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Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific

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The need for an inter-governmental centre on integrated rural development was articulated in the early 1970s at a time when the countries of the region were economically depressed and rural poverty was endemic. Most of the countries had initiated rural development programmes and the integrated approach to planning and implementation of these programmes was gaining currency. It was recognized that the integrated rural development programmes that had been initiated by the individual countries could be greatly facilitated through regional co-operation and the establishment of national institutions and through co-operation with such institutions.

he 1974 World Food Conference and the 12th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Far East held in Tokyo urged early action in establishing a regional centre. The FAO ad hoc Consultation on Collaboration in Selected Rural Development Activities held in 1975 endorsed this proposal. The FAO convened a consultation in 1976 to discuss the proposal, which included the terms of reference, constitution, structure and funding of the centre. It was at this consultation that the governments agreed to the name Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific(CIRDAP). The decision to establish CIRDAP was made in 1977 by the Asian Group of Permanent Representatives to FAO, who also decided to have the seat of the Centre in Bangladesh. The Agreement to establish CIRDAP, prepared under the auspices of FAO, was adopted by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries during the 14th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Far East held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1978. Bangladesh ratified the Agreement in September 1978. India, Vietnam, the Philippines, Pakistan and Indonesia signed the Agreement in the period January to April 1979. It came into force after the fifth instrument of ratification was deposited in May 1979. CIRDAP convened the first meeting of the Governing Council from 2 to 6 July 1979 at the regional office of FAO in Bangkok, Thailand. The observers at the meeting were ESCAP, ILO-ARTEP, UNDP, UNEP,UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO and FAO, and Japan, the Republic of Korea, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. From the original six members (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam) in 1979, its membership has increased to 14 to include Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. The subsequent expansion in membership and activities of CIRDAP led the Governing Council of the Centre to take the decision to establish a sub-Regional office of CIRDAP in Southeast Asia (SOCSEA) in Jakarta. The Government of Indonesia provided financial and other assistance for the sub-regional office. SOCSEA was inaugurated on 21 February 1997.

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