Director General and Regional Representative | |
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific | |
2:00 | China: Country paper |
Mr Liu Yongquan | |
Vice President | |
Central Agricultural Broadcasting and Television School | |
China | |
2:00 – 2:30 | Modality for potential partnerships to offer distance education in agriculture to rural women |
Presentation: Resource paper | |
Dr Madhulika Kaushik | |
Indira Gandhi National Open University | |
India | |
2:30 – 2:45 | Mr Wang Yibing |
UNESCO | |
Presentation | |
2:45 – 3:15 | Discussion |
3:15 – 3:30 | Coffee break |
3:30 – 5:00 | Discussion |
7 December 2000 | |
8:30 AM | “Enhancing community-based management of |
agro-biodiversity: the role of the media” | |
Resource paper | |
Dr Setijati D Sastrapradja | |
National Biotechnology Centre | |
Indonesia | |
9:00–9:15 | Discussion |
9:15 | Nepal: Country paper |
Dr Chandra Bhadra | |
Women Studies Department | |
Padma Kanya Campus-Tribhuvan University | |
Nepal | |
9:30 | The Philippines: Country paper |
Dr Ma Cristina D Padolina | |
Chancellor | |
UP Open University | |
The Philippines | |
10:00–10:30 | Discussion |
10:30 | Coffee break |
10:00–11:00 | Regional distance-education resource: technology options |
Resource paper | |
Mr Loh Yeow Meng | |
Temasek Polytechnic | |
Singapore | |
11:00–11:15 | Discussion |
11:15 | Sri Lanka: Country paper |
Dr Uma Coomaraswamy | |
Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences | |
The Open University of Sri Lanka | |
Sri Lanka | |
11:30 | China: Human resources development of rural women in remote areas through distance education in agriculture |
Ms Chang Yingxin | |
Central Agricultural Broadcasting and Television School | |
China | |
11:45–12:15 PM | Discussion |
12:30–1:45 | Lunch |
1:45 | Thailand 1: Distance learning via satellite: lifelong learning via technology |
Dr Chulapongs Chullakesa | |
Secretary General | |
Distance Learning Foundation | |
c/o Department of General Education | |
Ministry of Education | |
2:00 | Thailand 2: Kasetsart University |
Dr Chaiskran Hiranpruk | |
Director | |
Rajanagarindra Institute of Cultural Studies | |
Kasetsart University, Thailand | |
2:15 | Viet Nam: Country paper |
Mr Tran Quoc Chan | |
Senior Officer | |
Department of (Regular) Continuing Education | |
Ministry of Education and Training | |
Viet Nam | |
2:30–3:00 | Discussion |
3:00–3:15 | Coffee break |
3:15 | The AIT experience on peer-learning and distance-monitoring-based training of professionals |
Mr Nicanor A Austriaco | |
Executive Director | |
CEC Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand | |
3:45 | Maldives: Country paper |
Mr Abdul Raheem Hasan | |
Deputy Director | |
Non-Formal Education Centre | |
Male, Maldives | |
3:45–4:30 | Discussion |
4:30–5:00 | Preparation for deliberations on focus themes |
8 December 2000 | |
Focus themes | |
8:30–10:00 AM | Learner profile: characteristics and primary learning needs of rural women and girls |
10:00–10:30 | Coffee break |
10:30–12:00 | Distance-education strategies for advancement of learning rural women and girls |
12:00–1:30 PM | Lunch |
1:30–3:00 | Partnerships in distance education for rural women and girls |
3:00–3:30 | Coffee break |
3:30–5:00 | FAO strategic agenda in distance education |
9 December 2000 | |
9:30–10:30 AM | Identification of key areas of action |
10:30–11:00 | Synthesis of recommendations |
11:00–11:30 | Coffee break |
11:30–12:30 PM | Presentation of the report |
Adoption of the report | |
12:30–1:30 | Closure of the expert consultation |