FIELD VISIT: IDEP FOUNDATION

DHRRA network together with their farmers and FO partners visited IDEP Foundation and Candi Kuning Villlage.

FIELD VISIT: MAHA BHOGA MARGA FOUNDATION

DHRRA network together with their farmers and FO partners visited Maha Bhoga Marga Foundation (Main Road Towards Prosperity) and Wanagiri Villlage.

FFP FO PARTNERS FORUM (FOPF): DAY 2: RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendations from the strategic partners: Gudrun Cartuyvels of TRIAS-Philippines, highlighted the need to working together with partners to complementing services and the importance of going beyond yes or no discussions to see the different ideologies to learn and converge. More so, Stefaan Bonte of AgriCord put forward the framing of Farmer-to-Farmer exchanges to set relevance to specific services. While, the new Chairperson, Dr. Hong emphasized the need for inventory of services in each organization to be able to know what to prioritize, and from there, be able to scale-up from one, then multiply.

FFP FO PARTNERS FORUM (FOPF): DAY 2 : REFLECTION

Th plenary report ran through showcasing of existing services offered and identifying feasible innovations to replicate in the respective FOs. Realizations from the FOs was drawn out,  among others, were the importance of setting clear its mission and vision to improve their services in the grassroots level;  improving on capacity building initiatives through a conduct of learning exchanges, and strengthen their organization by institutionalizing a semestral meeting for sharing information and evaluating achievement, and reflecting on challenges; and  focusing on creating enterprises, building partnerships, and developing modules.

FFP FO PARTNERS FORUM (FOPF): DAY 2: WORKSHOP

Workshop: "Improving FO Services to FOs and help FOs Deliver Better Services to their Members"
Farmers and FOs were grouped to brainstorm on lacking  initiatives and propose interventions to ensure quality services delivered to the organizations suited for their  present situation and needs.

FFP FO PARTNERS FORUM (FOPF): DAY 1: REFLECTION

Reflection: On World Cafe sessions, the various services offered by DHRRAs and FOs to their partners and members made way for reflection on knowing the current level or position of their respective FOs and members as compared to other presenters. More so, it was a venue for learning solutions and replicating applicable services in their organizations.

FFP FO PARTNERS FORUM (FOPF): DAY 1: SESSION 2C

PAKISAMA

KSPS

KPA

AGFU

Session 2c: World Cafe Sharing of Innovative FO Services to their Members. The third batch to share their services among other DHRRA networks and partcipants were COMFAS and PAKISAMA both from the Philippines, AGFU from Vietnam, and KSPS from Indonesia.

FFP FO PARTNERS FORUM (FOPF): DAY 1: SESSION 2B

Ngudi Mulyo

Ngudi Makmur

MARCCO

KPA

Session 2b: World Cafe Sharing of Innovative FO Services to their Members.
The second batch to share their services among other DHRRA networks and partcipants were MARCCO from Philippines, Ngudi Mulyo, Ngudi Makmur, and KPA, all from Indonesia.

FFP FO PARTNERS FORUM (FOPF): DAY 1: SESSION 2A

PTFC

API

KTLFA

Session 2a: World Cafe Sharing of Innovative FO Services to their Members.
The fist batch to share their services among other DHRRA networks and partcipants were PTFC from Vietnam, KTLFA from Myanmar, and API from Indonesia.

FFP FO PARTNERS FORUM (FOPF): DAY 1: SESSION 1

AsiaDHRRA Program Manager, Florante Villas, begins the first session of the forum by leveling-off what "service" is, then,  introduced the AsiaDHRRA  and DHRRA services to Partners as reflected from the  DHRRA and FO profiling survey.  Results show that Capacity Building tops the list followed by  technical assistance specifically in  enhancing management and financial systems, processes, and project development.

FFP FO PARTNERS FORUM (FOPF): DAY 1: DELIVERING QUALITY SERVICES FOR BOTH FOS AND THEIR MEMBERS

Stefaan Bonte of AgriCord on Delivering Quality Services to FOs and their Members, reiterates the importance of FOPF bringing together farmers  not merely for a dialogue but a broader relationship of "building trust".

FFP FO PARTNERS FORUM (FOPF): DAY 1: OPENING CEREMONY

DAY 1: AsiaDHRRA Secretary General, Marlene Ramirez welcomes the partcipantts in the FFP FO Partners Forum with the theme "Refinements of Services of DHRRAs to Farmers Organizations and Farmers Organizations to their Members", with a note on more substantive interactions with FOs to deliver services that will help develop their organizations. 

11TH ASIADHRRA GENERAL ASSEMBLY: DAY 2: BUSINESS MEETING

(From left to right)Dr. Sung Lee (Northeast Vice-Chair), Ms. Nanthini Ramalo (Women-at-Large), Ms. Marlene Ramirez (Secretary General), Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hong (Chairperson), Dr. Margarita De la Cruz (Southeast Vice-Chair), and, Mr. Pan Sopheap (Mekong Vice-Chair)

GA Business Meeting: In conjuction with the regional forum the, 11th AsiaDHRRA General Assembly Business Meeting was held to see through AsiaDHRRA’s accomplishment and lay down the country DHRRA reports for the past two years.  The business meeting was concluded with the election of new set of AsiaDHRRA Executive Committee, as to: Nguyen Xuan Hong (VietDHRRA) , the Chairperson, and the Vice-Chairpersons, Margarita Dela Cruz for Southeast sub-region (PhilDHRRA) , Sung Lee for Northeast sub-region (KoDHRRA), Pan Sopheap for Mekong sub-region (CamboDHRRA), and Nanthini Ramalo for the Women-at-Large (DHRRA Malaysia), while Marlene Ramirez re-appointed as the Secretary General.

11TH ASIADHRRA GENERAL ASSEMBLY: DAY 2: CONCLUDING SESSION

Closing Message: Tran Thanh, Project Officer of VietDHRRA, the youngest DHRRA member closed the sessions by recognizing his role  and other younger DHRRA members as primarily responsible in protecting the environment and making rural communities a better and safer place.

11TH ASIADHRRA GENERAL ASSEMBLY: DAY 2: CONCLUDING SESSION

Closing Message: Pan Sopeheap, FNN Executive Director of CamboDHRRA expressed his take away from the sessions pointing out constructive engagement with public and private sectors and involving them in the process.

11TH ASIADHRRA GENERAL ASSEMBLY: DAY 2: WAYS FORWARD

Ways Forward: Marlene Ramirez, AsiaDHRRA Secretary general guided the assembly on the next steps of the regional study aiming finalization by January 2018 to be presented to relevant decision and policy working bodies. She puts forward continued coordination with DHRRA, together with regional and national partners in response mobilization for  regional facility for disaster preparedness and livelihood recovery.

11TH ASIADHRRA GENERAL ASSEMBLY: DAY 2: CONVERSATIONS FROM THE FLOOR

Responses from partners:Partners from ASEAN Secretariat, GIZ, AFA, Agri-agencies, and AgriCord collectively highlighted from the reports the: specified scoping, linking to Public, Private, People Partnership (PPP), knowledge hubs, farmer-led initiatives, strengthening gender agenda, and linking role of youth in the campaign.