The subregional workshop on country experiences in decentralization in South Asia was organized by the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific jointly with the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 24 to 26 February 2004. Senior government officials and representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, with FAO and CIRDAP representatives, participated in the meeting which was held at the Local Development Training Academy (LDTA) in Lalitpur, Kathmandu. (The list of participants and resource persons is given in Appendix I.) The workshop included a field visit to a DDC (district development committee) at Lalitpur.
