The consultation was organized at the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok. The consultation was held from 6 to 9 December 2000. A copy of the consultation programme is included as Annex 1.
The following office bearers were selected by the meeting:
| Chairperson | |
| Dr Ma Christina Padolina | |
| Chancellor, UP Open University | |
| The Philippines | |
| Vice-chairperson | |
| Dr Uma Coomaraswamy | |
| Dean, Natural Sciences | |
| Sri Lanka Open University | |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Rapporteur | |
| Dr Chandra Bhadra | |
| Tribhuvan University | |
| Katmandu | |
| Nepal |
The number of participants was 22. A list of the participants is included as Annex 2. The countries represented were Bangladesh, China, the Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam.
The following persons were invited as resource persons:
Prof Abdul Waheed Khan
Director, Development and Training
The Commonwealth of Learning
Canada
Dr Setijati D Sastrapradja
National Biotechnology Centre
Indonesia
Mr Loh Yeow Meng
Temasek Polytechnic
Singapore
Three TCDC resource persons were invited respectively from China and from India.
Bangkok-based ESCAP, UNESCO and the Asian Institute of Technology represented UN and international organizations in the consultation.
FAO/Rome was represented by:
Scott McLean
Visiting Expert for SDRE/GILF
Agriculture Extension, Education and Communication for Development Service, FAO/Rome
