Regional Consultation on Investment in Land and Water
3 - 5 October 2001, Bangkok, Thailand
Wednesday, 3 October 2001
08:00-08:40 |
Registration |
08:40-08:45 |
Welcome address by Dr. K. Siegert, Secretary of the consultation |
08:45-09:00 |
Introduction of participants |
09:00-09:30 |
Opening address by Dr. R.B. Singh, ADG/RR |
09:30-10:00 |
Benefits of investment in land and water (Mr. K. Yoshinaga, Director AGL) |
10:30-11:30 |
Investment in land and water, past successes and failures, future direction (Prof. Y.K. Alagh, resource person) |
11:30-12:00 |
Investing in irrigation and drainage in the context of water policy and institutional reform (Mr. T. Facon, FAO/RAPG) |
COUNTRY PRESENTATIONS
13:00-13:30 |
Bangladesh |
13:30-14:00 |
Cambodia |
14:00-14:30 |
China |
14:30-15:00 |
DPR Korea |
15:30-16:00 |
India |
16:00-16:30 |
Indonesia |
16:30-17:00 |
Lao PDR |
19:00 |
Welcome dinner hosted by Dr. R.B. Singh, Assistant Director - General and Regional Representative, FAO/RAPG, at Royal Princess Hotel |
Thursday, 4 October 2001
08:00-08:30 |
Pakistan |
08:30-09:00 |
Republic of Korea |
09:00-09:30 |
Sri Lanka |
09:30-10:00 |
Thailand |
10:30-11:00 |
Viet Nam |
11:00-12:00 |
Group discussion |
13:00-17:00 |
Group discussion |
Friday, 5 October 2001
08:30-10:00 |
Group discussion |
10:30-12:00 |
Drafting of conclusions and recommendations |
13:30-15:00 |
Presentation of conclusions and recommendations Discussion and adoption of the Bangkok Declaration Close of consultation |
BANGLADESH
Mr. Khwaja Abdur Rahman
Additional Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture
Secretariat, Dhaka
Tel: 88 02 8619658; Fax: 88 02 8617040
CAMBODIA
Mr. Chann Sinath
Deputy Director, Irrigated Agriculture
Department, Ministry of Water Resources & Meteorology
P.O. Box 958, Phnom Penh
Tel: 855 16889 623; Fax: 855 23 426345/426201
E-mail: [email protected]
CHINA
Mr. Zhou Yinghua
Director, Development Division
Department of Development and Planning
Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing
Tel: 86 10 64192561; Fax: 86 10 65002448
E-mail: [email protected]
DPR KOREA
Mr. Mun Jong Nam
Counsellor and Permanent Representative to
ESCAP, Embassy of DPR Korea
Bangkok
Tel: 662 3192686; Fax: 662 3186333
INDIA
Mr. Hemendra Kumar
Special Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture
Rajendra Prasad Road
New Delhi 110 001
Tel: 91 11 3383830; Fax: 91 11 3381305
INDONESIA
Dr. Ato Suprapto
Director - General
Agriculture Infrastructure
Ministry of Agriculture
Jakarta Selatan
Tel: 62 - 21 7816080; Fax: 62 - 21 7816081
Mr. Hilman Manan, Director
Directorate of Water Use Management
Ministry of Agriculture
Jakarta Selatan
Tel: 62 21 7816080; Fax: 62 21 7816081
LAO PDR
Mr. Anonth Khamhung
Director - General
Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
P.O. Box 811, Vientiane
Tel: 856 21 415363; Fax: 856 21 415359/451715
PAKISTAN
Mr. Hafeez Akhtar
Secretary, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock,
Government of Pakistan
Islamabad
Tel: 92 51 9203307/9210351
Fax: 92 51 9210616
E-mail: [email protected]
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Dr. Hong - Sang Kim
Fellow, Korea Rural Economic Institute
4 - 102 Hoegi - dong, Dongdaemun - ku
Seoul
Tel: 822 32994236; Fax: 822 9596110
E-mail: [email protected]
SRI LANKA
Mr. Henry Gamage
Senior Deputy Director
Department of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture
Colombo
Tel: 08 234453; Fax: 08 388333
THAILAND
Mr. Boonkerd Budhaka
Specialist, Natural Resources Economics
Office of Agricultural Economics
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Bangkok
Tel: 02 9407211; Fax: 02 9407244
VIET NAM
Mr. Dao Trong Tu
Director
Department of International Cooperation
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Hanoi
Tel: 84 4 8344682; Fax: 84 4 7330752
E-mail: mard - icd - [email protected]
FAO
Dr. R.B. Singh
Assistant Director - General and Regional
Representative for Asia and The Pacific,
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP)
Bangkok
Tel: 02 6974222; Fax: 02 6974445
E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. K. Yoshinaga
Director, Land and Water Division
FAO, Rome
Mr. Dong Qingsong
Deputy Regional Representative
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP)
Bangkok
Tel: 02 - 6974223; Fax:02 - 6974445
E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. K. Siegert
Water Resources Development and Conservation Officer
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP)
Bangkok
Tel: 02 6974298; Fax: 02 6974445
E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. T. Facon
Water Management Officer
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP)
Bangkok
Tel: 02 6974156; Fax: 02 6974445
E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. David A. Ivory
Senior Agricultural Investment Officer
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP)
Bangkok
Tel: 02 - 6974112; Fax: 02 - 6974445
E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. M. Velayutham
Consultant
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP)
Bangkok
Prof. Y.K. Alagh
Vice - Chairman, Sardar Patel Institute of Economic & Social Research
Thaltej, Ahmedabad 380054
Tel: (O) 91 79 6851428, 91 79 6850598,
(R) 91 - 79 - 6859950
Fax: (O) 91 79 6851714, (R) 91 - 79 - 6855984
E-mail: [email protected]
OBSERVERS
Mr. Graham Jackson
Special Project OfficerAsian Development Bank
Rama VI Road, Bangkok
Mr. Tongchai Wechasut, OIC Agriculture, Irrigation and Forestry Programme (AIFP)
MRC Secretariat P.O. Box 1112
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Dr. Frits Penning de Vries
Team Leader
International Water Management Institute (IWMI), SEA Regional Office
Bangkok
Mr. Pongsak Arulvijitsakul
Senior Engineer (Irrigation)
Royal Irrigation Department
Bangkok
Mr. Charnchai Paethong
Policy and Plan Analyst
Office of Agricultural Economics
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation
Tel: 02 9406485 - 6
Mr. Va - son Boonkird
Engineer
Operational Maintenance Division
Royal Irrigation Department
Bangkok