EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The SEACSN Workshop on ‘Planning the Future for SEACSN’
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The SEACSN Workshop on ‘Planning the Future for SEACSN’
20-22 May 2004, Bangkok, Thailand
Executive Summary
The SEACSN Workshop on Planning the Future for SEACSN was held at The Royal Princess Srinakarin Hotel from 20 to 22 May 2004, Bangkok. This workshop was organized by the SEACSN-Thailand and funded by the Department for Research Cooperation (SAREC), the research arm of the Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency (Sida). The purposes of the workshop were:
- to review and evaluate the SEACSN activities carried out at both national and regional levels for the period of 2001-2003,
- to discuss the draft constitution of the Network
- to plan activities for 2004; 2005-2007.
31 participants from Southeast Asian countries attended. An invitation was also extended to two suggested participants in Sweden, Ashok Swain and Gudmundur Alfredsson. However, they were unable to attend.
The first agenda item was to report on the SEACSN activities carried out for the period 2001-2003, as well as financial report at the regional and national levels. The Regional and National Co-ordinators presented their reports.
The second agenda item was to discuss the SEACSN Proposal for 2005-2007 referring to the programs, plans and budget. Madelene Sta. Maria who is the chair for writing the SEACSN proposal presented it. There was a suggestion from the participants to include Myanmar and East Timor as members of the Network in the future. The full SEACSN Proposal will be submitted to Sida at the end of July as agreed by the workshop committee.
The third agenda item was to report and discuss the SEACSN Constitution. Lee Lai To who is the chair for drafting the SEACSN Constitution presented it. After a long discussion, and with inputs from participants of the workshop, the SEACSN Constitution was accepted. The endorsement of the SEACSN Constitution was made at the SEACSN Workshop by the pro-tem committee of the network dated 22 May 2004. Khadijah Khalid from Malaysia proposed and Zosimo Lee from the Philippines seconded the endorsement of the constitution. The SEACSN constitution is presented in full in the following page.
The fourth agenda item was to report on the national programs and activities for the period of 2005-2007. Six countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) presented their national programs and activities, as they will receive funds from the funding agency at the national level.
The fifth agenda item was to report and discuss the SEACSN research proposal according to 8 themes. All conveners presented their research proposals. However, some of the research proposals will still need to be revised. It was suggested and agreed by the committee that the research proposals should be a full and proper research proposal to be submitted to the funding agency. A deadline has been set by the committee to re-submit the research proposal to the SEACSN by 30 June 2004. These research proposals will be submitted along with the SEACSN Proposal 2005-2007 to Sida at the end of July. The convener of the environment theme proposed to withdraw from being the convener for this theme due to other commitments. This was agreed to by the committee. Environment would still remain as one of the themes in the SEACSN Proposal 2005-2007. However, the SEACSN research proposal submitted to Sida will now have 7 instead of 8 themes. Working group committees were formed for each theme to revise the research proposals.
The sixth agenda item was to discuss the reallocation of the remaining Sida funds for 2004. Six countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) will receive funds for their national activities and administrative support staff. The re-allocation of funds for the six countries as requested is as follows: Cambodia (USD 12,290); Indonesia (USD 13,000); Laos (USD 13,000); Philippines (USD 6,410. 46); Thailand (USD 13,000); and Vietnam (USD 14,000). Some funds have also been set aside for organizing the SEACSN regional meeting by the end of November or early December 2004 to update on plans and activities. The date and venue of the regional meeting will be discussed and confirmed through email.
The workshop ended with notes of thanks to the participants, hosts, the network, and to SAREC and Sida.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The SEACSN Workshop on ‘Planning the Future for SEACSN’