ICA-MAFF, Japan Training Course on “Fostering Core Leaders of Agricultural Co-operatives - 2016
Participants at the ICA-Japan training Course
The training course on “Fostering Core Leaders of Agricultural Co-operatives-2016” was organized by ICA-AP, in Thailand and Japan between February 26 and April 11, 2017. The objective of the training program is to assist fostering of core leaders, who are expected to play leading roles in agricultural co-operatives and farmers’ groups. The training program was implemented by the ICA-AP with the collaboration of the Co-operative League of Thailand (CLT), Cooperative Promotion Department (CPD), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kingdom of Thailand, and Institute for the Development of Agriculture Cooperation in Asia (IDACA), Tokyo (Japan). The Training Course was funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of the Government of Japan.
The training course was formally inaugurated by Dr. Vinaroj Supsongsuk, Director General of CPD, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kingdom of Thailand, on February 27, 2017, at the CLT Training Centre, Bangkok, in the presence of Mr. Mongkalat Pukanat, Chairman of CLT, Mr. Takashi Inoue, First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in Thailand, Mr. Konno Masahiro, Executive Director, IDACA, and Mr. A.K. Taneja, Advisor, ICA-AP. There were 10 participants from 6 countries – Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. The training course in Thailand was conducted at the CLT Training Centre, Bangkok and Co-operative Technology Transfer Centre 5 of the CPD at Korat (Nakhon Ratchasima Province). After completing the CLT/CPD Module in Thailand, the participants moved to IDACA on March 19, 2017 and remained in Japan till April 11. At the concluding session at IDACA on April 10, 2017, Mr. Konno Masahiro, Executive Director, IDACA & Mr. A.K. Taneja, Project Coordinator, ICA-AP, addressed the participants. Mr. Galey Tenzin, a participant from Bhutan, presented the vote of thanks on behalf of all the participants. The certificates of participation from the ICA as well as from IDACA were awarded to the participants at the end of the concluding session.
