CIRDAP

CIRDAP (Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific) is a Bangladesh-based intergovernmental organization involved in rural development and poverty alleviation. It was established on 6 July 1979 at the initiative of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations with support from several other UN bodies and donors. Initially it had six members countries and has grown to fifteen.

The agency is headquartered in Chameli House, a British Raj-era mansion in front of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in Dhaka.

Members

  • Afghanistan
  • Bangladesh (Host State)
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Lao PDR
  • Malaysia
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan
  • Philippines
  • Sri Lanka
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam
  • Fiji (Joined as 15th member on June 2010)
  • Meeting developments

  • First Ministerial Meeting was held in 1987
  • Second Ministerial Meeting on Rural Development in Asia and the Pacific was held 24–28 January 2010 in Dhaka
  • Events

  • Regional Cooperation Crucial for Watershed Management,
  • Seminar on CIRDAP’s 31st Foundation Day, Dhaka, 6 July 2010.

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