GACSA and the World Business Council For Sustainable Development (WBCSD) participated to the Workshop on Public-Private Partnership Framework for Technology Development in the Agriculture Sector which was held on 15 May 2017 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The Workshop was attended by representatives from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the ASEAN Secretariat. The Workshop was also attended by representatives from GIZ, FAO/RAP, USAID, CropLife Asia and USABC, WBCSD, and GACSA. 

The overall objective of the ASEAN PPP Regional Framework for Technology Development in the Agriculture Sector (TDAS) is to increase collaborative investments in sustainable technology adoption in the FAF sector (Food, Agriculture and Forestry) in ASEAN, through private-sector participation in technology development and dissemination in agriculture value chain, as well as the dissemination of respective technologies.  

GACSA’s objective in participating in this meeting is to foster cooperation between GACSA members, especially the WBCSD, and ASEAN-CRN and its members, in developing this PPP framework.